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Origami Turtle
Learn how to make a simple origami turtle. This traditional origami turtle or tortoise is made from one sheet of square paper, and is easy enough for young kids to learn.
Like a few traditional origami models, this origami turtle requires a single cut to complete the back legs.
Contrary to popular belief, a single cut (or even more than one) doesn’t turn this into Kirigami (the art of paper cutting). This is because traditional Japanese origami has no such rules like no cutting or even no glue.
Only very recently is the idea of only using one square sheet, no cuts and no glue been popular, to learn more about this, read our page about Pure Origami.
Origami Turtle Instructions
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Step 1: This is the front of our origami paper, our origami turtle will end up this color.
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Step 2: This is the back of our paper, which if using origami paper, is often white.
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Step 3: Fold the paper diagonally in half so that you have a triangle shape.
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Step 4: Fold the bottom right point up to the top point.
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Step 5: Fold the bottom left point up to the top point.
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Step 6: Fold both points down to the bottom point.
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Step 7: Fold both bottom points diagonally outwards as shown.
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Step 8: Rotate the paper.
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Hello my name is Imogen and I love your origami ( I especially like the animals) I tried the turtle and I noticed that in step 5 I noticed something that didn’t make sense: “bottle” left did u maybe mean bottom?
yours sincerely Imogen
fun.
You aren’t supposed to cut anything in origami. It’s the art of paper folding, not cutting. Good model tho. I made mine out of newspaper.
Yes this is generally true however there are some traditional Japanese origami models that do include some cutting (such as this turtle). The idea that you cannot use any cuts or glue is not a strict rule in Japanese origami, rather it’s just something that has become popular over time.
It was pretty easy and cute.
nice
your girl bob
i did it agin and agin is cool
bon’t call me miley everyone calls me bob
Fantastic, Fun and really easy. GREAT for beginners
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