A Merisarpio origami

Done with: square pieces of black and white paper (same size), markers, glue, scissors, white gel pen

Both the body and the head are a modified version of origamis found at this site called Origami Club.
Head is "a reindeer" (the first one) found in "christmas", and body is "a sumo wrestler" found in "others" (...spelled "ohthers").
Here's how you make one:

Head: follow the first 11 steps of the original instructions. If you know how to make a crane, it starts exactly like one of those.

Then, my step 12 is a bit different, but just a bit. Start the fold a little lower than the horizontal center of the paper, and instead of
folding it symmetrically like when you make a crane's neck and tail, fold it asymmetrically to make the ears wider. You should have folds like this:

inside the finished one.
Step 13 is mostly just to show how it should look now. Fold the front flap thing down.
14: Fold the top of the head back and the tip of the front flap inside.
Step 15 is to "soften" the angles on the... does Merpio have a snout? Fold the corners in.
Now you have a Merpio head. Draw in stuff you want to give him a face.

Body: follow the first 11 steps of the original instructions. This, too, starts out like a crane.

Step 12 is the same as in the original, except fold it back (in) instead of to the front.
Then to step 19, fold back (in) some of the sides, since Merpio isn't quite as fat as a sumo wrestler.
20: Do the same on the back. You can fold the flaps either inside, or behind the whole thing. I folded them to the back because it was easier.
21: Again, if you know how to make a crane (found in "traditional" at that site), fold the feet like you would a crane's beak (or neck and tail).

Tuck the back flap on the head inside the body.
You'll need some glue to make it stay there.

I put some extra bits of the same papers on the front to make it even more Merpio-like, but that's optional.

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The original origami designs this is modified from are © Fumiaki Shingu.
The character Merisarpio and these pictures are © Elina Hopeasaari.
Don't claim you made any of them.