Origami Animals - Origami Pig

Origami Pig

 

 

Start off with a square origami paper, color side facing down.

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Fold it in half:

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Open the paper and you should see a crease in the center:

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Now, fold both halves to meet the crease in the center:

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Fold the paper in half again, this time from right to left.

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Open it back up:

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Fold both halves to meet the center crease like so:

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Pry open the top left corner:

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and press it down to make a triangle:
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Repeat the fold for the other 3 corners - top right, bottom right and bottom left. All 4 triangles meet in the center:

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Now, lift up half the right side from the center:

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and fold it over:

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Fold the paper in 2, bringing the bottom half up to meet the top.

 

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Bring the left tip over to meet the dash line shown in the picture below:

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Do the same for the other side:

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Repeat the fold for the right tip, bringing the right tip to meet the crease:

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Repeat the previous step for the other side:

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Make a slight crease on the right side and make an inside reverse fold:

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Top view of the inside reverse fold:

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Now, make a crease on the marked line shown below:

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and do another inside reverse fold, this time pressing the fold down. Here's the top view:

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and you should get this:

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That's it! Here's the piggy:

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