{"title":"How to Fold an Origami Black Cat (Easy 3D Paper Cat)","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/paper-crafts/how-to-fold-an-origami-cat","category":{"slug":"paper-crafts","name":"Paper Crafts"},"creator":{"name":"Easy Origami and Crafts","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5YtPtkKYR7oC3sxd_H1tPA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XFKqxhrFY"},"tldr":"Fold a standing origami cat from one square, no cuts or glue. Use black paper for a Halloween black cat. A clear photo for every fold.","quickAnswer":"Fold a standing origami cat from one square, no cuts or glue. A medium project: about 25 minutes. You need 3 things, including bone folder and white gel pen. The 10 steps start with fold the Origami Paper in Half on the Diagonal, fold the Origami Paper Edges to the Center for a Kite, turn the Origami Kite Over and Crease the Bottom Corner and fold the Origami Cat Base in Half and Tuck the Side Corners.","totalDurationSeconds":681,"videoDurationSeconds":681,"difficulty":"medium","project":{"difficulty":"medium","projectMinutes":25,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":25,"estimatedCost":null,"yield":"1 origami cat"},"tools":["bone folder (optional)","white gel pen (optional)"],"materials":["8-inch square origami paper, black for a black cat"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Fold the Origami Paper in Half on the Diagonal","text":"Lay your square flat, colored side down if it has one. Bring one corner across to the opposite corner to make a triangle. Line up the points exactly, then press the fold flat from the middle out to the edges. Crease it well and unfold. That diagonal line down the middle is the center line that every later step folds to."},{"number":2,"title":"Fold the Origami Paper Edges to the Center for a Kite","text":"Turn the paper so the crease runs up and down, like a diamond. Take the lower right edge and fold it in so it lies along the center crease. Crease it flat. Repeat with the lower left edge. You now have a kite shape, long and pointed at the bottom. Keep the two edges meeting neatly in the middle with no gap and no overlap."},{"number":3,"title":"Turn the Origami Kite Over and Crease the Bottom Corner","text":"Flip the kite over so the folded flaps are underneath. Fold the remaining loose corner up so its point lands on the center line, and crease it firmly. Unfold that corner. It is a reference crease you will use later. Turn the paper back to the side you started on before going on."},{"number":4,"title":"Fold the Origami Cat Base in Half and Tuck the Side Corners","text":"Fold the model in half by bringing the bottom point up to the top. Reinforce the fold. Keeping it folded, fold the right side corner in and crease it. Do the same with the left corner so the shape is even. When both are done, unfold the middle part again. The creases you made stay in the paper as guides."},{"number":5,"title":"Crease New Diagonals on the Origami Cat Body","text":"Fold the right side over to the middle mark from the last step, making a new diagonal crease. Press it well and unfold. Repeat on the left side. These two diagonals are what let the body collapse neatly in a moment. The paper looks like a busy map of lines now. That is normal."},{"number":6,"title":"Fold the Top Corner Down to Set the Origami Cat Head","text":"Fold the top corner down and crease it. Then fold again, connecting the corners, so the top becomes a neat triangle flap. Crease it hard. Unfold only that last fold. This area becomes the cat's head, so the creases here decide where the ears will sit. Press each fold twice before you move on."},{"number":7,"title":"Collapse Both Sides of the Origami Cat to the Middle","text":"This step needs attention. Close the right side and the left side together, bringing both to the middle along the creases you already made, so the paper closes. Use the existing line to lift the first layer up. Use the other existing line on the right to close the bottom part. Flatten the remaining paper, then do the same on the left."},{"number":8,"title":"Shape the Origami Cat Head With the Corner Fold","text":"Fold the small top corner of the back layer back to make a reference, then unfold it. Move the middle part over to the left. Bring the horizontal edge up to the diagonal above it to set a new crease, and undo it. Close the corner on that crease, fold the previous step again, and flatten. Repeat on the other side. Unfold the middle layer and the head is there."},{"number":9,"title":"Fold the Origami Cat Body in Half Lengthwise","text":"Rotate the paper and fold the model in half along its length. The head sits at one end and the long point that becomes the tail sits at the other. Fold the larger side to make a diagonal crease, then unfold it. Open the paper, reinforce those lines, and fold that part up. It sets the angle of the tail."},{"number":10,"title":"Close the Origami Cat Body and Stand It Up","text":"Close the paper as before. Open the body a little and push each side over the middle part, half the paper to each side. Close the head over it. Fold the last corner using the mark you made earlier. Pinch the legs flat, shape the tail, and adjust anything loose. Stand your cat up. In black paper, add a white gel pen face for Halloween."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-30T14:34:16.072Z","published":"2026-10-30T14:34:15.760Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}