DLTK's Animal Crafts for Kids Whale Origami Paper Craft
Contributed by Leanne Guenther
Kaitlyn made this whale paper craft in her ocean themed summer camp
this year. I thought it turned out so well that I wanted to share it
with our viewers.
Materials:
paper (legal sized...8.5"x11"...blue or gray are most
appropriate) (a slightly heavier paper than 20lb helps too)
Starting with a legal sized piece of paper, cut the bottom few
inches off to make the paper square.
The first fold is from one corner to another
Use the scissors to cut a one inch slit from one corner along the
fold. This is ultimately be used for the whale's tail.
The second step is to fold the other two corners over to the center
of the paper. The edge of the paper should line up with the
first fold.
The third step is folding the top corner down to meet the edge of
the paper from the second fold. Sort of like a dog ear.
The fourth fold is repeating the first fold and folding the entire
project in half again.
On the pointed end (where you made the slit in step one) fold the
two halves to the outside to create the tail for step 5.
The sixth and final fold is sort of on an angle and works to raise
the tail up above the back of your whale.
Take some time to decorate your whale. You can use googly eyes
or draw the eyes on your whale, color it, make polka dots with a
dauber or whatever you see fit!
