Step 1.

Take a square sheet, lay it flat on the table in a diamond position.

additional information

  • The corners of the square are: top, right, bottom, and left.
  • If it is two-colored, place the colored table side.

Step 2.

Make a vertical valley fold by bringing the right tip to the left tip.

Crease well and then unfold.

Step 3.

Make a horizontal valley fold by bringing the bottom tip to the top tip.

Crease well and then unfold.

additional information

  • You have just marked the diagonals of the initial square.
  • On the sheet, you can feel that:
  • The diagonals are valley folds (the fold of the diagonals forms a trough)
  • The intersection point of the diagonals is the center of the model.

Step 4.

Form a horizontal valley fold, bringing the top point down to the center of the model.

Crease well, and leave folded.

Step 5.

Form a horizontal valley fold, bringing the bottom point up to the center of the model.

Crease well, and leave folded.

additional information

  • The model is a hexagon whose top and bottom edges are horizontal.
  • The front lower and front upper flaps are single-layer triangles.

Step 6.

Form a horizontal valley fold, moving from bottom to top, the free tip of the front lower flap, to the middle of the top edge.

Crease well, then return the front lower flap to its initial position.

additional information

  • when the free tip is in the middle of the top edge, the mountain fold of the front lower flap is aligned with the valley fold of the horizontal diagonal of the hexagonal flap underneath.

Step 7.

Form a horizontal valley fold by moving the free tip of the front upper flap from top to bottom, at the middle of the bottom edge.

Crease well, then return the front upper flap to its initial position.

additional information

  • when the free tip is in the middle of the bottom edge, the mountain fold of the front upper flap is aligned with the valley fold of the horizontal diagonal of the hexagonal flap underneath.

Step 8.

Unfold both front flaps to return to the initial square in diamond position.

Then, using the valley fold of the horizontal diagonal, fold the lower part over the upper part.

additional information

  • The model consists of two single-layer triangular flaps connected by a horizontal hinge at the bottom.
  • The front flap has one vertical mountain fold and two horizontal mountain folds.

Step 9.

Make a horizontal valley fold by bringing down, from top to bottom, the lower mountain fold of the front flap along the hinge edge.

Crease well, then unfold it.

additional information

  • Only the front flap should be folded.

Step 10.

Make a horizontal valley fold by bringing down, from top to bottom, the upper mountain fold of the front flap along the lower mountain fold.

Crease well, then unfold it.

additional information

  • Only the front flap should be folded.

Step 11.

Fold the model from right to left, and repeat the manipulations described in steps 9 and 10.

additional information

  • We have just formed an accordion.

Step 12.

Using the existing folds, fold the accordion to give it a symmetrical shape.

additional information

  • The lower part of the fold is an accordion in the shape of a long horizontal trapezoid whose larger base is on the 6 o'clock side.
  • The front flap and the back flap are: large triangular surfaces, single thickness, symmetrical and superimposed.
  • The free tip of these triangular flaps is oriented at 12 o'clock.

Step 13.

At the small base of the long trapezoid, form a horizontal valley fold, bringing down the front triangular flap against the fold from top to bottom.

additional information

  • the free tip of the front triangular flap is now oriented at 6 o'clock.
  • the surface area of this flap has been reduced.

Step 14.

Turn the model over from right to left and repeat the maneuver from the previous step.

additional information

  • the surface areas of the front and rear flaps have been reduced.
  • the free tip of the single-layer triangular flaps is at 6 o'clock.
  • On the right and left of the front and rear flaps, there are 5 small triangles side by side, inverted head to tail, whose boundaries are defined by changes in thickness.

Step 15.

Locate the intersection point between: the right slanting edge of the front triangular flap,

and the lower edge of the accordion.

At the marked point, make a vertical valley fold by bringing from right to left, the right part of the accordion against the rest of the model.

additional information

  • Crease well and leave it folded. The fold is made with all the thicknesses of the model.

Step 16.

At the lower right corner of the front accordion, make a diagonal valley fold, bringing from left to right upwards,

The lower horizontal edge of the front accordion, vertically.

additional information

  • The right part of the model is a vertical trapezoid with the larger base on the right.
  • The oblique lower edge of this vertical trapezoid is also a hinge edge that connects it to a very small middle triangular flap.
  • The right vertical edge of the middle triangular flap is also a hinge edge that connects it to the rest of the fold against the table.

Step 17.

Slide a finger inside the fold from the left side of the vertical trapezoid.

Then bring the back part of the trapezoid to the right.

additional information

  • The vertical trapezoid has turned into a vertical hexagon, which could resemble a banana leaf.
  • Behind the banana leaf, the very small middle triangular flap has turned into a small triangular pocket, with a horizontal opening on the 12 o'clock side.
  • The vertical diagonal of the hexagon is a mountain fold.
  • The tip of the banana leaf, pointing to 12 o'clock, is a small single-layer square in a diamond position.
  • on the front side of the banana leaf, a vertical slit overlaps the large diagonal which is in mountain fold.

Step 18.

Straighten the banana leaf vertically (tip pointing toward the ceiling).

Slide a finger along the slit to separate the right and left edges,

Then continue the movement until bringing the banana leaf back against the table.

additional information

  • the tip of the banana leaf is now oriented at 6 o'clock.
  • the height of the banana leaf has been reduced, while its width has increased.
  • on the front side, there are still two small flaps.

Step 19.

