Simple origami animal tutorial for young children: Origami Pelican

For kindergarten children who like the complete illustrations of hand-made origami, they naturally need to learn more and more interesting hand-made origami tutorials. Todays simple handmade origami tutorial is to make a not very common but very interesting animal, that is, a pelican with a big mouth. Speaking of the pelican’s big mouth, many kindergarten children may envy him, because the pelican can use its big mouth to catch fish and store food, which is interesting and cute. So this simple handmade origami pelican will definitely be loved by kindergarten children.

Step 1: First fold the top and bottom edges of the square paper in half. Unfold and leave creases;

Step 2: Fold the right side of the paper to the left side;

Step 3: Then fold the top edge of the DIY origami paper downward;

Step 4: Operate the corner near the middle on the right, perform a 45-degree fold, and restore;

Step 5: Then unfold the upper part of the DIY origami paper according to the white arrow. You can refer to the detailed pictures;

Step 6: Fold the upper part of the DIY origami paper backwards as indicated by the black symbol arrow;

Step 7: Then fold the left corner near the middle back;

Step 8: Then fold the rest of the entire DIY origami paper back in the direction of the arrow. Such large-scale operations are relatively rare in the origami illustrations;

Step 9: Then fold the origami structure operated in the previous step backward; from Juqiao.com

Step 10: Fold the bottom corner back;

Step 11: Use a paintbrush to draw the shape of a pelican. Okay, a simple origami pelican for children is complete!

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