Prickly!

I recently folded the "waterbomb tessellation" (I think it's called that) after being amazed by Sipho Mabona's Baby Fugu, and this lead to me trying to find a use for it. I eventually got that idea that it would make a good hedgehog, seeing as it has pretty much the same idea as a pufferfish in a way... Anyways, the CP is based on a 16:16 grid seeing as the original tessellation was from that.


The model has a few weird folds around the head and tail, but you should be able to make something that looks like this:

Orange Bushy Tail

Seeing as a friends birthday is coming up, I decided to fold something for them. They once mentioned that they like foxes (and eagles) so I decided to try out a fox. I think it turned out quite well, seeing as I managed to get a color change on the end of the tail. Anyway, I went back to the basics with this model and used a 16:16 grid. I'm glad that I did, too, because it looks quite nice this way.


As you can see, the CP is pretty straightforward. Just make sure that you fold the flap at the bottom over to make the color change. The model should end up like the following pictures.

Donkey

This months folding challenge on the french forum is The Donkey. My only problem is how do you make a difference between a donkey through folding? Certain people have done it, and my idea is that the large ears are the best way to make a difference. The CP is kind of weird, and requires a lot of shaping. It's from 32:32 grid.


As a mentioned, there is a lot of shaping. However, you should manage to have a model something like this:

The Elephant

I recently asked someone what to fold, seeing as I had no idea what I should, and I got the answer of "an elephant". It was quite and interesting idea, and to get the ears right would probably be a challenge. Also, the length of the trunk can be hard to design. However, I managed to make a CP without mistakes it turned out to be quite a nice looking model. The CP that I ended up with is from a 32:32 grid (once again) and it looks like this:


As you can see, it's not that hard a model. The ears actually happened by accident, because I seemed to have forgotten to put them on the CP. Yet somehow I managed to use the flaps beside the trunk, which I really didn't expect. With the right folds, it should end up like this:

Anteler'd

The idea of folding a moose actually came to me today while I was talking to gauthier, from the french origami forum. It was when he asked "what are you folding now?" that I thought of it. I replied "Nothing, but I think that I'll design a moose" (then he said "all your folds are original". Orignal is moose in french, and original is original). I don't really know how I was inspired by this, but I ended up with a model that I really like. The CP took a couple of tries to get certain areas right, but I eventually came up with this, from a 32:32 grid:


The model, if folded properly, should end up something like the following pictures.

Baby Giraffe

Keeping along with the African theme, I decided to fold a giraffe. This month's challenge (which I decided upon) is Horned Animals. Giraffes do have tiny little horns, so why not make it for the challenge? It took me a couple of tries to get a decent CP, and I ended up with this out of a 32:32 grid:


As you can see, most of the details in the base are for the head and the tail. Hooves can be made if you use the excess paper by the feet. Good luck!


I had to change the name of the model to baby giraffe, seeing as the neck was too short for it to be a fully grown giraffe.

African Drums

I was recently requested to fold an african drum, by someone which I will call a drum expert. Not just any african drum, but a Djembe. Of course, at first I thought that a djembe was pretty much conical. Upon searching on google, I found out that it's actually not really conical. However, it was possible to make a cone and then push in the sides in certain parts to make the right shape. So, my CP for the model makes a rough cone. On the octagon in the center, the side is three 32nds from the side. In other words, this model is based on a 32:32 grid.


By pushing in on the sides in the right part, you should end up with this model. However, it's harder than it looks! I tried to make the flaps around the top part look like strings.