I couldn’t miss an opportunity to do a Halloween themed origami post this year and since I haven’t posted in a while here’s an extra big awesome collection of Halloween origami!
I don’t have much else to say so lets get things started with this excellent little collection of slightly cute origami jack-o’-lanterns from Hiroaki Kobayashi.
Jack-o’-Lantern with Hat, Mantle and Lamp, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
Ynon Toledano designed this excellent skull witch mask. The whole thing is folded from a single paper with one side painted black so you get a different colour on the hat and the skull.
Witch Skull Mask, Designed and Folded by Ynon Toledano
Instructions not available
Miyamoto Chuya designed an amazing Grim Reaper model all folded from a single square of paper so of course I had to include it in the Halloween post.
Grim Reaper, Designed by Miyamoto Chuya and Folded by Slifer Wu
Video instructions available from Mariano Zavala B.’s YouTube channel
I really like this next model and it’s quite creepy and perfect for Halloween. It’s all one sheet of paper too!
Escape, Designed by Alessandro Beber and Folded by Никита Васильев
Crease pattern available from Alessandro Beber’s Flickr
A while ago Sebastian Limet designed and folded a series of kind of creepy looking skulls with various animal characteristics and I thought they’d fit in great in this post.
Anthropomorphism 7, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet
Instructions not available
Cerberus is a three-headed dog from Greek mythology that guards the entrance to Hades. I quite like this model and it also fits in with the holiday theme of this post. I really like the individually folded and sharp looking claws on this one.
Cerberus, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Crease Creator
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2, 2002 – 2009
Here’s a pair of two fantastic looking jack-o’-lanterns. The orange and black paper looks really great here.
Jack-O’-Lantern, Designed by Itsuki Minami and Folded by Adriano Davanzo
Diagrams available in the 23rd Tanteidan Convention book
This has to be one of the best origami bats I’ve ever seen. It was photographed at the 7th Korea Origami Convention in 2016 and I really love the look on its face.
Bat, Designed and Folded by Yoo Tae Yong (Photo by Michelle Fung)
Diagrams available in Works of Yoo Tae Yong
Here’s another one of Sebastien Limet’s skull-like designs. This one definitely has a kind of Cthulhu looking vibe to it.
Anthropomorphism 6, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet
Instructions not available
Next we have the ghost dog Zero from the Nightmare Before Christmas. I guess this is technically more of a Christmas model but I’m still including it here for ghostly reasons.
It almost looks like there’s a red water bomb there for the nose which is a smart idea.
Zero, Designed and Folded by lostbaguetteORIGAMI
Crease pattern available from lostbaguetteORIGAMI’s Flickr
João Charrua designed this kind of cute little monster. It’s a really great design and I’ve tried to fold it before myself but I can’t seem to figure it out.
Monstrito, Designed by João Charrua and Folded by Pierre-Yves Gallard
Diagrams available in Mini Neo Magazine #28
Here we have a very realistic and quite sinister looking skull with some very nice individually folded teeth.
Skull, Designed by Yutaka Naito and Folded by Carla Godoy
Instructions not available
This bat isn’t super complex but it’s got a great playful looking personality that I like a lot.
Bat, Designed and Folded by Saku Saku
Crease pattern available from Saku Saku’s Flickr
Next we have this excellent little Goblin that’s more of a traditional Japanese goblin design than a typical Western-style one.
Goblin, Designed by Makoto Yamaguchi and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Diagrams available in Creative Origami
This mouth just looked so bizarre and creepy that I had to include it for Halloween.
Smile, Designed and Folded by Morisue Kei (Photo by Michelle Fung)
Instructions not available (unless that crease pattern in the photo is for this model but it looks too simple to me)
Here’s an adorable little pair of ghosts. The colour changes for the faces is very nice.
Teru Teru Bōzu, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
We even have the monster in your bed folded out of paper!
While You Sleep, Designed and Folded by Daniel Bermejo Sanchez
Instructions not available
You can’t do Halloween without a witch riding a broomstick and this is one of the best ones I’ve ever seen.
Witch, Designed and Folded by Jang Young Ik (Photo by Michelle Fung)
Instructions not available
Crows are something you’d typically associate with this time of year so I wanted to include at least one. I decided to go with this Yatagarasu design. In Japanese mythology Yatagarasu is a 3-legged crow and a symbol of divine intervention in human affairs.
It’s technically not something that you’d consider spooky but I really like the design and this one looks especially great.
Yatagarasu, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Ji Woo Han
Diagrams available in Tanteidan Magazine #157
Here’s another excellent little bat that comes with a video tutorial.
