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Origami Jumping Grasshopper
Slap the grasshopper on it's back and he'll jump away.
Step 1:
The
size of this paper is 6x6 inches or about 15x15 centimeters.
Prefold over these four lines.
Step 6:
Prefold
over these two lines.
Step 5:
Squash-fold
the flap.
Step 2:
Valley-fold
the corners to the center,
then turn the model.
Step 4:
Valley-fold
one flap upwards.
Step 3:
Valley-fold
over the two lines at the bottom right. Then mountain-fold over the
two diagonal lines. And valley-fold over the two lines at the top
left.
Step 10:
Repeat
steps 5 to 9 on the other three flaps.
Step 8:
Press/push
these edges downwards.
Step 9:
Valley-fold
the triangular flap downwards.
Step 7:
Valley-fold
this edge upwards.
The grasshopper is folded out of one
green paper
Step 16:
Valley-fold
over these prefolded lines.
Step 15:
Pull
the upper layer loose/upwards.
(The upper layers are made in step 2)
Step 12:
Mountain-fold
the triangular flap to the inside.
Step 11:
Pull
these two flaps outwards.
Step 14:
Valley-fold
these two edges upwards.
Step 13:
Push
the flaps towards each other again.
Then repeat steps 11 to 13 three more times.
Step 21:
Press
the spots indicated by the two small arrows flat.
Then valley-fold over the purple line and bookfold the edge back to
the right (see large arrow).
Step 19:
Pull
the flap upwards by making an inside reverse fold over these three
lines.
Step 20:
Valley-fold
over these two purple lines.
Step 18:
Bookfold
this edge to the left.
Step 17:
Valley-fold
the new/extra flap downwards.
Then repeat steps 14 to 17 on the three same places of the model.
Step 22:
Repeat
steps 19 to 21 on the left.
Step 28:
Valley-fold
over the two purple lines. Then fold the leg in half over the pink
line.
Repeat step 27 and 28 on the left.
Step 25:
Valley-fold
over the two purple lines. Then fold the leg in half over the pink
line.
Repeat steps 24 and 25 on the left
Step 26:
Bookfold
three edges to the left.
Step 24:
Make
an inside reverse fold over these three purple lines.
Step 23:
Bookfold
two edges to the left.
Step 29:
Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 27:
Make
an inside reverse fold over these three lines.
DONE!
This video also shows you how to fold the jumping grasshopper:
Step 30:
Fold
the model in half.
Step 31:
Wrap
tape tightly around the back, see arrow.
Instead of using tape, you can also glue all layers on the back
together.
Step 32:
Draw
two small oval eyes on the head.....