Step 1.
Make a kite base, place it on the table horizontally, so that the long sharp point is oriented at 3 o'clock, and that the horizontal axis of symmetry is a valley fold.
Step 2.
Fold up from bottom to top, the lower flap against the upper flap using the existing horizontal valley fold.
additional information
- The folding takes the shape of a large triangle stretched to the right.
- The lower hinge edge is horizontal.
- On the front and back faces of the fold, the height (perpendicular to the base passing through the top vertex) is marked by a change in thickness.
Step 3.
Mark a point, just under a third of the height from the bottom of the vertical line with a raised section.
Step 4.
Form a valley fold, horizontal, by bringing the top point of the front flap from top to bottom to the point marked in the previous step.
Make a strong crease and let it fold.
Step 5.
Make on the back flap the corresponding mountain fold so that the folding is symmetrical.
additional information
- The top edge of the shape is horizontal.
Step 6.
Tilt the front flap from top to bottom, using the hinge edge, against the table.
Then rotate the folded shape so that the pointed tip is oriented at 6 o’clock.
Step 7.
Turn the folding from right to left.
additional information
- The vertical diagonal is a mountain fold,
- At the upper third, there is a horizontal line in relief.
Step 8.
Make a mountain fold along this horizontal line, then turn the fold from right to left.
additional information
- The front top flap is a pentagon with its free point pointing at 6 o'clock.
- On the front face, there is an oblique slit corresponding to the hypotenuse of the upper corners that are right-angled.
Step 9.
Make a valley fold, horizontal, by bringing the lower right and left points of the front pentagon up to the upper right and left corners of the fold.
Mark the fold well and let it settle.
additional information
- The front top flap is a small pentagon with the free point pointing at 12 o'clock.
- The middle flap is a small rectangle in a horizontal position.
- The back flap is a large pentagon with the free point pointing at 6 o'clock.
- The front flap and the back flap are connected to the middle flap by hinge edges that correspond to the two lengths of the middle rectangular flap.
Step 10.
Form a valley fold, horizontal, by bringing from bottom to top the lower right and left points of the back pentagon, up to the horizontal line at the overlap (hinge edge between the front flap and the middle flap).
Mark the fold well, and let it fold.
additional information
- The front flap of the fold becomes a double-thickness pentagon, whose lower edge is horizontal.
- The right and left vertical edges are very small compared to the upper oblique edges of the pentagon.
- one could also say that the upper part of this flap is a large triangle and that its lower part is a rectangle in a horizontal position.
- on the front face, there are two slanted slots corresponding to the hypotenuse of the lower corners.
- There is also a vertical slot that follows the vertical axis of symmetry.
Step 11.
Form a valley fold, horizontal, by bringing the top edge of the rectangle down to the bottom edge of the fold.
additional information
- the folding consists of five flaps distributed in three layers:
- A front top flap in the shape of a pentagon, with the free tip pointing at 12 o’clock.
- A middle top flap in the shape of a small horizontal rectangle
- A back flap in the shape of a large horizontal rectangle
- A lower middle flap in the shape of a small horizontal rectangle
- A lower front flap in the shape of a pentagon, with the free tip oriented at 6 o'clock.
- the central part of the folding corresponds to the rear flap, a horizontal rectangle beneath the pentagons.
Step 12.
Turn the folding from right to left, and rotate it so that the largest tip is oriented at 9 o'clock.
Step 13.
Make an oblique valley fold at the four corners of the rectangle on the raised layer.
Firmly crease the folds, and let it fold.
additional information
- the four oblique folds form 4 small right triangles.
Step 14.
Tilt vertically, from bottom to top, the part of the lower edge located between the small lower right and left right triangles.
Continue the movement until bringing the part currently facing the ceiling against the fold.
additional information
- The small right-angled triangles have transformed into two triangular pockets, with vertical openings.
- There is now, at the level of the lower edge, a recess like a garage door.
Step 15.
Tilt vertically, from top to bottom, the part of the upper edge located between the upper right and left small right-angled triangles.
Continue the movement until bringing the part currently facing the ceiling against the fold.
additional information
- The small right-angled triangles have transformed into two triangular pockets, with vertical openings.
- there is now, at the top edge, a notch like a window door (symmetrical to the garage door).
Step 16.
Rotate the folding a quarter turn clockwise.
additional information
- The upper point is large with a vertical slit on top.
- The lower point is shorter and single-layered.
Step 17.
Mark the diagonal valley folds on the lower single-layered point (as if making a rabbit ear).
Carefully mark these folds and then unfold.
Step 18.
Mark the diagonal valley folds on the right and left halves of the lower single-layered point.
Step 19.
Close the folding.
additional information
- The buttocks are in valley, the tail is very thin, multi-layered, pointing downwards.
Step 20.
Arrange the folding so that the top edge is the hinge edge, and that the tail of the animal is on your left.
Mark the point where the bottom edge becomes slanted.
At the marked point, make a valley fold, bringing the long right point from right to left, against the fold.
Crease the fold well, then unfold.
additional information
- Before unfolding, the bottom edge of the long point (was oriented at 10 o'clock), and came into contact with the left vertical mark, overlapping, present on the top edge of the fold that will be the back of the animal.
Step 21.
Create a second valley fold parallel to the previous one on the right of the fold that has just been made.
Crease the fold well, then unfold.
Step 22.
Transform the two parallel folds into a zig-zag fold, which will create a vertical step upward like a staircase at the base of the animal's head.
additional information
- the long point is again oriented at 3 o'clock.
Step 23.
At the lower right corner of the front flap, make a valley fold diagonally from right to left, crease the fold well, then unfold.
Then slip a finger inside the small pocket to transform the valley fold into a mountain fold, which will have the effect of making the bottom of the right ear stick out.
Step 24.
At the lower right corner of the back flap, make a mountain fold diagonally from right to left, crease the fold well, then unfold.
Then slip a finger inside the small pocket to transform the mountain fold into a valley fold, which will have the effect of bringing out the bottom of the left ear.
Step 25.
Form an inside reverse fold by lowering the long right point to make it vertical downward.
additional information
- The tip of this reverse point must come lower than the bottom edge of the fold.
Step 26.
Reduce the surface of the inside reverse point by bringing the right edges of the front and back flaps backward (as with the crane or the swan with folded wings).
Step 27.
Lift the temples to slip the upper part of the reverse point underneath them.
Step 28.
Open the lower part of the reversed tip, bring it from bottom to top, with the pointed end inside, then close the reversed tip.
additional information
- The end of the trunk should not be pointed. All that remains is to choose its angle or curvature.