Rob Snyder Origami

© 2021 Rob Snyder Origami

Introduction

Like a lot of origamists, I love folding paper much more than I love making diagrams. For that
reason, I’ve created many more designs than you’ll find here. But thanks to the hard work of
Allie Godfrey, who created most of the diagrams in this booklet, I was able to collect some of
my favorite designs in one place. It could take me years to do enough diagramming to feel like I
have the content for an official book, and since I don’t have the patience for that, I wanted to
put these out into the world so that more people can fold them and share them with friends. I
hope that if you do fold the models in this booklet, you’ll tag me on social media and let me
know. All of the models you’ll find here were designed by me, and the diagrams were created
by Allie Godfrey, and by me, depending on the model.

Acknowledgments

Rediscovering origami as an adult has changed my life. The art of folding paper has made for a
fantastic hobby, but more importantly, I’ve connected with people from around the world, and
formed friendships that go deeper than simply folding together. I have many people to thank
for this journey—more than I can list here. So I will just say thank you to my wife Kacee and my
sons Tucker and Gavin, who have helped make all of this possible through their love and
support. Thank you to Allie Godfrey for her patience and skill in creating these diagrams from
my notes and pictures. And thank you to the friends I have made around the world who have
made origami so much more than a hobby.

How I Design

Although I love folding paper, I don’t spend a lot of time folding origami models by other
designers, just because of time constraints. If I have a couple of free hours late at night, I’d
rather spend that time working on my own designs or sketching ideas in my notebook.
However, I do own a lot of origami books, because I’m always interested in the artists’ creative
processes—whether in origami, or any other creative field. Learning about the way other
people get inspired and how they work usually inspires me as well, so I’ll read or watch
documentaries about artists and creativity in any field, be it glass blowing, baking, crafting, or
music. When I thought about how I wanted to start this book, it occurred to me that it might be
interesting to write about how I designed the models you’re about to see. I’ll explain a little
about the specific models as we go along, but for now, here’s a little about how I create.

The models you’ll find in this booklet are the result of a process of asking questions, and playing
with paper. I usually fold for a while without consciously thinking about what I’m doing. Then I
ask myself “What does this look like?”, and I refine the model from there. I think of it like a
Rorschach test for creating—seeing what I have, and what it reminds me of, and where I can
tweak things to expand and refine the model. I’ll often fold the start of something, and then
just study it from time to time over days or weeks, asking the partially folded paper on my desk,
“What are you?” until I’m inspired to start the next steps in the creative process.

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The more I design, the more I also find myself folding in my head before I grab a piece of paper.
This creative process is usually driven by “What If?” questions. “What if I folded that part of the
square into a fish base?” “What if I added a graft at the beginning of the design, and then
folded that base?” This curiosity to see what will happen and where it will take me in the design
process leads to a lot of new ideas. Often times it leads to a total dead end, but when it works, I
have new paths to explore that lead to new models and ideas that I can incorporate into the
next design. The trick is knowing when to stop—trusting that little voice inside that says that
everything is balanced, the elements of the design are all in harmony and consistent with one
another, that changing or adding anything more will add too much effort for too little effect.

I know fantastic origami artists who are very calculated in the way they design—they know
ahead of time what they want, and how to get there mathematically and logically. They can
sketch a diagram or a crease pattern before they ever pick up a sheet of paper. For better or for
worse, I don’t have that skill. And because my designs start by playing with paper and seeing
where it takes me, I’m often surprised by the subjects I end up folding. For me, then, the trick is
to trust my intuition and see where the creative process leads, recognizing the animal that is
emerging from the paper when I get close, and refining it as I go along until it is in finished
form. Sometimes this process is very quick, and, like my Frog, the design emerges fully formed
from the paper in one pass. Other times there are elements of the model that are complete,
but it remains unfinished for weeks, months, even years before something finally clicks and I go
back to complete the design (the Lion and the Unicorn worked in this way). When I started
creating my first models back in 2015, I thought it sounded crazy when someone said they had
worked on a design for years before it was complete. Now I see that this method of creating
and refining over time can be a very natural, time-consuming, and ultimately very satisfying
part of the artistic process.

