Make sure the corners meet up perfectly. Your fox will look much more polished if your folds are precise. To avoid confusing yourself, don’t change the orientation of your paper.
You should be left with a small square with a crease diagonally down the middle where the two triangles meet.
To confirm that you flipped the paper the right way, check to make sure that seam between the two triangles on the back of your square goes from the upper left corner to the lower right corner. If it doesn’t, reposition the square so that it is oriented the correct way.
You should now have a right triangle, with the right angle on the lower left side.
At this point, you should have a skinny rectangle (that has a point on the upper right hand side) on the left of your piece. There should be a small triangle protruding from behind the rectangle on the right.
As you do this, you should notice a triangle that begins to emerge near the top. This is the fox’s head.
You can draw on a nose and eyes, or use googly eyes to give your fox its expression.
If you are using construction paper or printer paper, both sides will be colored, so it doesn’t matter which side is facing down.
Be sure to leave the first fold in place. After this step, you should have a square that has been folded into a triangle once and has a crease down the middle.
The higher you place your folds, the larger the ears will be. You can make them whatever size you want, but do your best make sure the two sides are the same size.
Color in the bottom of the triangle with a black pen or marker to make the nose. Experiment with different expressions. The way you draw the eyes can make your fox look happy, sad, or angry. You can also put some googly eyes on your fox.
You can use any color paper you want, but orange is a popular choice for foxes, since it is close to the color of a fox’s hair.
You should be left with a skinny rectangle at the bottom of the page. It’s very important that your edges all line up. If they don’t you won’t have a perfect square.
At this point, you should have a triangle at the top and a skinny rectangle at the bottom.
At this point, you should have a large triangle with two smaller triangles protruding from behind it (one on each side).
If you created a really solid crease, you may also be able to tear the rectangle off, but be careful to do it cleanly.