Halloween Bat, Designed by Ángel Morollón and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.
Video instructions available from Mariano Zavala B.’s YouTube channel
Next we have another skull and this one is probably the most unique skull design I’ve seen.
Skull, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Ngoc Vu (Photo by Michelle Fung)
Instructions not available
For this next model Terry Nicolas took Oriol Esteve more sort of cute ghost design and made it look a bit more scary. He added a nose because cute ghosts don’t have noses, a vampire-like cape, claws and a scarier looking pose. Overall a pretty awesome interpretation on the original design.
Ghost, Originally Designed by Oriol Esteve and Modified and Folded by Terry Nicolas
Diagrams are available in Stop Thinking, Start Folding
Here’s another one of those skulls by Sebastien Limet this time with a more snake-like look.
Anthropomorphism 2, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet
Instructions not available
Next are two nice and perfectly innocent looking pumpkins to change things up a little bit.
Pumpkins, Designed by Jo Nakashima and Folded by Helena Poliarush
Video instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
I’m not sure why this demon is reading a book but I love everything about this photo. It’s one of the best folded gargoyles I’ve seen too.
Gargoyle, Designed by Thành Hoàng Trung and Folded by Никита Васильев
Crease pattern available from Thành Hoàng Trung’s Flickr
I believe this is an undated and slightly enhanced version of Saku Saku’s bat from earlier.
Bat, Designed and Folded by Saku Saku
Crease pattern available from Saku Saku’s Flickr
This awesome little fish skeleton is folded from a single square of paper.
Fish Bones, Designed by Sebastien Limet and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Diagrams available in Origami Fish & Other Sea Creatures Book
Here’s a slightly friendlier looking version of Yutaka Naito’s skull. It’s folded by a different artist and has a very different look.
Skull, Designed by Yutaka Naito and Folded by Fernando Castellanos
Instructions not available
Here’s one more design from Sebastien Limet’s series of skulls. This model is folded from a triangle of paper. Usually people use a square.
Anthropomorphism 1, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet
Instructions not available
A lot of people have folded this “Rest in Peas” model. It was part of the IOIO contest in 2016. For this post I picked the “scariest” version I could find. If you look closely you’ll see that each skull has a different facial expression which is a really nice touch.
Rest In Peas, Designed by Sebastien Limet and Folded by Никита Васильев
Diagrams available in Olympiad 2016
Someone actually designed an origami version of the famous Scream painting and it’s super awesome! It’s all folded from a single square of paper too!
Scream, Designed and Folded by Lee Inseop
The crease pattern is in that photo if you can make it out
This is a pretty cool design and idea from Neelesh K. I couldn’t really think of any other post to include it in and since it’s kind of scary looking here it is. It’s all one sheet of paper with an excellent little colour change there.
Smoking Kills, Designed and Folded by Neelesh K.
Instructions not available
Here’s an excellent sort of Japanese-style orc to go with that goblin from earlier.
Orc, Designed by Makoto Yamaguchi and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Diagrams available in Creative Origami
This is Miyamoto Chuya’s Grim Reaper design again but this time folded by a different artist. I like how those one looks jolly and kind of fat, not the normal look you’d expect for the Grim Reaper.
Grim Reaper, Designed by Miyamoto Chuya and Folded by Mariano
Video instructions available from Mariano Zavala B.’s YouTube channel
Tengu are a type of demon from Japanese mythology and since they’re demons that gives me an excuse to include this amazing looking one in this post.
Tengu, Designed and Folded by Kazuki Kitanishi (Photo by Hiroaki Kobayashi)
Instructions not available
Here’s a simple and great little paper mummy.
Mummy, Designed by Anita Barbour and Folded by Rui Roda
Diagrams available from GiladOrigami.com – Part 1, Part 2
This jumping spider was part of the IOIO contest this year and a ton of different people folded it. This was my favourite version though. It’s titled “The Floor is Lava” and it’s in quite an imaginative pose.
Jumping Spider, Designed by Nguyen Ngoc Thanh and Folded by Никита Васильев
Instructions not available
Here’s another awesome group of ghosts.
Ghosts, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Video instructions available from 一匹柴犬 ORIGAMI’s YouTube Channel
Our final model for this post isn’t something you’d really think is traditionally Halloween-ey but it is a big ferocious and scary monster. Plus it’s super complex and really awesome looking.
Hydra, Designed and Folded by Jaran Darra
Photo diagrams available from Google Drive
That’s it for this post. Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone and if you fold any awesome Halloween origami share a link in the comments!