I used to worry that if I folded models by other people, or took classes from someone whose
designs I admire at an origami convention, that I would unintentionally copy elements of their
work when I went back to my own designs. But as I become more confident in my own creative
process and vision for what I want my completed models to be, I worry less about this
accidental influence and have instead learned to enjoy the work and skill of others. In fact, as I
find myself teaching more origami in classes and workshops for new folders, I’ve had the
pleasure of learning and teaching models by a variety of folders from around the world, and
have been inspired by their creativity.

The models in this booklet are the results of five years of folding, questioning, and creating.
One of my favorite things about being a part of the worldwide origami community is the
friendship, and the joy of sharing and learning from one another. I hope that you enjoy folding
these designs as much as I’ve enjoyed discovering them.

Rob Snyder
September 2021
@robsnyderorigami

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Design Notes

• Bull (created 2019)

o I often revisit designs years later when my skills have changed or improved, to
see how I can enhance older models. This Bull design was a few years old when I
decided to refold it one day. I realized that I had initially folded it from a one-
color watercolor paper, but that I could probably, with very little change to the
folding sequence, produce a color change for the horns. Once I did that, I also
decided that I needed to change the body, which had no legs or tail in the initial
design—just the suggestion of a body shape. With a few shaping folds I was able
to create legs and a tail, while still retaining the powerful shape of the bull
through the shoulders and chest.
o Recommended paper: 25 cm square of kami, kraft, washi deluxe, or other sturdy
duo papers

• Contemplation (created 2016)

o I designed Contemplation in 2016, and it has remained one of my favorite
designs. I had made variations of this design to depict cloaked figures before I
came across this seated, meditative pose, and when I was asked by Origami USA
to teach this model in March of 2020 (and later publish this diagram in The
Paper), I felt like it perfectly captured a sense of peace that I needed in a
turbulent time. I think the folding sequence and the finished model can both
lead to a sense of calm that is more important now than ever in the world.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of kami, kraft, tant, or other sturdy paper

• Frog and Lily Pad (created 2016)

o This Frog design was the beginning of my path of designing three-dimensional
animals with a strong geometric aspect. It appeared almost fully-formed as a
completed model through the process of playing with paper, which is my
favorite way to create. Often when I am folding to relax, I like to turn off my
brain and daydream in a meditative fashion. As I do so, I either fold without too
much thought, or I continuously ask myself, “What if I folded this part here?
What would it look like if I folded this?” until I end up with something interesting
that I can revise and extend into a completed model. In the case of the Frog, I
was folding in this “What if?” manner when I turned the model toward me and
realized that I was looking into the frog’s eyes, implied by the negative space
above a curving throat. I had to reverse-engineer the model to figure out how I
folded it, since I had been daydreaming the whole time, but the model took only
a couple of more creases until it was complete. The Lily Pad that follows should
be folded from a square about 1/3 larger than the square for the frog to produce
a larger lily pad that the frog can rest on.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of tant, elephant hide, watercolor, or other
sturdy single-color or duo papers

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• Gorilla (created 2016)
o The Gorilla was born from the same base as the Frog. After playing around with
the positioning of the Frog design, I saw that the throat of the Frog could be
made into the face of a gorilla, and that by changing a few of the mountain and
valley folds in the limbs of the Frog, I could get more powerful arms and smaller
legs for a gorilla design. The design of the face, and the creation of a consistent
folding sequence, took the most time. I had a number of iterations of the head
before I was satisfied that it was complete. Given that the head is made from a
preliminary base grafted onto a square, I spent most of the time designing faces
on separate preliminary bases before finally folding the final Gorilla model with
the completed head.
o Recommended paper: 25 cm square of tant, elephant hide, or sturdy watercolor
papers

• Lion (created 2019)

o The Lion is a great example of how my iterative design process often works. It
took a long time to get to a final design that I was really happy with—almost 2
years from beginning to end. For most of that time, I had the finished body, but I
couldn’t find a head and mane that I liked, and that I felt were a good match for
the rest of the model. It took many iterations and revisions before I was satisfied
that I had found the right combination of effort to effect, and the final head and
mane “fit” the body I had already designed with a distinctive, geometric, and
replicable mane and head shape.
o Recommended paper: 25 cm square of kami, kraft, washi deluxe, or other
relatively thin duo papers

