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Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)

Parent-child crafts, Origami is the most convenient and simplest, among which origami Animals are the most popular among children. Today we are going to demonstrate how to fold a frontal elephant. The folding method is very simple.

Materials and tools required: 1 piece of square origami paper

Steps
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
1. Square paper, face down, placed in a diamond shape, with one corner facing towards itself. Fold it in half along the vertical diagonal line and then restore it to form a vertical fold line.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
2. Fold the upper left and upper right sides inward until they coincide with the vertical diagonal line.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
3. Fold the bottom corner (the corner facing itself) upward. Place under the folded part from step 2 as shown in the picture.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
4. Turn the paper over horizontally and you can see that it is a triangle.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
5. Fold in half from top to bottom, and then restore.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)

6. Fold the left and right bottom corners inward until Coincident with the midpoint of the base, the fold line should be parallel to the midline of the base of the triangle.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
7. Turn the paper horizontally.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
8. Open the upper corner and fold it down...
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
9. Make the two sides open outward to form the ears of an elephant.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
10. Fold the tip of the elephants trunk slightly inward.
Origami Tutorial for Children: The Simplest Way to Origami Elephant (Illustrated Step by Step)
11.Finally, use a marker to draw the wrinkles on the eyes and nose.