CLICK HERE FOR THE PATTERN!

If you are planning to make many squares you

might want to glue the template to some cardboard, for instance the back of
a note pad, or a cereal box. It's fun to think of new ways to reuse!!
1.
Cut out the SQUARE template for the ornament you want to make.
2.
Place the template on top of the paper and trace around it.
3.
Cut the square out of the paper.
4.
Follow the folding directions to fold the STAR
5.
You may glue it if you like-although traditional ORIGAMI is not usually glued
6.
Add a string and/or hook if you want to hang it as an ornament!

Unicorn

By Patricia Crawford
Reprinted with permission from
"Creating Origami" by J.C. Nolan

know.

In correspondence with
Patricia Crawford, I learned
that this model came to her
one night in a dream,
complete and intact. She woke
up the next morning and
folded it. It is the most
spectacular example of
inspired creation of which I

This model was always a wonder to me. I've loved mystical

creatures such as unicorns and dragons my entire life, and
as a novice orgamist I thought that to fold this model would
be the ultimate accomplishment. I tried time after time but
my attempts failed miserably.
There are several folding sequences which are tricky. The
model is built upon a stretched bird base with some
additional internal structures, and I could never figure out
how to get from the unstretched base to the stretched
version, because noone had ever taught me the
procedure. It seems I might have once completed the
procedure by accident, and then couldn't get past the
subsequent reversing steps. It is also easier to orient the

internal structures incorrectly than it is to get them right. To

make the model easier to understand, and eliminate these
pitfalls, I've redesigned the folding sequence slightly,
clarifying the steps that I found confusing.
The model should be folded from origami foil or foil backed
paper. A 10" sheet of paper leads to a model
approximately 4" long. It also makes a wonderful miniature.
Try folding it from a 3" piece of Japanese foil.
J.C. Nolan

1. Fold and unfold the paper in half 2. Fold the corners inward.
along one diagonal, then fold and
leave folded along the other
diagonal.

3. Enlarged view. rotate the model 4. Fold and unfold in both directions.
90 degrees counter-clockwise.
Turn the model over.

5. Fold and unfold. turn the model 6. Carefully fold a preliminry base on
over.
the existing creases.

7. Petal fold all the layers upward

and fold the flap back down.
Repeat behind.

8. Unfold the model to step 6.

9. Fold the two points to the left.

10. Fold the point downward

following the existing creases.

11. Rabbit ear the flap to the right. 12. Repeat steps 10 - 11 on the
bottom flap.

13. Fold the model in half.

14. Fold the flaps to the left.

15. Inside reverse fold the point.

16. The purpose of the next three

steps is to execute a wrap on points
A & B. Unfold the model to step 13.

17. Open the model partially.

18. Reverse the direction of points A

and B, then fold the model back up,
following the existing creases, to a
position similar to step 16.

19. Rabbit ear the front leg. Repeat 20. Reverse fold the hidden points.
behind.

21. Fold the flap in half. Repeat

behind.

22. Fold the back of the leg in half in

the opposite directin. Repeat behind.

23. Pull one thickness to the right. 24. Watch carefully. Reverse fold the
Repeat behind.
back leg asymetrically, repeat
behind.

25. Reverse fold the back leg

26. Thin the back of the leg by one
asymetrically again in the opposite fourth, repeat behind.
direction. Repeat behind.

27. Reverse fold the tail upward.

28. Reverse fold again.

29. Reverse fold asymetricaly.

Repeat behind.

30. Crimp fold the tail while

simultaneously pushing half of the
middle of the tail inside out.

31. Fold and unfold the flap not

quite halfway. Repeat behind.

32. Sink the two areas triangularly.

33. Reverse fold. Note that the

crease does not go point to point.

34. Outside reverse fold.

35. Pull out two small hidden flaps. 36. Outside reverse fold the horn
from the center of the head. Be very
creful, it is easy to tear off the horn
at this point. You may need to use a
paper clip or tweezers.

37. Thin the horn further by sinking 38. Crimp fold the ear. Repeat
it in half.
behind.

40. Outside reverse fold the tip of

39. Complete the ear by flding the the nose.
flap back to form a point. Repeat
behind.

41. Reverse fold the nose again.

42. To complete the model, press

the body and horn to make them 3D.

Origami Santa
This month's (11/93) contribution is from Jim Marshall (mezzrow@aol.com). His
comments:
"I have forgotten where the artwork and folding method for this model originated. All I
know is that I had to recreate the artwork and folding instructions from some crude,
yellowed drawings I hastily scrawled. I gave this piece to friends and colleagues last
year, in lieu of a Christmas card. (It makes a terrific tree ornament.) Unfortunately,
instead of my co-workers doing the folding as intended, somehow I ended up folding
for them. I figured that would be half the fun for them!
Hope I'm not stepping on anyone's copyright! If so, I apologize."
"I noticed errors in the instructions to the Santa fold. The letters attached to the model
points are all fouled up. Follow the diagrams to fold (not the letters) and you should be
OK.
Also, the drawing should be cut out on the inner square, not the outer."