• Panda (created 2019)

o This is one of my favorite designs to teach, because it can be produced with
nothing more complex than valley and mountain folds (known as Pureland
origami). This base seems fairly obvious for the creation of a Panda given the
distribution of colors, and I know there are other similar Panda designs. What I
like about this one is the way that the two-dimensional result can be shaped to
something more three-dimensional by adding a couple of simple mountain folds
to separate the legs and add volume to the belly. In this way, and with some
additional managing of the position of the head and the arms, it’s possible for
the Panda to stand on his own two feet. It’s possible to make this design more
complicated with additional folding and shaping, but I really like the more simple
and straightforward result you see here.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of kami or other relatively thin duo papers

• Polar Bear (created 2019)

o I had spent a week producing a variety of bears with some simple folds from an
interesting base, but most of them were shaped like black bears or grizzly bears.
With a few adjustments, I started working on the base that you find in this Polar

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 Bear design, and I realized, once I started making it three-dimensional, that it
had a nice length to it that could become the long neck of the polar bear. From
there, the whole design came together fairly quickly.
o Recommended paper: 25 cm square of Tant, kraft, or other sturdy papers

• Sparrow (created 2016)

o The Sparrow is folded from a fairly simple series of pre-creases in a grid pattern,
but the results allow for a three-dimensional shell of a bird with a recognizable
head/beak, thin bird legs, a thicker body that implies folded wings, and a tail.
Like my other geometric models, I especially like the way the facets created by
the simple folds create more volume and shape through the use of light and
shadow.
o Recommended paper: 10 cm square of tant, elephant hide, watercolor, or other
sturdy papers

• Unicorn (created 2019)

o Similar to the design process for the lion, I had a body for this unicorn that I liked
for a long time before I was satisfied with the head. I kept trying different
iterations and versions of the head over time, but I would put it down to come
back to later when I wasn’t happy with the results. Finally, I was almost asleep
one night when I pictured the folds in steps 18-20 in my head—and that simple
thinning move was exactly what I needed to complete the design. It was finished
in its final form the next morning when I woke up.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of any relatively thin paper, single or duo
color

• Santa Claus (created 2015)

o There are so many Santa Claus designs that I was convinced when I first designed
this one that it had to have been done before. But after combing the internet in
search of origami Santas, I decided that this was an original design. I like its
simple elegance—the initial folds using thirds set up a design that looks cartoon-
like and proportionate from top to bottom, with the distinctive origami Santa
color change for the face/beard and hat brim, and a bonus of two white mittens
to match.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of kami, gift wrapping paper, or other duo
papers for a color change

• Angel (created 2015)

o This model was created around the holiday season at the same time as my Santa
Claus design. It’s a simple design that I think is enhanced by the final steps to
create and shape a three-dimensional head and hood.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of kami or other thin papers

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• Wolf Cub (created 2015)
o This is a simpler model with a straightforward sequence that I like for the
cartoon-like result. I like to design origami models that imply animals without
being extremely literal about the details. In this case, we have the right number
of limbs and details like ears and a snout, but the proportions give it a cute
aspect more like a drawing from a children’s book than an actual wolf. The extra
paper in the front can be used to make the lower jaw, a fang, a tongue, etc.
o Recommended paper: 15 cm square of kami or other relatively thin single or duo
papers

• Rabbit (created 2015, revised 2019)

o My rabbit model was one of the earliest original designs I created, and it’s still
one of my favorites. It’s the one I fold from small scraps of paper when I’m
fidgeting, and that I always love to teach others. It got its start from a happy
accident—I was designing a winged pig, and I set down the design-in-progress on
my lap for a second, turned a different way than I had been working. When I
looked back at the model, suddenly I saw a rabbit instead of a pig based on the
new orientation, and I immediately made the necessary changes to bring the
rabbit to life. I’ve tweaked it a bit here and there over the years to shape the
arms and the belly differently, and create an interior lock to prevent spreading,
but it’s stayed fundamentally the same since the day I created it.
o Recommended paper: 10 cm square of kami, kraft, or other relatively thin duo
papers

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 Bull
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2019)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

Body

Horns

Start with square, Collapse to form a

body color side up. water bomb base.

4. 5. 6.

