These instructions will guide you on how to create a simple and lovely origami chameleon. The chameleon includes a curled tail and expressive posture, and it only requires a few simple steps that take less than 10 minutes to complete, making it perfect for beginners in origami.
You can paint the finished product with eyes or a variety of colors to make it more vivid and special.
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: 10 minutes
- Paper: 15×15 cm
- Difficulty: Easy
Material
Get a piece of 15×15 cm origami square paper, with different colors on each side, to create a 5.5×8.9 cm origami chameleon. Choose any other square sheet of paper in your preferred color.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Place the paper with the desired display color side down to begin folding, fold it in half horizontally, leaving a crease, and unfold it.
Step 2
Fold it in half vertically, and unfold it.
Step 3
Fold the top and bottom edges to align with the middle horizontal crease.
Step 4
Fold the left and right edges to align with the middle vertical crease, crease them well, and unfold them.
Step 5
Fold the four points of the paper diagonally along the white dotted lines, leaving four creases, and unfold them.
Step 6
Mountain fold the four creases you made in the previous step, then lift the two layers from the sides and squash the four corners along the existing creases.
Step 7
Flip the paper over from front to back, then fold the top and bottom right edges to align with the middle horizontal crease, next, fold the top and bottom left edges to align with the horizontal crease as well.
Step 8
Rotate the paper 180 degrees from front to back, then fold the four corners in the middle outward along the dotted lines.
Step 9
Flip the paper over from front to back, then fold the left point toward the right side, and finally, fold the paper in half horizontally from bottom to top.
Step 10
Fold down the tail part, crease it well, and unfold it.
Step 11
Rotate it 90 degrees from front to back, then open this opening. Next, shape the creases you made in the previous step and the right section of the horizontal crease [picture 3].
Finally, press down the right point and close this opening, then rotate the paper 90 degrees from back to front.
Step 12
Fold up the bottom part of the tail, then unfold it.
Step 13
Focus on the bottom of the tail and view it from the right side, expand this corner from the bottom, then shape the creases you made in the previous step, and finally, press down the tip, valley its middle crease and close the opening.
What’s Next
This is the final shape of your origami chameleon. Now you can explore our other interesting origami animal instructions. Happy folding!
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