Note: Drawings are not drawn to scale.
Follow the written directions in the first
few steps closer than the diagrams.
Dolphin
1. 2.
Begin with a squre, Fold to center and unfold.
same color on both sides. Rotate 90 degrees clockwise.
Crease the diagonals.
3. 4.
Fold up to intersection
and unfold. Fold up to the crease you just
made. Unfold.
6.
5.
Like so. Valley fold the top
Valley fold so that the
corner to meet the bottem one.
crease made in step 4
lies slightly above the
one made in step 3.
Dolphin, page two.
7. 8.
Valley fold the left so that Valley fold to bisect lower angle.
a) The edges on top line up. Unfold steps 7 and 8, and repeat
b) The fold creates a 90 degree angle them on the rights.
on bottom.
9. 10.
Valley fold the flap so that
the edgesof the fold intersect
Rabbit ear the shaded flap. This is the
the fold made in step 7 at a
dorsal fin, so it's best to leave it
right angle.
pointing straight up. Fold the
bottom flap underneath. Refold
steps seven and eight. Mountain
fold entire model in half lengthwise.
11.
Tail section.
Your model should look something like this. The next few steps will deal with the tail.
Dolphin, page three.
12.
13.
Inside reverse fold the shaded Inside reverse fold the shaded
area down. There is a little triangle flap up.
pointing up inside the dorsal fin.
Reverse fold this along with the
rest.
14. 15.
Inside reverse fold the shaded Reverse fold the tail, repeat behind.
flap down.
16. 17.
Top veiw of tail. Gently mountain
Squash fold to form tail, fold to curve the ends.
repeat behind.
Dolphin, page four.
18.
Tail section.
Squash fold.
20.
19.
Only the first and middle Dorsal fin is not shown. Spread sink;
layers are shown. the top of the spread should lie along
Valley fold down. the top edge of the midle of the model.
21.
22.
This is the original
diagonal crease.
Bisect the corner of the flap you just
Reverse fold a single layer up. folded up with a reverse fold.
There are no guidlines for this fold. Steps 21 and 22 help separate
the fin from the body.
Dolphin, page five.
22.
23.
Details of the fin. Inside reverse fold flap "b"
This is a judgement fold. to line up with edge "a".
The grey line is a mountain fold Mountain fold "c". Turn
which lies along an edge. over.
Swivel until angle "a" is about
80 degrees wide.
24. 25.
Reverse fold. Swivel in half. The gray
is a mountain fold that
lies on an edge. Turn over.
26. 27.
Reverse fold. This Fold over and tuck
fold IS assymetrical. into fin. Closed-sink
the other end to narrow it.
28.
Completed fin. Repeat steps 18-27
behind.
Dolphin, page six.
29. 30.
Your model should look
Another judgement fold; When the model
something like this. The
is completed, you may adjust this step to
grey line is a valley fold.
taste. Sink the center and fold the side
Tuck the triangle inside.
layers into the sink. Reverse fold the tip.
31. 32.
The head should look something
Now we're going to shape
like this.
the head and make it three
dimensional. The grey lines
are mountain folds, the dotted 32 a.
line is a valley fold. Sink the top
of the head into the bottom; the
ides will puff out and the snout 32.
will form.
The grey lines are mountain folds.
32 a: Crimp the paper right by the
fin to puff out and curve the body.
33. The crimp should extend about half
way up. You may want to sink the crimp
in between the first and middle layer.
32: Shape the bottom of the body and
the dorsal fin with gentle mountain folds.
Repeat behind.
Completed dolphin.
