Origami Dog

The origami dog is a simple animal that you can make from folded paper. It looks a lot like a dog with floppy ears. It's easy enough for kids to fold as well and they are sure to love it!

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Start with a square piece of paper.

If it is colored paper, put the colored side face down on the table as shown below.

Then fold along the diagonal to give a triangle.

Origami Dog

origami dog ready to fold

origami-dog-folded triangle

Now fold the corners together and unfold, to give a crease as shown.

Then fold the dog ears down, using the crease line as a guide.

origami-dog-creased triangle

origami-dog ears folded down

Next fold the top and bottom of the head, away from you. The dog is done!

If you like, you can draw eyes, a nose and a mouth.

origami-dog head and chin folded

origami-dog face drawn with pen or pencil

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