Giraffe

Difficulty:vFFFFFvSuper/Complex
Designed:v2+63;vrevised:v2+647v2+65
Recommendedvstartingvsize:v655v838vcm)
0.5 Finishedvsize:v7v6E25vtallv869vcm)
Expectedvtimevneededvtovfold:v5hvhoursv

69vWhite,side,up.,Fold,and, 29vFold,and,unfold,in,half,both,ways 39vPinch,and,unfold.

unfold,along,both,diagonals., creasing,up,to,the,diagonal

49vFold,over,from,the,pinch,mark,to,the 59v,Pinch,the,top,edge,down,to,the,circled, 69vPinch,and,unfold.

bottom,right,corner,,crease,only,at,the point,keeping,the,left,edge,at,a,right,angle,
diagonal,intersection,,and,unfold., and,unfold.,Repeat,along,the,bottom,edge.

Shuki,Kato,-,Giraffe,69v
 7. Pinch and unfold. 8. Pinch and unfold. 9. Fold in half.

10. Pinch and unfold creasing 11. Unfold. 12. Pinch and unfold into fourths.
through both layers.

13. Fold the corner to 14. Foid the remaining corners to the center, 15. Pinch along the
the center and unfold. crease only along the diagonals, and unfold. diagonal and unfold.

16. Fold in half. 17. Fold and unfold through 18. Fold and unfold.
both layers as shown.

Shuki Kato - Giraffe 2.

 19. Foldqandqunfold. 20. Foldqandqunfold.q 21. Foldqandqunfold.

22. Foldqandqunfoldqalongqtheq 23. Foldqandqunfoldqdividingq 24. Foldqandqunfoldqdividingqfurther.

angleqbisectors.qZoomqinq evenlyqintoqfifths.q
onqtheqlowerqsection.

~18°

25. Likeqso.qReturnqtoqfullqview. 26. Reverse-foldqthenqrotateqtheq 27. Foldqandqunfoldqalongqtheq

modelqtoqmatchqtheqnextqdiagram. angleqbisector.qRepeatqbehind.

28. Squash-foldqtheqcorner.q 29. Foldqandqunfoldqcreasingq 30. Foldqandqunfoldqtheqedgeq 31. Foldqandqunfold.

Repeatqbehind. throughqallqlayers. toqtheqindicatedqcrease.

ShukiqKatoq-qGiraffeq3.
 32. Foldxonexflapxdown2x 33. Foldxandxunfold2 34. Foldxandxunfold2 35. Foldxandxunfold2
Repeatxbehind2

36. Pinchxmarksxwillxnoxlongerxbex 37. Open4sinkxinxandxout2x 38. Likexso2xTryxnotxtoxcreasexthroughx 39. Foldxandxunfold2

shownxunlessxrequiredxforxreference2x thexdarkenedxregionxvneckxandxforelegVx
Crimpxusingxexistingxcreases2 inxthexproceedingxsteps2

x39442

40. Valley4fold2 41. Squash4fold2 42. Bringxonexlayerxinxfront2 43. Repeatxstepsx

39442xbehind2

44. Reverse4foldxthexlargex 45. Valley4foldxthex 46. Valley4foldxthex

centralxflapxtoxthexleft2x corner2xZoomxin2 cornerxoverxandxover2

ShukixKatox4xGiraffex4.
 745-47

47. Valley-fold. 48. Like7so.7Repeat7steps745-477 49. Crimp7the7neck7and

behind.7Return7to7full7view. forelegs7simultaneously.

50. Fold7and7unfold7creasing 51. Extend7an7existing7crease7 52. Crimp7as7shown.7Zoom7in.

7through7all7layers. and7fold7angle7bisectors.

53. Bring7one7layer7in7front. 54. Fold7the7edge7to7the7right7and7 55. Bring7one7layer7in7front.

spread-sink7the7corner7behind7it.

56. Bring7one7layer7in7front. 57. Fold7and7unfold. 58. Open-sink7triangularly7keeping7it7

closed7at7the7circled7point.

Shuki7Kato7-7Giraffe75.
 O53-58

59. RepeatOstepsO53-58Obehind. 60. FoldOandOunfoldOcreasingO 61. CrimpOalongOtheOsidesOandO

throughOallOlayers. topOedgesOsimultaneously.

62. LikeOso.OClosed-sinkOtheO 63. ZoomOin. 64. PullOoutOtheOhiddenO

hiddenOedge.ORepeatObehind. corner.ORepeatObehind.

65. Open-sinkOtheO 66. SpreadOoutOtheOtopOedgesOswivelingO 67. Reverse-foldOanotherO

nearOandOfarOedges. twoOhiddenOcornersOonOtheOrightOandO corner.ORepeatObehind.
reverse-foldingOtwoOcornersOonOtheOleft.

