Business Card Puppy

by Larry Stevens

This model, inspired by Anita Barbour's Postcard Pup, is

folded from a standard business card. Other rectangular
cards and papers can also work--the ratio of the sides 1. Fold in half lengthwise 2. Fold the top point down
determines the height of the puppy. Unfinished and textured and return. Fold all four and return. Fold the bottom
cards work best; glossy finished cards may crack or split. corners to the center line. point up and then back down,
overlapping about a quarter
*Note: Steps 5 through 9 apply to both sides of the model. of the point's length.

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3. Fold valley creases at the 4. Fold the top point down. 5. Grasp the left side 6. Grasp the back
top and return. Narrow the tail Fold the tail behind model just below the crease edges of the ears while
by folding sides to center while and up slightly. Valley fold while pivoting the top pushing down and in on
squashing the outside triangles. the model in half. down. Press flat. the nose. Crimp firmly.

7. Inside reverse fold the 8. Pivot the top of the 9. Mountain fold the chest 10. Done! Remember,
bottom of the ears up, even model down to form the legs. inside the model. If desired, every puppy needs a
with the angled line of the Crimp the creases into round the jawline and indent good home, so give him
chest. smooth curves. the forehead slightly. to someone nice.