Rabbit Origami – Origami Rabbit Instructions

Learn how to fold paper to make this rabbit origami. Children can follow my easy origami rabbit instructions to make their own paper rabbit! Great paper craft for Easter and all year long for those who love animal crafts!

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Cute Origami Bunny Rabbit

My rabbit origami is extremely popular right now as we are in the Chinese Year of the rabbit! I also expect lots of people to come and follow my origami rabbit instructions in the lead up to Easter! 

My paper rabbit origami will show you the necessary folds to make to create this adorable Easter bunny.  Like most of my easy origami ideas this one does not require many supplies.

Materials needed

• Colored craft paper – light or medium light
• Pencil – to trace eyes, blush and inner ear parts
• Craft glue
• Sharpie or gel pen
• A pair of scissors

If you like rabbit crafts why not try some more of my Easter bunny crafts

Now onto the main event my adorable paper bunny origami. 

How to Make Rabbit Origami Step By Step

I would class this Easter bunny origami as medium difficulty. It has 38 short steps which will take under 45 minutes to complete. 

As we go along I will share some images to ensure you are completing the steps correctly. You can always go back and redo a step if something goes wrong. Find out how to fold paper rabbit below.

Step 1:

Take a piece of square paper.

Step 2:

Fold the paper in half diagonally, from both sides; and then unfold.

Step 3:

Fold up any one corner and join it to the center of the square paper (intersected point of the diagonal creases).

Step 4:

Now, fold-in the closed side along the diagonal half-crease as shown below.

Step 5:

Similarly, fold the other half of the pattern and your in process rabbit origami looks like this. It is still not taking shape yet though.

 

 

Step 6:

Fold-in any one open corner and join it with the center point.

Step 7:

Unfold the last fold.

Step 8:

Now, join that same open corner with the inner corner of the square part on the opposite side.

Steps 9, 10 and 11:

Unfold the last fold.

Similarly, fold the other side.

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Steps 12, 13, 14:

Fold a side in half (from the open end to the 2nd crease) and unfold to leave a crease.

Similarly, fold the other side (width wise).

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Steps 15, 16, 17:

Work on the side with the creases created in the previous step. Fold the square part in half by joining the outer corner with the inner corner.

Now, fold the outer edge along the 2^nd crease of the other end.

Fold the side of the folded part along the crease created in step 12 and 13.

Steps 18,19,20:

Flatten the side with the rest of the pattern.

Fold the opposite side similarly.

Fold out the square part along the inner sides of the small triangle parts.

Steps 21, 22, 23:

Fold the pattern along the yellow marked line.

Unfold the last fold.

Fold and flatten the top layer of that side.

Steps 24, 25, 26:

Fold the inner sides along the yellow marked lines. We are going to create the ears of the origami rabbit with this part.

Now, let’s work on the other side (open corner).

Fold the open diagonal sides along the middle crease of the pattern.

Steps 27, 28, 29:

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Fold and join the 2 yellow marked lines. This step separates the head from the lower body part of the origami rabbit.

Flatten the pattern neatly.

Steps 30,31,32 :

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Fold the top corner of the head part along the yellow marked lines.

Unfold the last 2 folds.

Steps 33, 34, 35:

Open the top corner neatly and flatten that side along the crease created in the previous step.

Similarly, fold the other side.

Make small folds on the corners (marked with 2 small yellow lines).

Step 36:

Fold up the bottom corner halfway to the top side.

Step 37:

Cut out 2 inner ear patterns from pink paper and 2 eye bases from white paper. Use a black sharpie to draw the eyes on the eye base cut-outs.

Step 38: 

Attach the cut-out patterns on the origami rabbit pattern to complete the craft.

Printable Origami Rabbit Instructions

If you want to share these with a friend or use them at a later stage, it is a good idea to print them and keep them in a craft folder. 

Rabbit Origami - Origami Rabbit Instructions

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Learn how to fold paper to make this rabbit origami. Children can follow my easy origami rabbit instructions to make their own paper rabbit!

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Materials

• • Colored craft paper – light or medium light
• • Pencil – to trace eyes, blush and inner ear parts
• • Craft glue
• • Sharpie or gel pen
• • A pair of scissors

Instructions

Step 1:

Take a piece of square paper.

Step 2:

Fold the paper in half diagonally, from both sides; and then unfold.

Step 3:

Fold up any one corner and join it to the center of the square paper (intersected point of the diagonal creases).

Step 4:

Now, fold-in the closed side along the diagonal half-crease.

Step 5:

Similarly, fold the other half of the pattern.

Step 6:

Fold-in any one open corner and join it with the center point.

Step 7:

Unfold the last fold.

Step 8:

Now, join that same open corner with the inner corner of the square part on the opposite side.

Step 9:

Unfold the last fold.

Step 10:

Similarly, fold the other side.

Step 11:

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Step 12:

Fold a side in half (from the open end to the 2nd crease) and unfold to leave a crease.

Step 13:

Similarly, fold the other side (width wise).

Step 14:

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Step 15:

Work on the side with the creases created in the previous step. Fold the square part in half by joining the outer corner with the inner corner.

Step 16:

Now, fold the outer edge along the 2nd crease of the other end.

Step 17:

Fold the side of the folded part along the crease created in step 12 and 13.

Step 18:

Flatten the side with the rest of the pattern.

Step 19:

Fold the opposite side similarly.

Step 20:

Fold out the square part along the inner sides of the small triangle parts.

Step 21:

Fold the pattern along the yellow marked line.

Step 22:

Unfold the last fold.

Step 23:

Fold and flatten the top layer of that side.

Step 24:

Fold the inner sides along the yellow marked lines. We are going to create the ears of the origami rabbit with this part.

Step 25:

Now, let’s work on the other side (open corner).

Step 26:

Fold the open diagonal sides along the middle crease of the pattern.

Step 27:

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Step 28:

Fold and join the 2 yellow marked lines. This step separates the head from the lower body part of the origami rabbit.

Step 29:

Flatten the pattern neatly.

Step 30:

Turn the pattern to the other side.

Step 31:

Fold the top corner of the head part along the yellow marked lines.

Step 32:

Unfold the last 2 folds.

Step 33:

Open the top corner neatly and flatten that side along the crease created in the previous step.

Step 34:

Similarly, fold the other side.

Step 35:

Make small folds on the corners (marked with 2 small yellow lines).

Step 36:

Fold up the bottom corner halfway to the top side.

Step 37:

Cut out 2 inner ear patterns from pink paper and 2 eye bases from white paper. Use a black sharpie to draw the eyes on the eye base cut-outs.

Step 38: 

Attach the cut-out patterns on the origami rabbit pattern to complete the craft.

If you like animal origami instructions then why not make some of my others. I especially love my origami butterfly

Keeping in the Easter theme why not try my Origami Chicken

If younger kids do not want to miss out on Easter rabbit fun, then they can decorate my cute bunny coloring pages

How long did it take you to make this Rabbit Origami?

 

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