Open sink the top Fold the top flap Fold the top
1/3 of the base. only from left to flap only.
right.

7. 8. 9.

Valley fold, using the Fold to the centerline, Fold the flap inside
center line beneath as bisecting the bottom out (wrap around) to
a reference. angle. Unfold. form a color change.

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 10. 11. 12.

Move the white flap Valley fold both flaps

to the left. to the center. Thin the horn. Form
the ear.

5 - 14
13. 14. 15.

Repeat steps 5-14 on

the right side.

16. 17. 18.

Fold and unfold 1/3

of each flap.
This is the result.
Inside reverse fold
the horns.

19. 20.

Inside reverse fold the Open the top layer to

corners on existing creases. look inside the model.

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 21.
Fold down to form the
head, chest, and front legs.
23.
Push down on the spine, using existing
creases to make the flat plane of the back
convex. Now turn the model sideways, so
it is facing left.
25.
Connect the front and back leg creases
with another pinched mountain fold. Make
valley folds to shape the legs and belly.
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22.
This is the result. Set the bull on
its feet, facing you.
24.
(a) (b)
Pinch the folds to begin forming the legs.
a. Front legs follow the line of the existing raw edge
of the layer inside, and intersect the vertical crease
at the halfway point.
The back legs are formed by pinching a mountain
b. fold that bisects that angle and stops at 1/4 of the
height of the vertical crease.
26.
Form the back of the legs and the
tail by pinching mountain folds.
Push the tail down slightly, forming
a mountain fold along the top.
Top view
3
 27. 28.

Turn the model to face you.

Focus on the head in the
next step.

Shape ears with rabbit ear

folds. Add a forward curve
29.
to the horns.

Complete.

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 Contemplation
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2016)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

The result. Unfold

Collapse.
all.

7. 8. 9. 10.

The result. Unfold

to step 6.

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11. 6 - 10 12. 13.

14. 15. 16. 17.

Fold the top layers

only to the center.

18. 19. 20. 21.

Mountain fold on
the existing crease.

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22. 23. 24.

Begin opening the Shaping in progress. Shape the legs using

arms using the existing the existing mountain
creases. and valley creases.

25. 26.

Lift and round the Complete.

front of the head to
shape.

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 Frog
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2016)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

The result. Unfold Collapse.

all.

7. 8. 9. 10.

The result. Unfold

to step 6.

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11. 6 - 10 12. 13.

Fold and unfold,

Repeat steps 6-10
creasing through all
on the left side.
layers.

14. 15. 16.

Lift flaps so they are at Lift side flaps so they

90°, perpendicular to are at 90°, Continue shaping (see
the flat model. perpendicular to the results in step 17).
flat model.

17. 18. 19.

Side View

Pull down the throat (using Back View

This is the result of the
frog on its back. Turn the
model over to stand the
frog on its feet.
the existing mountain
crease). Push down the top
of the head (using the
existing valley crease).
Complete.
Front View

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 Lily Pad

Frog Lily Pad

Designed by: Rob Snyder (2016)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

Use a square 1/3 - 1/2

times bigger than the
Frog square.

1. 2. 3.

45°

Form a blintz
base.

4. 5. 6.

Fold in 1/3 of each Fold in 1/4 of each Shape top edge

bottom corner. top corner. with a valley fold.

7.

Complete.

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 Gorilla
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2016)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

The result. Unfold Collapse.

all.

7. 8. 9. 10.

The result. Unfold

to step 6.

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11. 6 - 10 12. 13.

Fold and unfold,

Repeat steps 6-10 creasing through all
on the left side. layers.

14. 15. 16.

Fold and unfold Fold the top layer only

underneath to form the Folding in progress.
mountain creases, top
layer only. arms. The model will start
to become 3D through the
shoulders.

17. 18. 19.

Fold the hands

This is the result. Turn the
underneath to lock the
model over to continue 3D
arms in place.
shaping (the model will not
lie flat).

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20. 21. 22.

Back Front
Pull out the “face” flap This is the result. We
This is the result. Turn and flatten it. will now focus on the
the model sidways. face.

23. 24. 25.

Unfold to step 24.

26. 27. 28.

Crimp fold. Open the layers slightly,

turn to face you.

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29. 30. 31.

