Look at the newborn origami cat!

How to Make an Origami Cat!

Materials:

• 2 pieces of square paper
• Pencil

Method:

1. Turn your piece of paper 45 degrees clockwise to make it look like a diamond.
2. Fold the paper vertically lengthwise and unfold it.
3. Fold the top tip of the paper into the middle. Make sure it is aligned with the fold.
4. Using the fold you've made in Step 2, fold the paper with the triangle. There should be a triangle below it.
5. Fold the top tips on both sides to the middle to create a diamond.
6. Fold the flaps diagonally facing up to create the ears of the cat.
7. Fold the top tip downwards to make it look like a triangle. You don't need to fold the whole thing.
8. Turn the paper over and imagine a triangle then fold the triangle upwards.
9. Fold the tip of the triangle to make a nose.
10. Use the pencil to draw the eyes of the origami cat.
11. (For the body) Get your other piece of paper and fold it diagonally lengthwise and unfold it.
12. Fold the left and the right tips into the centre line to create an upside down triangle.
13. Fold the paper in half horizontally lengthwise.
14. Rotate the paper 90 degrees anticlockwise.
15. Create an imaginary line on the right to create a medium sized triangle and fold it downwards.
16. Fold the little tail towards the left again to make it look like two triangles.
17. Unfold the tail and the body and fold the tail down to create a diamond by using the folded line on the bottom part. It is okay if the body overlaps on the tail
18. Fold the diamond tail up but don't fold the body.
19. Fold the tail horizontally lengthwise to the left.
20. Insert the cat head into its body.

You should now have a little origami cat pet!

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the materials and the twenty steps for making an origami cat.

Look, the whale is coming!

How to Create a Paper Whale!

What you need:

• Square coloured piece of paper
• Pencil

Method:

Get your square piece of coloured paper and turn it 45 degrees clockwise to make it look like a diamond.
2. Fold in the square piece of coloured paper in a horizontal way lengthwise.
3. Open the paper again to make it into a diamond shape.
4. Fold the tip of the left and right sides to meet in the middle of the line.
5. Grab the tip of the paper on the top and fold it until it reaches the triangle. It should have three small triangles on the top.
6. Fold in the paper horizontally lengthwise.
7. Fold up the pointy bit, about 3 cms long.
8. Use a pencil to draw the eyes and the mouth of the whale.

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure. Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write what you need and the eight steps for making an easy paper whale.