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Dollar Bill Origami Giraffe
MONEY ORIGAMI GIRAFFE
Below are step-by-step instructions for folding a giraffe out of a
banknote from
Kenya, the giraffe in the video at the bottom
of this page is folded out of a
dollar
bill from the USA
Step 1:
Prefold
over these 2 lines
Step 6:
Make
a mountain-fold over this line
Step 5:
Make
a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 2:
Prefold
over these lines.
Step 4:
And
make another inside reverse fold on the edges you've just made
(=mountain-fold over the 2 short lines and a valley-fold over the 4
longer lines)
Step 3:
Make
an inside reverse fold over these 2 sets of lines. (=mountain-fold
over the 2 short lines and a valley-fold over the 4 longer lines)
Step 10:
Make
a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 8:
Make
another inside reverse fold on the edge you've made in step 7 Do
this by making a mountain-fold over the short line in the middle and
a valley-fold over the 2 longer lines.
Step 9:
Now
the model looks like this
Step 7:
Make
an inside reverse fold over the 3 black lines. A valley-fold over
the red line is almost automatically made when you are doing this.
Step 16:
Fold
the triangular flap downwards by making a valley-fold over the black
line.
Step 15:
Press
the edges flat from above, see arrows.
Step 12:
Make
a valley-fold over these 2 lines.
Step 11:
Hold
the model between 2 fingers at the place indicated by the yellow
arrows. Then press this edge flat from above with your other
hand, see orange arrow
Step 14:
Fold
the edge indicated by the arrow upwards by making a valley-fold over
the black line.
Step 13:
Unfold
the folds of step 12
Step 21:
Make
an inside reverse fold over these lines. (=mountain-fold over the
line below + valley-fold on the same place at the layer below and a
valley-fold over the upper line)
Step 19:
Make
an inside reverse fold over these 3 lines (=valley-fold over the
short line in the middle and a mountain-fold over the 2 longer
lines). Do the same on the other side of the neck.
Step 20:
Now
the model looks like this.
Step 18:
Fold
the corner indicated by the arrow to the right by making a
valley-fold over the black line. Do the same as above on the other
side of the body
Step 17:
Now
the model looks like this
Step 22:
Press
the tip indicated by the arrow downwards by making a mountain-fold
over the short black line.
Step 23:
Press
the legs flat from aside, see arrows. Do the same with the legs on
the other side.
DONE!
This is a video tutorial for folding a dollar bill
giraffe: