How to Make an Easy Origami Elephant

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Difficulty: Easy
Learn how to fold an easy origami elephant head with simple step-by-step photos and instructions. Even young kids can make one.

Step 1
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Start with a square piece of origami paper. I am using an 7×7 inches origami paper.

If you only have regular paper, follow these instructions on how to make a square origami paper.

Step 2
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Rotate the paper diagonally.

Step 3
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Fold paper in half by folding the top corner to the bottom corner.

Step 4
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To make crease in the middle, fold in half again by folding left corner to right corner.

Step 5
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Unfold.

Step 6
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Fold the left edge of the triangle to the center crease.

Step 7
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Fold the right edge of the triangle to the center crease.

Step 8
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Fold the top left corner to the side.

Step 9
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Fold the right top corner to the side.

Step 10
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Fold the left and right corners in like this.

Step 11
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Turn the figure over.

Step 12
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Fold up the elephant’s trunk.

Step 13
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Fold in back down like this.

Step 14
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Keep folding the trunk up and down like an accordian.

Step 15
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Pull out the elephants trunk.

Step 16
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Add some eyes to make it look more cute. And here you have your very own paper Elephant!

Comments

3 responses to “How to Make an Easy Origami Elephant”

  1. Love mine it’s so cute

  2. this was great for my school project

  3. Gwen Broadnax Avatar
    Gwen Broadnax

    i made my out of line paper

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