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Origami Cat

This is probably the easiest of our origami animals, so it is

perfect for beginners. It looks great on a greetings card with

a bow under its chin, or tape it to a wooden spoon to make

a puppet. If you use a very large piece of paper you could

even make a mask!

We have used stick-on googly eyes and a black marker to

draw our cat’s features.

1. Start by folding your

square in half diagonally,

and creasing carefully.

2. Fold your triangle in half again

to form a crease. Open it back

out again.

3. Take the top point of the triangle

and fold it down along the crease,

about 1/4 of the way.

4. Take one of the bottom

corners and fold it up, taking

it at an angle as shown in the

photo above. The point will

form the cat’s ear.

5. Fold the other corner up

too.

6. Turn the model over, and add

your cat’s features!