Origami Koala Head

Let’s make a cute smiling koala face using the origami technique. It will delight both children and adults. After all, it can not only be folded out of paper but also colored.
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Step 1

Take a 15 x 15 cm square origami paper. Place the colored side down and fold diagonally, then unfold.

Step 2

Turn the paper over, so that the side you were folding it looks to the table now.

Step 3

Fold the paper along the other diagonal.

Step 4

From the resulting triangle, make a square. Fold in its corners, first on one side, then on the other.

Step 5

You should get a perfect rhombus like in the photo.

Step 6

Make two folds of the upper part of the square at an angle.

Step 7

Bend the right side of the rhombus up, following the dotted line.

Step 8

Compare the result with the illustration.

Step 9

Fold the protruding tip down.

Step 10

Round off the ears of the koala.

Step 11

To do this, fold the sharp tips at an angle down.

Step 12

Repeat the same action on the left part of your figure, to make it symmetrical.

Step 13

To make the face look natural, bend the bottom tip up.

Step 14

Turn the figure over to the other side.

Step 15

Fold the bottom part so that the edges of the shape match.

Step 16

The face is ready! Add eyes, nose, and ears and you are all done.

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