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Origami Sitting Puppy

Fold a seated puppy from one square: a flat body supports a long sloping head and a single folded-over ear. This is a complete puppy picture, not a standalone dog face.

Preparation + 5 numbered steps

Materials

6-inch square · 6 × 6 inches

One thin 6 × 6-inch square (15.24 cm). Start with the intended ear color up. Ruler and pencil for shaping marks; optional pen for an eye and nose. No cuts or glue.

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Origami Sitting Puppy: a full seated puppy with a body, long muzzle and folded ear
A full seated puppy with a body, long muzzle and folded ear

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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 halves of one sheet. Darker shades show the reverse. Orange indicates moving paper. Eye and nose marks are optional ink.

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Every step, at a glance

Compare your paper with each diagram after completing the action. Blue and gold track the original halves of one sheet. Darker shades show the reverse. Orange indicates moving paper. Eye and nose marks are optional ink.

  1. 0. Prepare the square
  2. 1. Fold the bottom half up
  3. 2. Shape the seated body
  4. 3. Lower the long head
  5. 4. Turn over the front ear
  6. 5. Draw the puppy’s eye and nose
  1. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldPrepare the square

    PREPARATION · Origami Club Easy Puppy; measured shaping landmarks

    Prepare the square

    Place the square with horizontal edges and the intended ear color up. Mark the midpoints of the top and bottom edges lightly.

    Layers: One uncut sheet.

    Check: The two marks line up through the center.

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  2. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldFold the bottom half up

    STEP 1 · Origami Club Easy Puppy; measured shaping landmarks

    Fold the bottom half up

    Bring the bottom edge up to the top edge and crease across the middle.

    Layers: Move the entire lower half.

    Check: A wide two-layer rectangle has its closed edge at the bottom.

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  3. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldShape the seated body

    STEP 2 · Origami Club Easy Puppy; measured shaping landmarks

    Shape the seated body

    On the closed lower edge, mark 1.5 inches left of center. On the upper edge mark 1.5 inches right of center. Fold the upper-left part toward you along the diagonal joining these marks.

    Layers: Carry both layers, including their joined lower edge.

    Check: A level-bottomed body extends below the right-hand head panel.

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  4. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldLower the long head

    STEP 3 · Origami Club Easy Puppy; measured shaping landmarks

    Lower the long head

    On the sloping upper-left edge mark a point 2.4 inches above the old closed-edge level. Join it to a mark on the right-hand lower edge 2.5 inches right of the old center. Fold the upper-right packet down and left along this line.

    Layers: Carry every layer of the head; keep the seated body still.

    Check: A sloping muzzle projects beyond the body.

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  5. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldTurn over the front ear

    STEP 4 · Origami Club Easy Puppy; measured shaping landmarks

    Turn over the front ear

    Through the highest corner of the folded head, make a vertical crease. Fold only the front small triangle on the left of this line toward the right.

    Layers: Move the front head layer only; leave its matching rear layer still.

    Check: One triangular ear lies on the head, above the body.

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  6. END STATEOriginal left: blue · right: goldDraw the puppy’s eye and nose

    STEP 5 · Origami Club Easy Puppy; measured shaping landmarks

    Draw the puppy’s eye and nose

    Add an oval eye on the head and a dark nose at the muzzle tip. Keep the whole puppy flat for a card or picture.

    Layers: No new fold; facial marks are optional ink.

    Check: The folded ear and long muzzle sit above a complete seated body.

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Sources & notes

Origami Club; diagram copyright Fumiaki Shingu, Easy Puppy (undated web diagram).

Complete seated puppy diagram ↗ · Reference model page ↗

The diagram credits Fumiaki Shingu. Traditional status, public-domain status and a design-reuse license are not established. No reference images, prose or code are reproduced. These English instructions, material geometry and illustrations are independently authored.

Adaptation: Retains all source operations: lower half up, whole double-layer diagonal body fold, whole head fold, front-layer ear and drawn face. Uses a 6-inch square with authored shaping marks: the body diagonal joins points 1.5 inches to either side of center on opposite rectangle edges; the head line meets the upper body slope 2.4 inches above the rectangle hinge and the lower edge 2.5 inches right of center. The ear hinge is vertical through the new top head corner. These repeatable proportions are authored rather than exact source measurements. The finished puppy is a flat seated picture; no standing behavior or separately articulated legs are implied.

Original instructions and diagrams, made with AI assistance. About & reuse

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 uncut 36-square-inch sheet, complete double-layer body/head packets and a single front-layer ear. Shared geometry drives static, interactive, hero and PDF diagrams. Zero-thickness teaching diagrams do not certify finite thickness, retention or physical folding. Real-paper folding has not been tested.