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Origami Fox Face

Make a flat fox face by folding the whole top point down before raising its two ears. Turn it over to reveal the pointed snout, then add eyes and a nose if you like.

Preparation + 8 numbered steps

Materials

6-inch square · 6 × 6 inches

One 6 × 6-inch square (15.24 × 15.24 cm), preferably thin origami paper. Optional pencil or pen for facial features. No cutting or glue.

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Diamond-shaped folded fox face with center-meeting ears, a pointed lower snout and optional drawn eyes and nose
Finished flat fox face · optional drawn features

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Preparation

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Play or drag the progress slider to watch a fold from 0% to 100%. Use the view buttons or drag the diagram to look from another angle.

Blue and gold track the original left and right halves of one sheet. Darker tones show the reverse. Orange marks the moving layers and hinge; drawn features are optional ink.

With the diagram focused: Space plays or pauses, ←/→ change steps, and Home resets.

Every step, at a glance

Compare your paper with each diagram after completing the action. Blue and gold track the original left and right halves of one sheet. Darker tones show the reverse. Orange marks the moving layers and hinge; drawn features are optional ink.

  1. 0. Prepare the square
  2. 1. Bring the bottom corner up
  3. 2. Mark the middle
  4. 3. Open the center fold
  5. 4. Fold the whole top point down
  6. 5. Raise the right ear
  7. 6. Raise the left ear
  8. 7. Turn the face over
  9. 8. Add optional features
  1. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: gold6-inch square · color face down

    PREPARATION · Apex-down fox face

    Prepare the square

    Place the square as a diamond with a corner at the top. Start with the intended face color down.

    Layers: One uncut sheet.

    Check: Left and right corners are level and all four sides are equal.

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  2. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBottom corner to top

    STEP 1 · Apex-down fox face

    Bring the bottom corner up

    Lift the bottom corner onto the top corner. Align both sloping sides, then crease the long horizontal base.

    Layers: Move the whole lower half.

    Check: A broad triangle has two free tips together at the top.

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  3. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBoth layers · corner to corner

    STEP 2 · Apex-down fox face

    Mark the middle

    Fold the right base corner onto the left corner. Press the fold from the top point to the middle of the base.

    Layers: Carry both right-hand layers together.

    Check: The base corners meet exactly.

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  4. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldReopen the broad triangle

    STEP 3 · Apex-down fox face

    Open the center fold

    Undo only the last fold and lay the broad triangle flat again.

    Layers: Return the entire right packet to its starting side.

    Check: The first triangle stays closed; a vertical crease marks its center.

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  5. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBoth top tips to base midpoint

    STEP 4 · Apex-down fox face

    Fold the whole top point down

    Lift both free top tips together and bring them to the base midpoint. Press the horizontal hinge halfway between the old top and the base.

    Layers: Both apex layers move, not just the visible front flap. Leave the bottom strip and outer corners flat.

    Check: A down-pointing central triangle lies on a wide trapezoid. Its tip touches the base midpoint.

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  6. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBoth right layers · central flap stays flat

    STEP 5 · Apex-down fox face

    Raise the right ear

    Lift the right outer corner and fold its horizontal base edge onto the vertical center line. The hinge runs from the base midpoint to the right end of the new top edge.

    Layers: Move both layers of the outer right wing. Keep the central down-pointing triangle flat and still.

    Check: The right corner now points straight up above the midpoint. Its inner edge follows the center line.

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  7. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldBoth left layers · tips meet at center

    STEP 6 · Apex-down fox face

    Raise the left ear

    Mirror the fold on the left: bring the left base edge onto the center line and press flat.

    Layers: Move both outer left layers; keep the central flap and completed right ear still.

    Check: The two ear tips meet at the top. A center seam divides the diamond; do not spread the ears apart.

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  8. TURN THE WHOLE PACKETOriginal left: blue · right: goldTurn the entire packet over

    STEP 7 · Apex-down fox face

    Turn the face over

    Pick up the entire packet and turn it over from side to side. Keep the pointed ears at the top. The folding is complete.

    Layers: Turn every layer together without opening an ear or lifting the central flap separately.

    Check: A horizontal shoulder separates the upper ears from the exposed downward snout.

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  9. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldOptional ink · folds already complete

    STEP 8 · Apex-down fox face

    Add optional features

    If you want a face, draw two small eyes on the lower triangle and a nose near its bottom tip. You can leave the paper undecorated.

    Layers: Ink sits on the front snout only; no extra paper or folds.

    Check: Your flat fox face is finished, with touching ear tips above the pointed snout.

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Sources & notes

Origami-Instructions.com; corroborating tutorial by Bella at OrigamiOK, Origami Fox Face (undated tutorial).

Origami-Instructions.com (tutorial: Origami Fox Face) ↗ · OrigamiOK: related apex-down face ↗ · Corroborating source copyright information ↗

The inspected references do not establish the original designer or a design license for this fox face. Tutorial authorship is not model authorship. Source photos and text remain separately copyrighted; public access is not permission to reuse them. This guide independently authors its English, code, diagrams, pen marks and PDF, without reproducing reference media or prose. No public-domain status or project-wide license is asserted.

Adaptation: Follows the Origami-Instructions apex-down, edge-to-center face: the whole two-layer top point folds to the base midpoint before either ear moves. Both ear tips meet on the center line; the central down-folded flap stays still. OrigamiOK corroborates the apex-down sequence but permits splayed ear angles; those angles are not used here. Uses an exact 6-inch square, separates the center fold and reopening, and adds original optional pen features after turning the entire packet. This is a flat face, not a standing full fox or a finger puppet.

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Accuracy notes

Real-paper follow-along and paper weight have not been tested. Diagrams illustrate the sequence, not paper thickness, contact, collisions or exact layer visibility. One 36-square-inch sheet, rigid hinges, both original layers in the apex and ears, and continuous original-material seams. Zero-thickness teaching geometry; thickness and contact are not simulated. Real-paper folding has not been tested.