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Easy Origami Fish Instructions

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Fish origami final step
Difficulty: Easy
Follow these instructions to learn how to fold an origami fish. With these step-by-step instructions you can make a fish in a few minutes.

Kids will have lots of fun folding this easy origami fish and drawing in its eyes and stripes. I doubt they need help at all, but if they do, it would be to collapse the paper into a triangle and fold the fins perfectly. To center the fins perfectly, first place one over the other without creasing. Then kind of roll it up or down till they’re centered, and crease when they are.

If this easy origami fish doesn’t satisfy you, you can try the more challenging origami fish. It’s not an angelfish like this one, but it leans towards more of the traditional fish figure. It’s not too hard, but definitely “showoffable”.

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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Face the lighter side upwards if you are using a two sided color paper.

Step 3
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Fold the the upper left corner to the lower right corner.

Step 4
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Unfold. You now have a diagonal crease where the dotted grey line goes.

Step 5
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Fold the upper right corner to the lower left corner.

Step 6
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Unfold.

Step 7
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Fold the top half back.

Step 8
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Unfold.

Step 9
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Poke the center with your finger so that the center pops in.

Step 10
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Bring the left and right sides together so that the paper collapses into a triangle.

Step 11
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Press firmly to flatten the triangle.

Step 12
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Rotate the triangle left 90° (counter-clockwise).

Step 13
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Fold the bottom corner up a little above the center.

Step 14
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Fold the top flap over the bottom.

Step 15
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Turn the fish over and you’re done.

Step 16
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Draw the eye and some stripes to make it look nice!

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One response to “Easy Origami Fish Instructions”

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    erin

    this is the best step by step origami making thing that I could find

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