How to Make a Paper Horse
Artists and artisans have often tried to replicate the speed and grace of horses through various projects. Likewise, creating original paper horses is a suitable activity for anyone who enjoys and practices horseback riding, or simply for someone who admires all things equestrian. This craft allows you a range of possibilities: by varying the color and size of paper, you can make an entire stable of different three-dimensional origami horses.
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Instructions
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Lay a piece of origami paper in front of you with the colored side down. Fold it in half, making a vertical crease through the middle of the paper. Unfold it and fold it in half again, making a horizontal crease through the middle of the paper.
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Unfold the paper and flip it over so that the colored side is facing you. Turn the paper so that it resembles a diamond, with one corner pointing "north" and the opposite corner pointing "south." Fold the bottom corner up to meet the top corner, making a firm crease. Now you have a triangle in front of you.
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Unfold the piece of paper and turn it so that the corner that was pointing to the left is now pointing "north" at the top of the piece. Bring the new bottom corner up to meet the top corner. Make a firm crease, creating a triangle shape.
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Unfold the crease you just made and flip the piece over so that the white side is facing up. Press down with your finger upon the center point in the middle of the paper. All the corners should stick upward when you do that.
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Turn the piece so that it looks more like a diamond than a square, with one corner pointing "north" and another corner pointing "south." Grab the right and left corners and pull them together so that they touch.
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Pull them downward to the bottom corner. You now have one top corner that is sticking straight up. Press that corner downward to meet the other corners. Press all the creases down firmly. You now have a miniature square.
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Fold the right corner of the top layer of this new square inward to the center line. Make a crease. Fold the left corner of the top layer inward to the center line. Make a crease. You now have what looks like a kite. Fold the top point of the kite downward as far as it will go. Make a crease.
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Unfold the last three creases that you made. Look at them. You should have a vertical crease cutting through the middle and a horizontal crease intersecting it. Take a pair of scissors and cut the top layer of your piece along the vertical crease, stopping at where it meets the horizontal crease. You now have two flaps right and left.
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Pull the right side of the flap up to the northeast point of the piece as far as it will go. Make a crease. Pull the left side of the flap up to the northwest point of the piece as far as it will go. Make a crease.
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Fold the right corner of the piece in toward the center line. Fold the left corner of the piece in toward the center line.
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Flip the piece over and fold the right corner in toward the center line. Fold the left corner in toward the center line. You now have what looks like a kite. Fold the top point as far down as it will go. Unfold all of these creases.
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Cut the vertical crease with a pair of scissors, stopping at the point where it meets the horizontal crease. You now have a right and left flap.
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Fold the right flap up to the northeast point of the piece. Fold the left flap up to the northwest corner of the piece. Fold the right corner of the piece in toward the center line. Fold the left corner in toward the center line.
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Turn the piece upside down. You now have two points, right and left, that point upward. Fold the right point downward on a diagonal, so that it points toward the right. This is the tail.
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Fold the left point down on a diagonal, approximately 1/2 inch, so that the tip of the left point, points straight out to the left. This is the head.
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Lift the tail straight up and turn it inside out along the middle fold, making a "reverse fold." Unfold the head and turn it inside out along its middle fold, making another "reverse fold."
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References
- Photo Credit horses image by Mat Hayward from Fotolia.com
