Origami: Santa hat

Fold traditional models step by step, from a dog face to the crane, plus a Santa hat and a Christmas tree, on paper you print yourself in any pattern and color.

Santa hat

Model

A flat hat whose white trim and pompom come from the paper's plain side: red and white paper suits it best. Glue it on a card or a gift tag.

Paper

Fold lines on the back print as a second page: put the sheet back in the printer and print on its other side.

Colors
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Folding tip: Fold on a hard, flat surface, line up corners and edges before you press, then run a fingernail along each crease. Printer paper works, but thinner paper folds more neatly, especially for the crane.

Fold a tessellation instead

About these models

Most models here are traditional, folded by generations of children and grown-ups, their designers unknown; the Santa hat and the Christmas tree are simple folds drawn for this site. The diagrams are drawn from the folds themselves, in the Yoshizawa-Randlett symbols that origami books share, and the fold lines on the paper come from the same folds.

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