30 Frighteningly Fantastic Halloween Origami Models

Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate here are some awesome Halloween themed models that I saw during the past year and saved up for now (even though some of theme technically weren’t uploaded this year).

Our first model this Halloween is this great origami witch.

Witch, Designed by Anibal Voyer and Folded by Luc MARNAT

Diagrams available in Dragons, Witches, and Other Fantasy Creatures in Origami

 

This next model is one of the most impressive origami Grim Reaper designs I’ve seen. I’m pretty sure this entire model is folded from one sheet of paper.

Grim Reaper, Designed and Folded by 驰 张

Instructions not available

 

During October 2016 Joseph Wu designed several excellent “snail skull” models that combined different styles of snail shells with skulls.

Snail Skull, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu

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Snail Skull, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu

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Snail Skull, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu

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Here’s a pretty creepy looking origami black widow.

Black Widow, Designed and Folded by Andrey Ermakov

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Sebastien Limet designed a pretty clever model that he calls “Rest in Peas” which is an origami pea pod with skulls for the peas.

Rest in Peas, Designed by Sebastien Limet and Folded by Dzmitry Lysiuk

Instructions not available

 

Origami werewolves are another type of model that’s perfect for Halloween.

Werewolf, Designed by Kade Chan and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov

Video instructions available from Kade Chan’s YouTube channel

 

Miyamoto Chuya probably has the most famous grim reaper design.

Grim Reaper, Designed by Miyamoto Chuya and Folded by Alex Satsukawa

Video instructions available from MarianoZavalaOrigami on YouTube

 

I’m not entirely sure what this but it’s certainly creepy looking. Finward designed this model based on a casual drawing.

Arrogance, Designed and Folded by Finward

Instructions not available

 

Here’s another excellent creepy looking origami spider.

Mexican Red Knee Tarantula, Designed and Folded by Winston

Instructions not available

 

Dao Cuong Quyet is definitely one of the most impressive origami bat designs I’ve ever seen.

Vampire, Designed and Folded by Dao Cuong Quyet

Diagrams available in VOG 2: Origami.vn

 

Here’s another creepy looking origami critter made by Finward.

Critter, Designed and Folded by Finward

Instructions not available

 

This is another fantastic werewolf design.

 

Werewolf, Designed by Le Tuan and Folded by DebugMode

Diagrams available in VOG: 50 Hours of Origami+

 

Here’s another excellent origami skull designed by Joseph Wu back in 2003.

Skull, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu

Instructions not available

 

Here’s another quite creepy spider design.

Black Widow, Designed by Andrey Ermakov and Folded by Alex Mironenko

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This is definitely the cutest origami grim reaper that I’ve ever seen. This model is made out of two sheets of paper, one for the reaper itself and one for the scythe.

Grim Reaper, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi

Instructions not available

 

Here’s Le Tuan’s great origami werewolf again folded by a different artist.

Werewolf, Designed by Le Tuan and Folded by Matthieu Georger

Diagrams available in VOG: 50 Hours of Origami+

Follow Matthieu Georger on Flickr

 

This is a very cool and creepy “box of horror”.

Box of Horror, Designed by Eugeny Fridrikh and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov

Instructions not available

 

Bart Davids designed a pretty fantastic scary looking paper demon.

Demon, Designed and Folded by Bart Davids

Crease pattern available from Bart Davids’ Flickr

 

Here’s another great origami werewolf with some excellent colour changes in the design.

Werewolf, Designed and Folded by Finward

Instructions not available

 

This is another spooky Halloween bat with an excellent face.

Bat, Designed by Yoo Tea Yong and Folded by ВЕРЕСТУН Игорь (Iver)

Crease pattern available from Yoo Tea Yong’s Flickr

 

Here’s another great creepy looking origami spider.

Spider, Designed and Folded by Winston

Instructions not available

 

Here are more awesome looking papercraft skulls from Joseph Wu.

Mottled Copper Skulls, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu

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This is a fantastic and very realistic looking origami spider designed by Robert J. Lang.

Brown Widow, Designed by Robert J. Lang and Folded by Matthew LaBoone

Crease pattern available from Robert J. Lang’s website

 

This is a jumping spider and for some reason it looks a little bit cute to me.

Jumping Spider, Designed by Takeda Naoki and Folded by sakuryu(╯3╰)

Instructions not available

 

Here’s another different and quite awesome origami werewolf.

Werewolf, Designed by Tuấn Phạm and Folded by NGUYỄN QUANG ANH

Instructions not available

 

Miyamoto Chuya has also designed quite a fantastic origami succubus.

Succubus, Designed by Miyamoto Chuya and Folded by Kota Imai

Crease pattern available from Kota Imai’s Flickr (in the comments)

 

Here’s a very awesome paper Balrog. I love how the two coloured paper is used to make the flames.

Balrog, Designed and Folded by Edgar

Instructions not available

 

Our final model this Halloween is this absolutely incredible origami Grim Reaper by Neelesh K.

Little Reaper, Designed and Folded by Neelesh K.

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Did you fold anything spooky this Halloween? If so share a photo in the comments!