How to Make an Easy Origami Lion

These instructions will show you how to make an easy origami lion from a single square sheet of paper. If you’ve never folded anything before we recommend you take a minute to review our Beginner’s Guide which will teach you all the basics.

Step 1) Fold the paper in half and then unfold it.

Step 2) Fold both sides to the centre along the dotted lines.

Step 3) Fold a tiny bit of the top layers of paper behind along the dotted lines.

Step 4) Fold the paper behind along the dotted lines.

Step 5) Fold the paper in half.

Step 6) Make an Inside Reverse Fold along the dotted line.

Step 7) Open up the paper by folding along the dotted line.

Step 8) Fold the top of the paper down along the dotted line.

Step 9) Fold the bottom of the top layer of paper underneath along the dotted line.

Step 10) Fold the right side of the paper over along the dotted line.

Step 11) Fold the paper down along the dotted line.

Step 12) Fold the paper over again along the dotted line.

Step 13) Make a tiny Inside Reverse Fold at the end of the tail.

The complete lion

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