Cute elephant origami, the folded work is very three-dimensional and gives people a very mini feeling, just like seeing the mini elephant in the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth"! Its a pity that the video tutorial can no longer be found. Lets just watch it~
Prepare a square piece of two-color paper with the white side facing up. Fold it corner to corner and then unfold it, leaving a diagonal line.
Fold both sides of the paper diagonally.
Turn over and fold the sharp corners to the top.
Turn it over again, open it from under the upper left corner of the paper, and fold it diagonally. Repeat on the right to get the shape below.
Unfold the paper from the middle of the two big corners and flatten it.
Fold the paper diagonally upward.
Fold the top of the sharp corners outward to make an elephant tail.
Flip the two small corners of the "bunny ears" shape to the left.
Flip the two small corners of the "bunny ears" shape to the right.
Fold the right corner down along the middle vertical crease, leaving a clear crease and unfold it.
Fold the left sharp corner upward so that the top vertex aligns with the corner bisector of the sharp corner, and then open it.
Open the top two layers of paper from the middle of the sharp corner, and fold inward along the new crease to make an inward fold.
Pull the right corner from between the two layers of paperOpen it and fold it outward along the crease you just made.
Fold the upper part of the sharp corners down along the upper edge of the "bunny ears" and then unfold them.
Fold inward again along the new crease
Put the lower part of the sharp corner towardFold upward, with the tip extending about three millimeters beyond the top of the paper, and unfold to obtain a crease.
Fold the small corner of the outer layer along the top edge of the paper, unfold it and fold it inward along the crease. Same on reverse side.
Make another outward fold along the new crease.
Fold the "rabbit ears" along the line connecting the upper and lower points to make the elephants front legs. Same on reverse side.
Fold the paper layer formed by the inward fold to the right to make the elephants ears.
Open the sharp corner on the left side from the middle of the two layers of paper and flatten it down to make an elephants face.
On the left side of the elephant’s face, where the paper layer becomes thinner, fold the left sharp corner down, approximately parallel to the front legs.
Extend it and fold it inward to make an elephants trunk.
Open the middle of the two layers of paper above the nose and fold both sides outward to make the nose thinner.
Make an inward fold at the tip of the nose and then an outward fold to make the nose upturned.
Fold the tip of the paper piece of the front leg upward, leaving a crease and then fold it inwards. Same on reverse side.
Fold the back legs upward according to the length of the front legs, and make inward folds along the crease. Note that the lower edges of the front and rear legs are on the same plane.
Fold the back side of the hind legs into a small corner, then open and fold inward to make the hind legs thinner.
Gently open the body from the elephants back and abdomen to make the elephant three-dimensional and stand stably.
