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Santa Claus

How to fold an origami santa claus

Paper
One square sheet of paper.
Preparation
No cutting or gluing is included in these folding steps. Begin with “Crease the center and unfold”. A pen is optional if you want to add the facial details shown in the finished model.
What you will make
A flat Santa Claus with a red hat, white beard, and drawn face.

Make Santa Claus from one square sheet, red on one side and white on the other. Begin white-side up, mark the center, and fold the lower edges inward. Bring the bottom point to the top, turn over, and lower only the front layer for the white beard. Tuck in the sides on the back and bend the hat tip. Turn to the front and draw a face. Add your Santa to a Christmas card or arrange several as decorations.

Follow the 11 steps above by scrolling. Drag the model to inspect a fold from another angle, and scroll back to review a previous step.

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Read all 11 folding steps
  1. Crease the center and unfold
  2. Fold the lower right edge to the center
  3. Fold the lower left edge to the center
  4. Fold the bottom corner to the top corner
  5. Turn the whole model over
  6. Fold only the front layer downward
  7. Turn over again
  8. Fold the protruding right side inward
  9. Fold the protruding left side inward
  10. Fold the hat tip diagonally
  11. Turn to the front and draw a face

Tricky points and what to check

The white beard does not appear

Steps to review: 5・6

After turning over, lower only the broad front layer to the bottom edge. Leave the narrow hat layer behind it unfolded.

The side folds show on the front

Steps to review: 7・8・9・10・11

Turn over after making the beard. Fold the sides along the sloping hat edges on the back, bend the hat tip, and turn to the front at the end.

Step 6：Fold only the front layer downward

Three views from the same 3D folding sequence. Read from top to bottom.

Layered top points before folding the beard
Layered top points before folding the beard

After step 5. Compare with the next image to identify the part that moves.

Before：After step 5. Compare with the next image to identify the part that moves.
Front layer folding downward to reveal its white underside
Front layer folding downward to reveal its white underside

Fold only the broad front layer to the bottom edge. Distinguish the red hat left behind from the white beard being revealed.

During：Fold only the broad front layer to the bottom edge. Distinguish the red hat left behind from the white beard being revealed.
White triangular beard folded below the red hat
White triangular beard folded below the red hat

After “Fold only the front layer downward”. Compare the corners and layers with the first image.

After：After “Fold only the front layer downward”. Compare the corners and layers with the first image.
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Make Santa Claus from one square sheet, red on one side and white on the other.

Completed origami santa claus

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