How to make an origami carrot
Origami Carrot: try all 7 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor carrot in two pieces: an orange root with a flat top and a long point, and a green top with three leaves. Both fold from plain squares with simple valley folds, and a dab of glue joins them.
- You need
- Two squares of origami paper, one orange and one green, a little glue and a pen.
- Start
- Use an orange square and a green square of the same size. Start both white side up, with a corner pointing up.
- Tips
- Fold both lower edges to the same middle line so the point is straight.
- A longer top fold gives a shorter, stouter carrot.
Your model is ready
Glue the greens behind the top of the carrot. Draw a few lines across the root for the carrot's rings. The finished carrot, with its leaves on top.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the lower left edge in
Fold the lower left edge to the middle line, so the bottom becomes a long point.
- 2
Fold the lower right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the middle line to match. The carrot's long point is made.
- 3
Fold the top point down
Fold the top point down across the widest part of the carrot's top. The carrot has a flat top.
- 4
Fold the green square in half
Take the green square. Fold the top corner down to the bottom corner to make a triangle with its point at the bottom.
- 5
Raise the left leaf
Fold the left corner up along a line from the bottom point, so the corner sticks up above the top edge and leans out a little.
- 6
Raise the right leaf
Fold the right corner up the same way. The two leaves stand beside the middle point.
- 7
Tuck the greens behind the carrot
Slide the bottom point of the green triangle behind the carrot's flat top, so the leaves stand up above it.
- ✓
Finish
Glue the greens behind the top of the carrot. Draw a few lines across the root for the carrot's rings. The finished carrot, with its leaves on top.
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