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FOLDING A GRASSHOPPER

Only the front of the square piece of paper is coloured.

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                                                    Step 1:
                                                    This is the front of the paper.
                                                    Make mountain- and valley-folds over these 4 lines.
                                                    Unfold each fold after you made one.



                                                    Step 2:
                                                   Make a valley-fold over these 4 lines.






                                                    Step 3:
                                                    Turn the model.





                                                    Step 4:
                                                    Make these folds from the edge of the model
                                                    to the center, not any further.
                                                    First, make 2 valley-folds below, on the right. Then, make
                                                    2 mountain-folds in the middle. And make 2 valley-folds
                                                    on top, on the left.
                                                    Now you get a basic-shape.

                                                Step 5:
                                                    Turn the model, with the open side above in the picture.


                                                    Step 6:
                                                    Pull the piece on the right of the blue line upwards,
                                                    by making a valley-fold over this blue line.


                                                    Step 7:
                                                    Hold the piece between two fingers (see the smaller arrows)
                                                    and make this piece flat by pushing on it from above with
                                                    your other hand.

                                                    Step 8:
                                                    Make a valley-fold over these 2 lines.



                                                    Step 9:
                                                    Unfold the folds that you made in step 8.



                                                    Step 10:
                                                    Pull the edge at the arrow downwards by making
                                                    a valley-fold over the blue line.





                                                    Step 11:
                                                    Press the edges that stand upwards down (see arrows)
                                                    so everything becomes flat.


                                                    Step 12:
                                                    Fold the triangular end (in the middle) upwards by making
                                                    a valley-fold over the blue line.


                                                   Step 13:
                                                   Repeat step 7 to 12 for the other 3 pieces of the model.




                                                   Step 14:
                                                   Open the model by pulling the 2 ends (in the front)
                                                    in the direction of the 2 arrows.


                                                   Step 15:
                                                   Fold the triangular piece (see arrow) to the inside of
                                                    the model by making a mountain-fold over the blue line.



                                                   Step 16:
                                                   Push the 2 ends indicated by the arrows towards each other,
                                                    so the model is closed again.
                                                    Now the model has the same shape as the figure of step 14,
                                                    except for the little triangular end that is folded to the
                                                    inside of the model.


                                                    Step 17:
                                                    Repeat step 14 to 16 for the other 3 little triangular ends.






                                                    Step 18:
                                                    Push the 2 pieces on the left and right of the blue line
                                                    towards each other by making a valley-fold over this
                                                    blue line.
                                                    Then, turn the model, with the open side below.


                                                    Step 19:
                                                    Pull the upper paper-layer of the edges upwards.
                                                    Make a valley-fold over the blue line while you do this.


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                                                                               Step 20:
                                                    Here a part of the folds in step 19 is already done.
                                                    Now press on the pieces below the blue line, so everything
                                                    becomes flat.


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                                                    Step 21:
                                                    Pull the end (at the bottom of the arrow) upwards by making
                                                    a valley-fold over the blue line.


                                                    Step 22:
                                                    Press on the edges that stand upwards (see arrows) to
                                                    make the model flat again.


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                                                    Step 23:
                                                    Fold the end above the blue line downwards, by making
                                                    a valley-fold over this blue line.

                                                    Repeat step 19 to 23 on the other 3 same pieces of the model.


                                                    Step 24:
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                                                    Now the eyes must be on top of the model.
                                                    In this case, I only needed to make a valley-fold
                                                    over the blue line. Maybe you need to make more
                                                    of these folds to get the eyes on top.


                                                    Step 25:
                                                    Turn the model upside down.
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Step 26:
Fold the end below the blue line upwards by making
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                                                    a valley-fold over this blue line.

                                                    Step 27:
                                                    Fold the 2 ends below upwards by making a valley-fold
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                                                    over the 2 blue lines.

                                                    Step 28:
                                                    Fold the second 2 ends below upwards too by making
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                                                    a valley-fold over these 2 lines.

                                                    Step 29:
                                                    And fold the last 2 ends upwards by making a valley-fold
                                                    over these 2 lines.
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                                                    Step 30:
                                                    Make a mountain-fold over the short blue lines on the
                                                    4 upper-ends.
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                                                    When you place the grasshopper on his feet later,
                                                    these 4 little pieces have to lay flat on the surface.

                                                    Step 31:
                                                    Turn the model.

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                                                    Step 32:
                                                    Make a mountain-fold over the blue line on the left.


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The origami grasshopper is ready!

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