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Origami Dinosaur Turtle instructions:
ARCHELON
I
designed this turtle for a book with 20 dinosaur origami models.
Step
1:
The other side of this turtle paper is white,
turn the paper
Step
2:
Prefold over these 4 lines
Step
3:
First, valley-fold over the 2 lines at the bottom-right.
Then, mountain-fold over the 2 diagonal lines in the
middle. And valley-fold over the 2 lines at the top left.
Step
4:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
5:
Unfold the folds of step 4

Step
6:
Pull the end at the bottom of the arrow upwards
by making a valley-fold over the black line.

Step
7:
Valley-fold over these prefoled lines.

Step
8:
Valley-fold the flap downwards

Step
9:
Repeat steps 4 to 7 on the backside.
Then, turn the model

Step
10:
Make an inside reverse fold over these
two sets of 3 lines

Step
11:
Push the flap indicated by the arrow downwards
Step
12:
Valley-fold the piece above the black line
downwards
Step
13:
Make an inside reverse fold over these 3 lines
Step
14:
Valley-fold the flap on the right of the
black line to the left

Step
15:
Pull the tip of the flap upwards by making
a mountain-fold over the line in the middle
and a valley-fold over the 2 outer lines.
Step
16:
Valley-fold the 2 flaps to the outside
Step
17:
Fold the two tips to the inside of the model
(=mountain-fold over these 2 lines and valley-fold
on the same places at the other side of the legs)
Step
18:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines
Step
19:
Make an inside reverse fold over these 3 lines.
Step
20:
The arrow points at the same spot as the arrow
in step 19.
Make an inside reverse fold over these 3 lines
Step
21:
Repeat step 19 and 20 on the edge indicated
by the yellow arrow.
Step
22:
Pull the end upwards by folding over these 3 lines
Step
23:
Valley-fold over this line
Step
24:
And valley-fold over this line
Step
25:
Mountain-fold the 4 legs downwards a little
Then turn the model
Step
26:
Press the two legs inwards from aside by making
a mountain-fold over these 2 lines.
Step
27:
Now the model looks like this
Step
28:
Valley-fold over the line at the left and
mountain-fold over the line at the right.
Make the same folds (mirror-wise) on the
other side of the head.

Step
29:
Push/pull the two edges indicated by the arrow
apart from each other. Do the same on the other
side of the head.
Then, turn the model again.

Step
30:
Press the tip of this flap flat between your fingers,
see arrows.

Step
31:
Press the corner of the shell flat between your fingers,
see picture
DONE!


