How to make an origami Santa hat
Red with white fur and a bobble. Ho ho ho! Here's an easy origami Santa hat with white fur and a bobble, step by step: a diagram for every fold below, and every step playing in 3D in Crease, so you can watch the paper move and turn it round.
You need: a square of paper (15 cm or 6 in is ideal). Coloured on one side is best, but any paper works.
Free in your browser. Watch each fold, slow it down, turn it round.
Step by step
The dashed line is a valley fold (fold towards you); dash-dot is a mountain fold (fold behind). The arrow shows where the paper goes.
Fold the top edge down a little, so a strip of white shows. That will be the bobble.
Fold the bottom edge up a little, so white shows there too.
Fold the white strip up again, to make the thick white fur round the hat.
Fold the two sides behind, from the top corners of the fur up to the middle of the top. Ho ho ho: it’s Santa’s hat!
Done! Well folded.
Tips
- Line up the corners or edges first, then press the crease flat from the middle outwards.
- Run a fingernail along every crease: sharp creases make the later steps easier.
- Stuck on a step? Open Santa hat in Crease and watch it fold in 3D, as slowly as you like.
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