How to make an origami pig face
Origami Pig Face: try all 9 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor pig face with two small floppy ears, broad cheeks and a folded snout, folded from one square of pink paper.
- You need
- One square of pink origami paper and a pen for the face. No glue or scissors.
- Start
- Start white side up, with one corner pointing up. Pink paper makes a pink pig.
- Tips
- Fold both ears at the same angle so the pig looks straight at you.
- Draw the nostrils big and round; they make it a pig.
Your model is ready
Press the folds flat. Draw two round nostrils on the snout and two eyes above it. The finished pig face, with its floppy ears and broad snout.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Mark the middle across
Bring the top corner down to the bottom corner, press lightly, then open the square.
- 2
Mark the middle upright
Bring the left corner to the right corner. Press lightly and open again; the creases meet at the middle.
- 3
Fold the left corner in
Bring the left point to the middle where the guides cross.
- 4
Fold the right corner in
Bring the right point to the middle too.
- 5
Fold the head in half
Bring the top point down to the bottom point. Keep the two side flaps folded inside.
- 6
Raise the broad snout
Fold the lower point up toward the straight top edge, stopping about a third of the head height below it. Take every layer and leave the new chin flat.
- 7
Lower the snout tip
Fold the doubled front point down to make the snout. Keep the rear face still and stop its tip a little above the chin.
- 8
Flop the left ear
Fold the upper left corner down and inward along the short diagonal. This small triangle is the floppy ear.
- 9
Flop the right ear
Fold the right corner down and inward to match the first ear.
- ✓
Finish
Press the folds flat. Draw two round nostrils on the snout and two eyes above it. The finished pig face, with its floppy ears and broad snout.
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