Origami Bunny

For the fourth origami project, I will be creating a rabbit, or bunny (is there even a difference?). Anyway, I just think that the well crafted version of an origami rabbit looks dope. Once again however, at my origami skill level, who knows how the final product will look? The book I will be using today is "Origami Farm Animals" by Lisa Miles. My incompetence in the beautiful art of origami may be exposed further in this project, as the details are a big part of the bunny, with the author saying "The rabbit has sensitive ears... here's how to make an origami version - complete with long ears," (Miles, 21). The reason I use this quote is that a big part of rabbits are their ears, and the amount of folds and details that go into creating ears could be a problem.

STEPS

Step 1: The first few folds are simple, a few valley fold towards the center. Valley folds are a very important fold throughout all of origami, no matter how simple or complex the project is.


Step 2: The next step once again, looks like it is quite a few steps ahead. In reality, it is about the same as the above picture, only with those valley folds already intact, and the corners folded in towards the middle. Then, turn those same flaps inwards and flatten them down. This is all in the sam step, but each picture is from the opposite side of the paper. This step alone sadly took me about half an hour because I could not figure out how to make the triangle folds in the middle.


Step 3: The third step is to mountain fold the whole thing towards the middle to create the body. Then, valley fold the left corners towards the middle to begin to create the face and ears of the bunny
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Step 4: Now, it is time to create the legs of the bunny. Mountain fold the back end of the bunny towards the head, and unfold it. then, inside the reverse fold the legs back towards the head, tucking the legs under the body. Draw a black dot for an eye on the bunny. The step for this was very confusing to me, saying "Unfold, then make an inside reverse fold to create the feet," (Miles, 23.) To me, I think there was just far too many directions in this one step and was therefore more difficult.


Looking back on this, this was much harder for me personally than the pig, candy cane, or the duck. The book did not do a good job of representing dimension and directions for  folds. The finished product does slightly resemble a bunny, but I am not satisfied with this poor excuse for origami. What do you guys think of my progression in origami skills, or lack thereof?

Let me know in the comments below. Thanks for reading my blog.


Miles, Lisa. Origami Farm Animals. New York, New York: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2014. Print.