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Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle

Origami is children’s favorite craft, especially making origami animals. Although it is not difficult to make origami, if you want to make beautiful and creative origami, you still need to follow the tutorial to learn the origami diagram. Here is a tutorial on how to make an origami turtle. Turtle is one of the little animals that children like very much. I believe it will be very interesting to make this origami turtle. Let’s try it together.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle

Material and tool preparation

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Origami in your favorite color: 1 piece

Make origami 3D turtle

For clarity, we depict the fold lines with some dotted lines.

Step 1: Draw a fold line on the origami paper

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the origami paper in half and fold it in the middle as shown in the picture.

Step 2: Fold the upper left and upper right triangles

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the top left and right corners down along the center line.

Step 3: Flip and fold further along the center line

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Turn it over.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
according toFold to the left and right along the center line as shown in the picture.

Step 4: Open the left and right corners

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Open the left and right corners of the back. juqiao.com

Step 5: Fold the upper corner down

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the upper corner as shown in the picture, and you can see the triangle on the origami surface.

Step 6: Fold the lower left and lower right corners along the center line

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the lower left corner along the center line.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the lower right corner in the same way.

Step 7: Make the turtle horns

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Divide the lower right triangle side into three equal parts as shown in the photo.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold down so that it is 90 degrees to the center line, using two-thirds of the way as a supportpoint.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Follow the same pattern on the other side.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Divide the center line of the upper inverted triangle into four equal parts and fold them with the quarter parts as fulcrums.

Step 8: Make the head

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the right corner along the upper line and create a crease like the second dotted line.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold along the back. Also unfold the fold along one side of the back.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Follow the same pattern on the left side.

Step 9: Fold the hands

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Follow the back and fold the left corner.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Turn back to the outside at the appropriate place.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Follow the same pattern on the left side.

Step 10: Turn over

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
I turned it over.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the extension along the sides.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle

Step 11: Organize the shell part

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Pinch the bottom corner so that its back is bulging.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold inward along the sides.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the tail back a little.

Step 12: Shaping

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
It turns over.

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Fold the left and right corners along the foot.

Step 13: Complete

Childrens small animal origami tutorial teaches you how to fold a 3D turtle
Flip it over and adjust the legs and hands, and you're done. The handmade origami turtle is finished.

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