This elephant head is an original model that I created for a origami creation challenge on the French origami site Pliage de papier. The theme was "Hijacking the Lilly Flower". And indeed, this elephant face was born in a lilly flower! This elephant model has only a head and no body, but it can stand by itself. And the head is complete with huge elephant ears, two elephant tusks and of course an elephant trunk!
To make an elephant head in origami, please follow the instructions from this video on YouTube:
Here are the step-by-step instructions to fold an elephant head (photo diagram and/or video).
1. To fold the elephant head, you first have to fold a lilly flower!
2. Start with a square sheet of paper. Put the colored face on top.
3. Fold and unfold along the two diagonals.
4. Turn the model over.
5. Fold and unfold horizontally and vertically.
6. Fold together all the folds you made. Put the open side up.
7. Fold the right side towards the vertical axis.
8. Slighy unfold and open the fold you just made by inverting the fold on the left.
9. Flatten the folds.
10. Repeat the same folds on the 3 other sides.
11. Open the model on a fully colored side.
12. Fold the upper tip to the bottom tip of the model.
13. Flatten the right side towards the vertical axis. Pay special attention to the tips.
14. Flatten the left side.
15. Fold the bottom tip towards the top.
16. Repeat the same folds on the 3 other sides.
17. Fold the left and right sides towards the vertical axis.
18. Repeat for the 3 other sides.
19. Open the model on an unfolded side.
20. Fold two opposite inner tips towards outside to create the tusks.
21. Fold the top tip towards the bottom to open the model.
22. Turn the model over.
23. Fold back one of the top tips to form an ear.
24. Fold the other ear.
25. Turn the model over.
26. Fold back the tip of the ears.
27. Fold back the top of the head.
28. Fold down the bottom of the ears and flatten them.
29. Turn the model over.
30. Curve the trunk towards the top.
31. Fold the base of the model so that it can stand up.
32. Your elephant head is done!
We hope you like this original paper elephant head model! Once you have folded the lilly flower, it can be a cool magic trick to turn it into an elephant face!
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This elephant was folded from a paper bag cut into a square.
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