Do you know "Lily the Giraffe"? This giraffe 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". To create this giraffe head, you first have to fold a lily flower. Then all it takes is a few more folds to transform the lily flower into a beautiful giraffe!
To make a giraffe head in origami, please follow the instructions from this video on YouTube:
Here are the step-by-step instructions to fold a giraffe head (photo diagram and/or video).
1. To fold the giraffe head, you first have to fold a lily flower. See the lily flower instructions.
2. Slightly open the lily flower.
3. Fold the right inside flap of the small tip towards the edge and flatten it.
4. Fold the left inside flap in the same way.
5. Turn the model and repeat the last two folds for the opposite small tip.
6. You can now flatten the model.
7. Make a valley fold to bring the right tip towards the center.
8. Make another valley fold below the right of the right tip to flatten it.
9. Make a valley fold to bring the left tip towards the center.
10. Make another valley fold below the left of the left tip to flatten it.
11. Turn the model to the other side.
12. Fold the bottom of the bottom tip.
13. Turn the model to the other side.
14. Fold the right of the right inner tip towards its center.
15. Fold the left of the right inner tip towards its center.
16. Repeat the last two folds on the left inner tip.
17. Fold the right outer tip in two towards the center.
18. Fold the right outer tip in the middle and flatten it a bit to form the ear.
19. Fold the left outer tip in two towards the center.
20. Fold the left outer tip in the middle and flatten it a bit to form the ear.
21. Fold back the two layers at the top of the head.
22. Fold back the tips of the two ears.
23. Fold back the tips of the two horns.
24. Turn the model to the other side. Your giraffe head is complete!
An elephant, a reindeer, and now a giraffe! The lily flower is a very interesting base to create other origami models.
I hope you liked this original paper giraffe head model. If you fold it, please send us pictures of the result to contact@origami.plus so that we can add them to this page! Thank you!
You can try to fold the giraffe with spotted paper, or to create your own spotted paper.
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