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Origami Shrimp Folding Instructions

This origami shrimp is fairly easy to make, and also doubles as an origami lobster.

 

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Fold a piece of square origami paper along the diagonal, as shown below, then unfold.

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Now fold the corners A and B to the centerline, resulting in a kite:

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Next fold the long edges of the kite towards the centerline.

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Then fold the short edges to the centerline. Next fold corner C over...

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...and back again, to form a simple pleat fold. Flip the model over, and cut a small hole where shown:

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Flip the model over again, and unfold back to the kite. Now cut narrow triangular strips, part-way up the kite as shown below. These strips form the shrimp's antennae (feelers).

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Now re-fold the shrimp, and slip the ends of the feelers through the hole.

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Now make another pleat fold in the body of the shrimp:

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Do four (4) more pleat folds as shown. The fold the shrimp in half lengthwise:

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At each pleat fold, re-crease the fold as shown, to create a curve in the body. Now your origami shrimp (or lobster) is ready for the ocean!

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