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ORIGAMI CRAB
This crab probably looks good too if you use a pink paper with no
pattern on it.
Step 1:
The backside of this paper is white.
Prefold over these 4 lines.
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 the top left.
Step 5:
Pull the piece indicated by the arrow
upwards by
making a valley-fold over the purple
line.
Step 6:
Press the 2 layers indicated by the
larger arrows
against each other. Then press the loose
piece flat
from above with your other hand, see
small arrow.
Step 7:
Make a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 8:
Unfold the folds of step 7
Step 9:
Pull the edge indicated by the arrow
downwards by making
a valley-fold over the purple line.
Step 10:
Press the edges indicated by the arrows
flat from above.
Step 11:
Fold the triangular piece below the
purple line upwards
by making a valley-fold over this purple
line.
Step 12:
Repeat steps 6 to 11 on the other 3 flaps
Step 13:
Pull the ends at the bottom of
the 2 arrows outwards,
in the direction of these arrows.
Step 14:
Fold the triangular piece
above the purple line to the inside
of the model by making a mountain-fold
over this line.
Step 15:
Push the 2 ends indicated by
the arrows towards each
other again, in the direction of these
arrows.
Step 16:
Repeat step 13 to 15 on the
other 3 same triangular pieces
of the model.
Step 17:
Push the pieces on the left and right of
the purple line
upwards by making a valley-fold over
this line.
Step 18:
Pull the upper layer of paper loose from
the rest of the
model at the places indicated by the
arrows.
Step 19:
Make a valley-fold over these lines,
everything is already prefolded.
Step 20:
Now you've made an extra end.
Fold the end upwards by making a
valley-fold
over this line.
Step 21:
Repeat steps 17 to 20 on the other 3
same places
of the model.
Step 22:
Pull the corner indicated by the arrow
upwards
by making a valley-fold over this line.
Step 23:
Press the corner flat from above, see
arrow.
Step 24:
Repeat step 22 and 23 on the backside of
the model.
Make sure that the model gets an equal
amount of flaps
on the left and right.
Then turn the model, so a brighter side
of the model
is upwards.
Step 25:
Fold the 2 upper ends downwards over
this line.
Step 26:
Valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 27:
Mountain-fold over the line below and
valley-fold over
the upper line. Make the same folds on
the backside
of the end. You actually just push the
end downwards
when you make these folds.
Do the same as above on the end at the
left.
Step 28:
Make the same folds as in step 27 on the
ends indicated
by the 2 larger arrows.
Fold the edge indicated by
the upper smaller arrow
to the same height as the smaller arrow
below.
Fold the end on the left also to the
same height.
Step 29:
Turn the model.
Step 30:
Make the same folds as in step 27 and 28
on this end,
see arrow.
Step 31:
Make an outside reverse fold over these
short lines.
Step 32:
Pull the tip indicated by
the arrow to the inside
of the model by making an inside reverse
fold over
these lines.
Step 33:
And push this corner to the inside by
making an
inside reverse fold over these short
lines.
Step 34:
Press the edges indicated by the arrows
inwards.
Step 35:
Turn the model.
Step 36:
Press the leg flat from aside by making
a valley-fold
over this line.
Do the same on the other 5 legs.
Step 37:
Push the tip of each leg upwards a
little by making
valley-folds over these very short lines.
Step 38:
Valley-fold over this line.
Fold the tip indicated by the arrow
below to the
spot indicated by the upper arrow.
Then, turn the model.
Done!