How to Make Origami Cat Bookmarks

This is a thoughtful gift for your reading and pet lovers friends, a cute cat bookmark making the adventure of reading more peaceful and delightful.

It will always remind you of the firm bond between you and your fluffy pet cat, and will always wait for the next chapter of the book.

We will learn two basic folds in this origami cat bookmark tutorial, there are Inside Reverse Fold and Pleat Fold.

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 in the following part.

Folding time: 15 minutes
Paper: 15×15 cm
Difficulty: Middle

Material

Get a 15×15 cm origami square paper with different colors on each side, and you will create an 11.5×7.5 cm cat bookmark. You can change the color or use both colored papers even patterned paper to make your own cat bookmark unique in appearance.

Origami Cat Bookmark Video

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1

Start with the white side of the paper facing up, fold it in half diagonally, and unfold it.

Step 2

Fold it in half vertically, crease it well then unfold.

Step 3

Fold the bottom right edge to the top left, crease it well then unfold.

Step 4

Then fold the bottom left edge to the top right, leaving a crease then unfold it, here is an intersection point formed by these four creases.

Step 5

Fold the top and bottom points to the intersection point diagonally.

Step 6

Flip the paper over.

Step 7

Fold the top and bottom edges to align with the middle horizontal crease, then rotate it 90 degrees clockwise.

Step 8

Lift the top two layers to open the top part of the paper, then bring up the top point, and press it down to overlap with the colored part.

Step 9

Flip it over.

Step 10

Fold the top edge down along the dotted line.

[note that don’t fold the layer underneath]

Step 11

Fold the top point down along the dotted line.

Step 12

Flip the model over.

Step 13

Fold the left and right corners of the top layer down diagonally, crease them well, and unfold them.

Step 14

View it from the top right, slightly open the top right corner of the top layer, press down the tip, shape the crease you made in the previous step, tucking the tip between the layers of the corner.

Step 15

Similarly, open the top left corner, press down the tip, and shape the crease, tucking the tip between the layers of the corner.

Step 16

Fold the left and right edges to align with the middle vertical crease.

Step 17

Fold the right edge to the left, fold the top right corner down along the existing crease, then fold it up along the dotted line as the third picture shows, to do a pleat fold. Finally, unfold the step in the first picture.

Step 18

Similarly, fold the left edge to the right, fold the top left corner down along the existing crease, then fold it back to the top to make a pleat fold. Finally, unfold the step in the first picture.

Step 19