How to Make an Origami Octopus

Category: Origami Animals

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Difficulty: Intermediate

Learn how to fold an adorable octopus with our easy, step-by-step instructions with helpful images.

Get tangled up in fun with this origami octopus! With just a few folds, you’ll have a paper cephalopod ready to swim into your collection!

Step 1

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Start with a square sheet of origami paper. I am using an 7×7 inches origami paper. This is for octopus head.

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

Step 2

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Fold the top right corner to the bottom left corner.

Step 3

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Rotate the paper as shown.

Step 4

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Fold the right corner to the top corner.

Step 5

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Fold the left corner to the top corner.

Step 6

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Fold up the bottom corner but not all the way to the up.

Step 7

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Fold down the tip of triangle.

Step 8

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Fold the both corners in.

Step 9

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Turn the paper over.

Step 10

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Start with a square sheet of origami paper. I am using an 7×7 inches origami paper. This is for octopus body.

Step 11

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Fold the bottom edge to the top edge.

Step 12

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Unfold.

Step 13

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Fold the left edge to the right edge.

Step 14

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Unfold.

Step 15

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Fold the paper diagonally in half.

Step 16

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Unfold.

Step 17

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Fold the paper diagonally in half.

Step 18

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Unfold.

Step 19

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Fold the top layer backwards.

Step 20

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Unfold and pop in the center using finger.

Step 21

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Bring in the left and right edges.

Step 22

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Bring in the both edges all the way to the center.

Step 23

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Flatten the fold.

Step 24

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Fold the right corner to the left corner.

Step 25

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Take the left corner from the top layer and fold it down at an angle.

Step 26

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Take the left corner from the next layer and fold it down.

Step 27

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Fold the left corner from the next layer again.

Step 28

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Now take the left corner from the last layer and fold it down too.

Step 29

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Now you have both the head and the body of octopus.

Step 30

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Glue the body to the back of head.

Step 31

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Turn the octopus over.

Step 32

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Draw the face and voila!

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