DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Simple Origami Fox

This is extremely basic origami meant for ages 4 thru 7. 

It teaches them a few of the basic folds but lets them create a project in less than 10 steps.

Materials:

• square piece of brown construction paper (Cut a piece of regular construction paper to make a square. See below.)
• OPTIONAL:  black marker
• OPTIONAL:  wiggly eyes and glue

TERMINOLOGY -- MOUNTAIN FOLD:

fold the paper under -- see how it looks like a mountain?

TERMINOLOGY -- VALLEY FOLD:

fold the paper to the front

• to make a square piece of paper, valley fold diagonally and cut off the excess

• valley fold the paper in half diagonally  (so you have a triangle)

• valley fold the tip of the triangle down to touch the bottom of the triangle and crease well

• valley fold the left edge up to make an ear.  The blue line in the diagram should touch about where the yellow line in the diagram is.

• this is what you end up with

• repeat on the other side for the second ear.

• flip over.

• glue wiggly eyes onto the face
   
• draw a black nose and eyes onto the face.