DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Origami Rabbit

This origami rabbit is actually two simple origami patterns. One pattern to make the rabbit's head and then a second pattern that is done twice to make the two ears.

Materials:

square piece of paper for the body
(cut a piece of computer paper to make a square or use origami paper).
2 square pieces of paper for the ears
(cut a piece of computer paper to make a square or use origami paper).
glue,
wiggly eyes
Pink pom pom or cotton ball

TERMINOLOGY -- MOUNTAIN FOLD:

fold the paper under -- see how it looks like a mountain?

TERMINOLOGY -- VALLEY FOLD:

fold the paper to the front

TECHNIQUE:

To make a square piece of paper, valley fold diagonally and cut off the excess

Instructions:

To make the rabbit ears: Valley fold paper from edge to edge , making a rectangle. Crease well and then unfold.
Valley fold the triangle from the other edge to edge, crease and unfold. You'll now have a square with a creased plus sign splitting it into 4 quarters.
Valley fold paper from corner to corner , making a triangle. Crease well and then unfold.
and you end up with a square of paper with creases like this.
Rotate your paper so one of the creased points is facing you. Valley fold the left hand point to the center of the paper (where the creases cross). Crease well!
Valley fold the right hand point to the center of the paper (where the creases cross). Crease well!
Valley fold bottom left side point to touch the center crease Crease well!
Valley fold bottom right side point to touch the center crease Crease well!
And you have a petal! You can see that if you're using double sided paper, you get a cute pattern with the two colours. Repeat these steps to make the second ear for your rabbit.

To make the face of the rabbit: valley fold the paper in half diagonally (so you have a triangle)
turn the triangle so the point is facing toward you. valley fold a little more than an inch of one corner over and crease it well repeat with the opposite corner
undo the last two folds and then fold them backwards pushing the fold inside the triangle this will leave you with a five sided shape.
Glue the ears to the back of the face. Glue the wiggly eyes on the face. Glue the pom pom or cotton ball nose to the face.

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