68. UnsinkOtheOpocket. 69. FoldOtheOedgesObackOup. 70. PullOoutOtheOpaper.OTheO

modelOwillOnotOlieOflat.

ShukiOKatoO-OGiraffeO6.
 71. Sinkytriangularly. 72. Invertytheydarkenedy 73. Flattenyasyshown.
region.yRepeatybehind.

74. Reverse-foldytheysmally 75. Foldytheycorneryinside. 76. Wrapyoneylayeryaroundy

corner.yRepeatybehind. xclosed-sink).yRepeatybehind.

77. Zoomyout. 78. Separateytheypleats. 79. Box-pleatyasyshown.

80. Likeyso.yFoldythey 81. Turnytheymodelyover. 82. Cutyawayyview.yFoldyandyunfold.

legsybackydown.

ShukiyKatoy-yGiraffey7.
 83. SinkFtheFdarkenedFregionFandF 84. BringFtwoFedgesFinFfrontF3easym. 85. WrapFoneFedgeFbehind.
pleatFtheFexcessFpaperFtoFtheFleft.

86. FoldFoneFedgeFdown. 87. FoldFtwoFcornersFup. 88. ReleaseFtheFlooseFpaper.

89. SwivelFasFshown. 90. LiftFtheFedge. 91. TuckFtheFedgeF 92. BringFoneFedgeFinFfront.

behindFallFtheFlayers.

F82-93

93. TurnFtheFmodelFover. 94. RepeatFstepsF82-93Fbehind. 95. FoldFandFunfoldFcreasingF

throughFallFlayers.

ShukiFKatoF-FGiraffeF8.
 96. Open-sinkRtriangularlyRkeepingR 97. Open-sinkRusingRtheR 98. LikeRso.RFoldRandRunfold.
itRclosedRatRtheRcircledRpoint. existingRcreases

99. OutsideRreverse-foldRreleasingR 100. FoldRandRunfold. 101. FoldRandRunfoldRcreasingR

someRpaperRonRtheRright. throughRallRlayers.

102. Open-sinkRinRandRout. 103. SwivelRtheRedges. 104. WrapRtheRedgesR

RepeatRbehind. around.RRepeatRbehind.

105. FoldRandRunfoldR 106. PerformR3RconnectedR 107. CrimpRtheRtailRintoRtheRpocketRR

alongRtheRangleRbisector. outsideRreverseRfolds. releasingRsomeRpaperRbelow.R

ShukiRKatoR-RGiraffeR9.
 108. RZoomRinRonR 109. CutRawayRview.R 110. FoldRandRunfoldRalongR 111. Reverse-fold.
theRwhiteRflap. FoldRandRunfold. theRangleRbisector.

112. Open-sinkRinRandRout. 113. LikeRso.RNowR 114. BringRtheRlooseR 115. UnsinkRtheRpocket.

focusRonRtheRfarRleg. edgeRinRfront.

R114-117

116. SwivelRsomeR 117. LikeRso.RZoomRout. 118. RepeatRstepsR 119. NowRwe4llRworkRonR

paperRtoRtheRright. 114-117RonRthisRside. theRfrontRsection.

120. FoldRandRunfold. 121. FoldRandRunfoldR 122. FoldRandRunfoldRinR 123. CrimpRtheRnearRandRfarRedgesR

theRangleRbisectors. lineRwithRtheRrawRedge. loweringRtheRheadRinRtheRprocess.

ShukiRKatoR-RGiraffeR10.
124. Open-sinkmthemcorner. 125. Foldmthembundlem 126. Foldmandmunfold.
ofmedgesmdown.

127. Foldmandmunfoldmthemlowerm 128. Repeatmonmthemothermside. 129. Foldmandmunfold.

edgemtomthemdottedmline.

130. Collapsemasmshown. 131. Unfoldmthempreviousmstep. 132. Open-sinkmthemcorner.

133. Collapsemasmbeforemaddingm 134. Themnextmstepmwillmhavemam 135. Spread-sinkmthemmiddlem

twomcrimpsmalongmthemspine. cutmawaymviewmofmthismsection. edgemusingmexistingmcreases
frommstepm130masmguides.

