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Print out the Folding Zoo Animals template on white or colored cardstock. |
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Color the animals. If you printed out the animals on colored cardstock, you just need to color in the small details such as the tiger stripes, elephant nails, etc. |
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Cut out the animals. |
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You will need to properly crease your paper animals to make them stand upright. First, fold the paper animal along the middle and unfold. |
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To allow the animal to stand on its legs, fold both sides near the start of the legs inwards. Unfold. |
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Notice the kite-shaped dotted lines on the neck. Fold the neck outwards along the middle line so that it is fully bent back. |
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While keeping the neck folded, starting at the base of the head, fold the head back inward. |
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Unfold. Fold the paper animal again along the middle like in Step 1. |
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While keeping the paper animal folded along the middle, fold along the dotted diagonal line closer to the head. Fold to one side and then to the other side. |
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Again, keeping the paper animal folded along the middle, fold along the dotted diagonal farther from the head. Likewise, fold to one side and then to the other. |
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Unfold. With the creases in place, you are now ready to position your paper animal. |
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Fold the neck outwards again so that it is fully bent back. |
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While pinching the creased triangular area in the neck, push the torso inwards along the middle. This should cause the head to pop up slightly. |
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Finally, starting at the base of the head, fold the head back inward. |
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If your paper animal has a tail, curl it either upwards or downwards. |
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Fold the other animals following the same folding instructions. |
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