How to make a paper mountain (snowy peak)
Paper Mountain (Snowy Peak): try all 2 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor mountain with a white snowy peak in just two folds, from one square. The very first model for young children.
- You need
- One square of origami paper, colored on one side. No scissors or glue.
- Start
- Start white side up, with one corner pointing up. Gray, blue, brown or green paper makes a good mountain.
- Tips
- Fold only the top layer for the snow; the back layer stays up.
- Make mountains of different sizes from bigger and smaller squares.
Your model is ready
Press the folds flat. Glue a few mountains side by side to make a mountain range, and draw a sun above them. The finished mountain, with its white snowy peak.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Make a triangle
Fold the bottom corner up to the top corner. You have a colored triangle: the mountain.
- 2
Fold down the snow
Take only the front layer at the top point and fold it down a little. The white inside shows as snow on the peak.
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Finish
Press the folds flat. Glue a few mountains side by side to make a mountain range, and draw a sun above them. The finished mountain, with its white snowy peak.
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