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How to Draw an Origami Frog
Draw an origami frog in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the body.
Step 1: The body
In the middle of your paper, draw a wide squat body with 6 straight sides, like a squashed stop sign.
Tip Origami is folded paper: every edge is straight and every corner sharp.
Step 2: The head
On top of the body, draw a low head with straight sides and 2 round eye bumps on top.
Step 3: Big eyes
Inside each bump, draw a round eye with a big black dot and a white shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
On the body under the eyes, draw a small smile, and a tiny oval cheek on each side.
Step 5: Front feet
Low on the body, draw 2 short flaps, wider at the bottom, down to the ground for the front feet.
Step 6: Back legs
From each side of the body, draw a back leg out to a pointy knee, down to a pointy foot.
Tip The legs are folded like a spring so it can jump.
Step 7: Fold lines
Draw a line from the head's top edge down to the body, and one across the body under the smile.
Step 8: The ground
Draw a ground line across the paper along the bottom of the feet.
Step 9: Sparkles
Add 3 sparkle stars around the frog: 4 dots like a plus sign joined with curves that dip in.
Step 10: Cheeks and stars
Colour the cheeks pink and the sparkles yellow.
Step 11: Leaf legs
Colour the back legs a lighter leaf green, so they look like the other side of the paper.
Step 12: Green paper
Colour the body, the head and the front feet green, around the pink cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: an origami frog, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
