Get ready to fold a cat with a whole lot of personality! In this guide, you’ll learn how to create a funny origami cat using just a single square of paper. With a few simple folds, your paper transforms into a quirky little cat that looks like it’s up to no good.
Funny Cartoon-Style Origami Cat Instructions
Category: Origami Animals

Difficulty: Intermediate
Learn how to make a funny cartoon-style origami cat with clear step-by-step instructions that guide you through every fold.
Step 1

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Start with a square piece of origami paper. I am using an 7×7 inches origami paper.
If you only have regular paper, follow these instructions on how to make a square origami paper.
If you only have regular paper, follow these instructions on how to make a square origami paper.
Step 2

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Tilt the paper as shown.
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Fold in half by folding the bottom corner to the top.
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Take the right corner and bring it up so the right corner aligns with the top corner.
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Repeat on the left side.
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Rotate the model upside down.
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Take the right point and bring it up and to the right at an angle away from the top point.
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Repeat on the left side.
Step 9

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Fold the top corner down a little.
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Turn the model over.
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Fold the bottom point up to form the cat’s chin.
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Fold the tip of top flap down to make a small nose.
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Fold the left and right corners backwards to round out the face.
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From the back it will look like the image.
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Take another square piece of paper to form the body of cat. I am again using an 7×7 inches origami paper.
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Fold the paper diagonally in half.
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Fold the right corner to the left as shown.
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Now you have both body and head of cat.
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Attach the body to the head by first upfolding the top corner, sliding the top corner of the body inside the head until the body’s corner touches the head’s corner.
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Fold down the corner of head again.
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Turn the model over. Draw the cat’s face and voila!
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