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Origami Giraffe head

giraffe head
Original model created on 21/11/2015 - Published on 08/12/2015

Origami Giraffe head instructions and tutorial

Do you know "Lily the Giraffe"? This giraffe head is an original model that I created for a origami creation challenge on the French origami site Pliage de papier. The theme was "Hijacking the Lilly Flower". To create this giraffe head, you first have to fold a lily flower. Then all it takes is a few more folds to transform the lily flower into a beautiful giraffe!

Origami giraffe head video instructions

To make a giraffe head in origami, please follow the instructions from this video on YouTube:

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How to make an origami giraffe head

Here are the step-by-step instructions to fold a giraffe head (photo diagram and/or video).

giraffe head - step 1

1. To fold the giraffe head, you first have to fold a lily flower. See the lily flower instructions.

giraffe head - step 2

2. Slightly open the lily flower.

giraffe head - step 3

3. Fold the right inside flap of the small tip towards the edge and flatten it.

giraffe head - step 4

4. Fold the left inside flap in the same way.

giraffe head - step 5

5. Turn the model and repeat the last two folds for the opposite small tip.

giraffe head - step 6

6. You can now flatten the model.

giraffe head - step 7

7. Make a valley fold to bring the right tip towards the center.

giraffe head - step 8

8. Make another valley fold below the right of the right tip to flatten it.

giraffe head - step 9

9. Make a valley fold to bring the left tip towards the center.

giraffe head - step 10

10. Make another valley fold below the left of the left tip to flatten it.

giraffe head - step 11

11. Turn the model to the other side.

giraffe head - step 12

12. Fold the bottom of the bottom tip.

giraffe head - step 13

13. Turn the model to the other side.

giraffe head - step 14

14. Fold the right of the right inner tip towards its center.

giraffe head - step 15

15. Fold the left of the right inner tip towards its center.

giraffe head - step 16

16. Repeat the last two folds on the left inner tip.

giraffe head - step 17

17. Fold the right outer tip in two towards the center.

giraffe head - step 18

18. Fold the right outer tip in the middle and flatten it a bit to form the ear.

giraffe head - step 19

19. Fold the left outer tip in two towards the center.

giraffe head - step 20

20. Fold the left outer tip in the middle and flatten it a bit to form the ear.

giraffe head - step 21

21. Fold back the two layers at the top of the head.

giraffe head - step 22

22. Fold back the tips of the two ears.

giraffe head - step 23

23. Fold back the tips of the two horns.

giraffe head - step 24

24. Turn the model to the other side. Your giraffe head is complete!

An elephant, a reindeer, and now a giraffe! The lily flower is a very interesting base to create other origami models.

I hope you liked this original paper giraffe head model. If you fold it, please send us pictures of the result to contact@origami.plus so that we can add them to this page! Thank you!

You can try to fold the giraffe with spotted paper, or to create your own spotted paper.

Note: this model is an original model protected by international copyright laws. Please do not publish instructions, diagrams or videos that show how to fold it, but instead point people to this page. If you would like to help with the translation of the instructions to your language (or improve the translation), please let me know. Thank you!

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