Spread the right and left flaps of the front side, and bring the whole banana leaf toward 12 o'clock.

additional information

  • the height of the banana leaf has been further reduced, while its width has increased.
  • at this stage, the right part of the fold looks more like a boat hull (several layers), topped with a sail (single layer)
  • it is a pentagon with a horizontal bottom edge and a vertical mountain fold axis of symmetry.

Step 20.

Bring from bottom to top towards the left, the right part of the horizontal edge, along the vertical axis of symmetry of the pentagon.

additional information

  • the existing diagonal fold is used.

Step 21.

Bring from bottom to top towards the right, the left part of the horizontal edge, along the vertical axis of symmetry of the pentagon.

additional information

  • the existing diagonal fold is used.
  • You will always find the single-layer square in a diamond position at the top of the right part.
  • The entire right part also resembles a square in a diamond position.

Step 22.

Turn the model over from right to left, and tilt the long right part of the shape vertically.

additional information

  • The long multi-layered tip is oriented toward the ceiling.
  • The front face of the square in a diamond position is smooth.
  • The vertical diagonal of the square is a valley fold.

Step 23.

Remove the model from the table and hold it in your hands so that:

additional information

  • The long tip is oriented toward your torso.
  • The single-layer triangular flaps are facing the table.
  • The long tip is perpendicular to the square flap in a diamond position.
  • The thumbs are on each side of the long point, the pads against the small triangles on the lower part of the front face of the diamond-position square.
  • The pads of the index fingers are against the flaps of the back face of the diamond-position square.

Step 24.

Make a valley fold by bringing the lower right oblique edge of the diamond-position square along the right vertical hinge edge of the long point, while allowing the right back flap to return, without folding it.

Step 25.

Make a valley fold by bringing the lower left oblique edge of the diamond-position square along the left vertical hinge edge of the long point, while allowing the left back flap to return, without folding it.

additional information

  • what was previously a square in diamond position is now a more complex shape, but with the right and left parts still symmetrical.
  • From bottom to top, against the thumbs, on each side of the front of this complex shape:
  • A multi-layer triangle with a horizontal mark
  • A multi-layer square with a marked mountain diagonal
  • A single-layer triangle whose free tip points toward the ceiling.

Step 26.

Turn the model over from right to left.

additional information

  • now the complex shape is facing your torso.
  • the large single-layer triangular flaps are facing the table.
  • the pads of the index fingers are against the back, in contact with the small squares with marked diagonals.
  • the front face looks like three overlapping kites, with the one in the middle covering part of the other two.

Step 27.

By pushing your index fingers toward you, tilt the upper two-thirds of the complex shape from top to bottom.

additional information

  • on the back face, the pads of the index fingers are in contact with two overlapping triangles.
  • on the front face, the pads of the thumbs are in contact with the marked diagonals of the small squares.

Step 28.

Form an oblique valley fold, bringing the right edge of the right small square from right to left upward, along the top edge of the right small square.

additional information

  • the right small square has transformed into two small right triangles with the right angle at the top left.

Step 29.

Make an oblique valley fold, bringing from left to right upwards, the left edge of the small left square, along the top edge of the small left square.

additional information

  • The small left square has turned into two small right-angled triangles with the right angle at the top right.

Step 30.

Make an oblique valley fold, bringing from top to bottom to the right, the horizontal edge of the front right right-angled triangle,

Along the hypotenuse.

Step 31.

Make an oblique valley fold, bringing from top to bottom to the left, the horizontal edge of the front left right-angled triangle,

Along the hypotenuse.

Step 32.

Make a zigzag fold across all the thicknesses of the triangle held between the thumb and index finger of the right hand.

additional information

  • For this, first make a mountain fold by folding the free tip of the triangle backward, then a parallel valley fold by lifting the free tip of the triangle upward, toward the ceiling.
  • We have just shaped the animal's left ear.

Step 33.

Make a zigzag fold through all the layers of the triangle held between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand.

additional information

  • For this, first make a mountain fold by folding the free tip of the triangle backward, then a parallel valley fold by lifting the free tip of the triangle upward, toward the ceiling.
  • We have just shaped the animal's right ear.
  • The lower part of the head is a single layer.

Step 34.

Form a horizontal zigzag fold below the imaginary line connecting the right tip and the left tip of the lower single-layer part.

additional information

  • we have just formed the snout.

Step 35.

Form a horizontal valley fold by bringing from bottom to top, the tip of the lower point against the fold to represent the nose.

Step 36.

Fold back the small points present below the ears to round the head.

Step 37.

Hold the model with the head to the left, and the single-layer triangular flaps towards the table.

Step 38.

Form a diagonal valley fold from right to left downward, bringing the upper edge of the tail along the vertical axis passing through the free tip of the large single-layer triangles.

Crease well then unfold.

Step 39.

Locate the intersection point between the right oblique edge of the single-layer triangles and the animal's tail.

Form a vertical valley fold at the marked point, bringing the right part against the model.

Crease well then unfold.

Step 40.

Transform the oblique fold so that it becomes a mountain fold on the front and back faces.

Step 41.

Transform the vertical fold so that it becomes a valley fold on the front and back faces.

Step 42.

Slide a finger inside the fold, and using the oblique mountain folds and the vertical valley folds, push the beginning of the tail inside the animal's body to form a broken line between the back and the tail.

additional information

  • the lower part of the large single-thickness triangles is now aligned with the lower part of the tail.