Mountain fold, letting Pull down the chin

the top layer fold slightly to form the
underneath. mouth.

32. 33. 34.

Pinch subtle mountain Pinch at the circled

folds to form the brow. point and pull down
over the muzzle to
deepen the brow.

35. 36. 37.

Round the muzzle. This is the result.

Complete.

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 Lion
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2019)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

Body

Mane

Valley fold and Valley fold and Fold all four corners to
unfold. unfold. the center to form a
blintz base.

4. 5. 6.

Rabbit ear the The result. Rabbit ear each side

four flaps. Turn over. to form a fish base.

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 7. 8. 9.

90°

Fold down four

legs.

Fold in half Fold and unfold the

behind. flap in front and
behind.

10. 11. 12.

Inside reverse fold.

Notice the two reference points Open tail
that are circled - the bottom circle section.
is the pivot point, and the top
circle is where the front of the tail
Thin tail.
will intersect.

13. 14. 15.

Inside reverse.

(Use existing creases inside Open head

the model as a guide.) section.
Close tail.

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 16 - 17
16. 17. 18.

Open top layer only - Fold behind to create a color Repeat 16 - 17 on

the result will be 3D change (the pyramid shape the other side.
will “pop” inside out).

19. 20. 21.

Close flap. Now we’ll focus on Slide the top layer toward the body
the head and mane. so that the diagonal crease lies
parallel to the bottom edge of the
lion, then create a new perpendicular
crease by flattening the flap.

22. 24.
23.
21 - 23

Reverse fold Mountain fold the Repeat steps 21 - 23

bottom triangle. flap inside the model. on the other side.

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 25. 26. 27.

Inside reverse Fold and Slide top layer up

fold. unfold flap. and flatten, creating
a new valley crease.

28. 29.

Fold and unfold Open the flap, look

flap along the Outside reverse fold OR underneath, valley fold
existing hinge. the tip to form head. the tip down, and close
the flap.

30. 31.

Fold inside to form Valley fold down part of

lion’s back. the flap inside the back of
the mane to lock the
head.

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 32.

a. b. c.

Shape paws on
all four legs.

33. 34.

Shape back and belly (Front view - the Shape mane using
with subtle mountain mane is star-shaped.) existing creases.
folds.

35. 36.

Shape tail to taste.

(Optional: reverse the tip of Complete.
the tail for a color change.)

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 Panda
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2019)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

Fold edges to the

center, letting the flaps
underneath flip out.

7. 8. 9.

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10. 11. 12.

The valley folds should be Fold 1/3 of each ear behind.

1/3 from the bottom of the Fold the tip of the head
13. triangle. behind the shape.

14. 15.

16. 17. 18.

19. 20. 21.

Shape legs
and belly Complete.

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 Polar Bear
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2019)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

Start with the square, polar

bear color side down.

4. 5. 6. 7.

Rabbit ear fold, fold

the flap to the left.

8. 9. 10.

Reverse fold.
Mountain fold the left
side behind, leaving the
flap to the left.
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 11. 12. 13.

Fold down flaps in front Now unfold to step 7.

and behind. See next step
for reference points.
Add one mountain fold and three
valley folds where indicated, then
refold to step 12.

14. 15.

Push up from inside the model

to make the top of the polar
bear a flat plane. The front
legs should be at a 90° angle
This is the result, side view and top
to the bear’s back.
view. Now flip the bear on his back
and look inside.

16. 17. 18.

Inside reverse fold the

neck/head. The pivot point is
Valley fold the This is the result. Note the
the circled point from step 17.
inner-leg flaps to lock circled point for the next
When you complete the fold, it
the front legs. step. Stand the bear back on
wil create a pyramid-shaped
his feet.
hump on the back.

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19. 20.

Inside reverse fold. Inside reverse fold.

21. 22.

Fold in the tip to form the snout. Complete.

Crimp fold to separate the head
from the snout. Inside reverse the
tips of each leg to flatten.

Optional:

It is possible to create a color

change nose by reversing the tip to
create a color change, and then
folding it on top of the snout. This
works well with a black/white sheet
of duo paper.

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 Sparrow
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2016)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

5.
4.

45°

Fold and unfold all four

corners to the center
like a blintz base.