ShukimKatom-mGiraffem11.
136. Likemso.mFoldmthembundlem 137. Bringmonemlayerm 138. Foldmthemflapmtomthemrightmallowingm
ofmedgesmbackmdown. inmfrontm4unsink2. amsmallmcornermtomswivelmdown.m

139. Closed-sinkmtwomcornersmandm 140. Spread-sinkmthemcorner. 141. Sinkmthemlowermleftmcornermandmpullm

bringmthemsmallmflapmbackmtomthemleft. outmthemexcessmpapermatmthemtop.

m136-142

142. Open-sinkmthemcorner. 143. Repeatmstepsm136-142mbehind. 144. Foldmandmunfoldmcreasingm

throughmallmlayers.

145. Open-sinkmkeepingmitm 146. Foldmthemsmallmcornerm 147. Foldmthemlayersmbackm

closedmatmthemcircledmpoint. behindmandmintomthemcenterm upmincorporatingmamreversem
pocket.mRepeatmbehind.m foldmatmthemtop.mRepeatmbehind.

ShukimKatom-mGiraffem12.
 148. ExtendFtheFheadFtoFtheFright.F 149. Closed-sink. 150. FoldFtheFbundleFofFedgesF
backFdownFonceFmore.

151. Spread-sinkFtheFlowerFcorner 152. BringFoneFlayerFinFfront. 153. CloseFbackFupFtuckingFtwoF

andFspreadFoutFtheFtopFcorner.F cornersFintoFaFpocketFbelowFandF
reverse-foldingFtheFedgeFatFtheFtop.

F150-154

154. Open-sinkFtheFcorner. 155. RepeatFstepsF150-154Fbehind. 156. FoldFandFunfold.

157. DoubleFreverse-foldFtheFhead. 158. CrimpFtheFheadFupwards. 159. ZoomFin.

ShukiFKatoF-FGiraffeF13.
 160. Pullboutbthebhiddenbflap.b 161. Foldbandbunfold. 162. Swivelbasbshown. 163. Sinkbthebcornerb
tobthebfront.

164. Reverse-fold,bwrapbtheb 165. Valley-foldbswiveling 166. Crimpbthebearbupwards. 167. Lowerbthebnearb

paperbaroundbatbtheblowerbedge. atbthebbase. edgebslightly.

b160-169

168. Foldbthebedgebbehind. 169. Foldbthebedgebbehind. 170. Repeatbstepsb 171. Reverse-foldb

160-169bbehind. thebtipbofbthebnose.

172. Wrapbthebsmallbcornerb 173. Pleatbthebmuzzlebandbpullb 174. Pullboutbthebcorner. 175. Pleatbthebnoseb

aroundbonbbothbsides. outbthebloosebpaperbatbthebnose. onbbothbsides.

ShukibKatob-bGiraffeb14.
 176. Reverse-foldLtheL 177. Squash-foldLtheLhorns 178. PullLoutLtheLfarLedgeL 179. OpenLtheLear,LnarrowLtheL
cornerLbackLinside. andLfoldLdownLtheLeyes. ofLtheLearLandLcrimpLtheL horns,LandLshapeLtheLface.
headLupwardsLslightly.

180. LikeLso.LZoomLout. 181. FoldLtheLcornersLinside. 182. ReturnLtoLfullLview. 183. ZoomLinLonLtheLtail.

184. OutsideLReverse- 185. ReleaseLtheL 186. FoldLtheLedgesLinside. 187. ReleaseLtheLtrappedLedge.

foldLtheLtail. edgeLupwards.

188. FoldLtheLtailLinLhalfLandL 189. SinkLborLreverse-fold)LtheLtopL 190. SinkLtheLtopLcorner,LsqueezeL 191. LikeLso.LZoomLout.

extendLitLtoLtheLleftLslightly. cornerLandLcrimpLtheLtipLofLtheLtail. andLcurveLtheLtail,LandLpullLoutL
someLpaperLatLtheLtip

ShukiLKatoL-LGiraffeL15.
 192. PleatMtheMlegs. 193. NarrowMtheMlegsM 194. ReleaseMsomeMpaper.M 195. Mountain-foldMtheMfarM
withMmountainMfoldsM edgesMofMeachMlegMtoMtheMleft.
swivelingMatMtheirMbase.

196. PleatMtheMhindMleg. 197. PleatMtoMformMtheMhooves. 198. NarrowMtheMlegsM 199. SwivelMtheMpaperMbehind.

withMmountainMfolds.

M192-200

200. ShapeMtheMlegsMfurther. 201. RepeatMstepsM 202. PleatMtheMbelly. 203. PullMoutMtheMlooseM

192-200Mbehind. edgesMslightly.

204. ShapeMtheMbodyMwithM 204. LikeMso.MReturnMtoMfullMview. 205. PleatMtheMmaneMandM 206. TheMCompletedMGiraffe.

softMmountain-folds. curveMandMshapeMtheMneck.

ShukiMKatoM-MGiraffeM16.