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Origami Elephant

Origami Elephant
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One of the biggest animals on earth has just been reduced to the size of a piece of paper? This Instructable will show you how to make your very own origami elephant using origami paper or a piece of 8x10 cut to square.
 
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Step 1Getting the right paper

Getting the right paper
You need origami paper or a manually cut square from a 8x10 sheet of paper like I did.
To begin lets make the basic folds first, fold the paper in halfs both diagnol and horizontal, vertical.
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8 comments
Feb 11, 2012. 5:30 PMljbaxley01 says:
awesome!!! sooooo cute
Jul 21, 2011. 7:48 PMschubertt says:
I made this from a 2inch square piece of origami paper...it ended up tiny tiny and I definitely didn't have space for a tail or two bends in the trunk!
Jul 25, 2011. 12:02 AMZyZZyvette says:
For some reason I find it funny that an elephant is made with a bird base. :) He looks really good, though.
Jul 20, 2011. 3:37 PMChrysN says:
Cute elephant! Can't wait to see more of your origami tutorials.

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