How to Make an Easy Origami Cow Face

Making a lovely origami cow face is a lovely family activity. You may also use pink paper to make a strawberry cow.

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, this will create an 11*9.5 cm cow face. If you want a bigger or smaller cow face, you can also choose to use another size of paper, but it must be square.

Easy Origami Cow Face Video

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1

Fold the paper in half once from top to bottom and from left to right, and unfold it. We can see here are two vertical cross-creases.

Step 2

Fold the bottom edge up a little.

Step 3

Flip it over.

Step 4

Fold the right edge to the left to meet the middle crease.

Repeat the other side too.

Step 5

Fold the two middle top points to the left and right diagonally respectively.

Step 6

Fix the top left and right corners, and lift up the left and right layers of the surface to the left and right along the dotted lines respectively.

Step 7

Press down both layers and lift up the top edge at the same time to form a small pocket.

Step 8

Then flatten it.

Step 9

Fold the bottom right corner to the left diagonally along the dotted line.

Repeat this for the left.

Step 10

Flip the paper again.

Step 11

Now you can draw eyes and a nose for your adorable cow.

Don’t forget to draw a dark circle to one of his eyes to make it cuter and more cow-like.

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