How to Fold an Easy Origami Penguin

This is a super easy origami penguin. We love to use this as a demonstration of the basic folds of inside reverse fold and outside reserve fold.

If you plan to make some lovely origami with kids, this is the best ones to start. It only takes 5 minutes and several basic steps to finish. You may use different sizes of paper to make penguin mom and kids.

If you want to add some elements of telling a story, add a lovely origami heat.

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If you are new to origami, start here from our beginner guide to know the basics and how to read the step-by-step instructions.

Folding time: 5 minutes
Paper: 15×15 cm
Difficulty: Easy, Beginner friendly

Material

Get a 15*15 cm origami paper, with one black and one white side, and you will get a 12.5*9.5 cm penguin. Another size of square origami paper will also work for this origami penguin.

Easy Origami Penguin Video

You can refer to the video and follow along to finish or follow our step-by-step picture tutorial.

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1

Start with the black side of the paper facing up and fold in half diagonally.

Step 2

Take the right point over to the other side to make a center crease. Then unfold it.

Step 3

Unfold the paper slightly from the bottom.

Step 4

Push the corner you just folded inwards, tucking it between the two layers of paper, and flatten the fold.

Step 5

Fold the left top point down diagonally to meet the right top point, then unfold it.

Step 6

Fold the left edge of the triangle to the right a little, and unfold it, creating a crease.

Step 7

Unfold the paper slightly from the left side.

Step 8

Hold both sides of the paper with your hands, outside reverse fold the top corner along the crease you made in step 6 and flatten it.

Step 9

Fold the left bottom point of the top layer to the right along the dotted line.

Step 10

Flip the paper over.

Step 11

Similarly, fold the right bottom point of the top layer to the left.

Step 12

Fold the bottom edge up a little to meet the black edge.

Step 13

Flip it over again.

Step 14

Similarly, fold the bottom edge up a little to meet the black edge. As we can see, the cute penguin is done!

Now we have finished this origami penguin. You can further continue to make some lovely origami animals or add some other elements to make a short origami story. We would recommend trying our origami jumping frog, which is super interesting as the frog can jump when its back is pushed. Happy folding.