6. 7. 8.

Fold to outer crease

and unfold.
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 9. 10. 11.

45°

Beak

12. 13.

Foot Foot

This is the result.

Unfold the model.

Tail

14. 15.

16. 17. 18.

Rabbit ear fold up. The result. Repeat

Unfold. steps 15 - 17 on the
other side.

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19. 20.

This is the result. Unfold

the model, leaving the
legs folded.
Pinch the legs and bring
them to the center of the
model to form the 3D
shape.

21. 22.

Side View
Top View

Complete.

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 Unicorn
Designed by: Rob Snyder (2019)
Diagrammed by: Allie Godfrey

1. 2. 3.

Start with square, This is the result.

unicorn color side up. Turn over.

4. 5. 6.

Fold edges to the Rabbit ear fold the left Fold in half behind,
center, letting the flaps and right flaps, creating letting the center flaps
underneath flip out. a fish base from the flip up.
center square.

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 7. 8. 9.

Fold and unfold (top Fold and unfold (top Fold top layers up like a
layers only). layers only). water bomb base.

10. 11. 12.

Connect the top corners to the Use the existing folded

point using valley creases edges beneath as a guide to
(bottom edges do not go to rabbit ear the top triangle.
the center line).

13. 14. 15.

135°

Inside reverse fold. See

Valley fold top layer to the left, next step for reference
and mountain fold the bottom points.
layer to the right.

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 16. 17.
(b)
(a)

(c)

This is the result. The folded
edges are parallel at (a), the neck
intersects the back at (b), which is
directly above the intersection of
the legs. The leg points at (c) are
touching the point that was just
inside reverse folded.
Inside reverse fold. The swivel
point is where the front and the
back legs meet. When the fold
is complete, the folded edge of
the flap will run through the top
point of the triangle.

18. 19. 20.

Open neck slightly Bisect the top

and look inside. angles, then close
the neck.

21. 22. 23.

Inside reverse Inside reverse

Inside reverse fold. fold to form the
fold.
horn.

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 24. 25.

Shape legs with subtle rabbit

ear folds. Shape tail into an
Complete.
“S” curve.

(Optional: Twist horn, or color

change horn.)

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1. 2. 3.

= =

= =

= =

Square, white side up.

Fold and unfold.

Santa Claus
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4. 5. 6.

Collapse model along these lines. The result should look

like this.

7. 8. 9.

Fold and unfold top layer.

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10. 11. 12.

Mountain fold corners behind head.

Santa Claus
© Rob Snyder

13. 14. 15.

Squash fold arms. Mountain fold behind on existing

crease lines. Turn model over.

16. 17. 18.

Fold corners in. Turn over. Complete.

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1. 2. 3.

Angel
Square, white on both sides.
Fold and unfold.

© Rob Snyder

4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9.

Complete.
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2.

1.

Fold ear. Repeat behind.

4.

Collapse.
Begin with a fish base. Crimp to form front legs and head.

Wolf Cub 5.

© Rob Snyder

6. Inside reverse to form body.

7.
Inside reverse to form
back legs and tail.

Outside reverse
to shape tail.

8.

Complete.

11.

9. 10.

(Optional: shape head and body.)

Fold tip inside to
form muzzle.
(Optional:fold down fang/jaw
from inside muzzle.)
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Square, color side up for

Rabbit
white rabbit with color
inside ears, white side up
for color rabbit with white
inside ears. Fold and unfold.
© Rob Snyder

4. 5. 6.

Unfold all.

7. 8. 9.

Fold up, repeat behind.

Fold left side flaps over. Fold Fold top half behind.
right side flaps over, crease,
and unfold.

10. 11. 12.

45˚

Crease and unfold, Crimp.

repeat behind. Crease and unfold,
repeat behind.

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 13. 14. 90˚ 15.

Crimp fold, allowing

the outside flaps to fold up. The result should look like this.

Rabbit
© Rob Snyder
Fold top layer inside to shape
ear and arm. Repeat behind.

16. 17. 18.

Fold tip inside to form nose. Fold leg flaps up, Fold down to shape leg.
in front and behind. Repeat behind.

19. 20. 21.

Fold the tip up

inside the body,
shape the ears.
Shape the belly with
Complete.
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