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Fold an Origami Elephant with Jonathan Adler Style

Posted on Feb 02, 2012

origami elephants

Jonathan Adler offers a unique paper toy how-to

A lucky origami elephant offers a personal way to gift money, jewelry or other small tokens. Consider decorating the paper toy with sparkly paints in a traditional Indian design, or get funky with patterned paper. 

Supplies:

- 3-inch square gray paper (head)
- 4-inch square gray paper (body)
- glue

Head

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Step 1: Start with kite fold. Valley folds.


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Step 2: Valley fold.
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Step 3: Cut as shown.
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Step 4: Valley fold in half.
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Step 5: Inside reverse fold.
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Step 6: Inside reverse fold.
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Step 7: Valley fold both sides.
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Step 8: Inside reverse fold both sides.
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Step 9: Valley fold all sides.
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Step 10: Valley fold both sides.
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Step 11: Completed origami elephant head.

Body

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Step 1: Valley fold in half.
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Step 2: Outside reverse folds.
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Step 3: Valley fold and rotate.
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Step 4: Valley fold both sides.
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Step 5: Outside reverse fold.
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Step 6: Outside reverse fold.
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Step 7: Completed origami elephant body

Assembly

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Step 1: Insert as shown and apply glue to hold.
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Step 2: Completed origami elephant
Adapted from Jonathan Adler Happy Chic Origami: 15 Fabulous Projects by Jonathan Adler and Dan Nguyen, published by Sterling Innovation.