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Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day both fall on February 14th in 2010 - very special indeed!

Following the Chinese Zodiac calendar, we're ending the Year of the Ox and ushering in the Year of the Tiger on Feb 14th.

Celebrate by folding your own chinese zodiac origami tiger! Other origami chinese zodiac signs include ox(cow), rabbit, dragon, snake.

For Valentine's Day we have plenty of origami hearts and origami flowers for your special someone. So get busy and start folding!

 

 

 

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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