Basic Folding

1 Fold the bottom corner to meet the top corner.
2 Make a crease and return it to its original position.
3 Rotate the paper 90 degrees, fold the other pair of corners together, make a crease and return it to its original position.
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4 Rotate the paper 45 degrees and fold the bottom edge to line up with the top edge.
5 Make a crease and return it to its original position.
6 Rotate the paper 90 degrees and fold the other pair of edges together.
7 Hold the crease ▲ made in step 6 with your fingers and fold gently from both sides together.
8 Let the paper naturally fold along the creases to form the shape of 9.
9 A basic square is created.

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10 Change the top and bottom positions.
With the opening facing downwards, fold the bottom left and right edges to meet the crease in the middle.
11 Make a crease and return.
12 Fold the top at the point where the crease made in 11 intersects with the top left and right edges.
13 Make a crease and return.
14 While opening the front paper upwards, fold the left and right edges inward along the crease made in 11.
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17 Make creases on this side in the same way as 10 and 11.
18 Fold in the same way as 14, 15 and 16 to form 19 and 20.
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20 The basic fold is complete.

Charmander’s Body

1 Fold it up to the basic 20 shape and change the top and bottom positions.
Make a cut with scissors in the bottom front piece of paper from the bottom tip to the base.
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3 Make the parts that will become the legs. Fold the top right front piece of paper diagonally from the base to a position 20 mm above the right corner.
4 Fold it back 8 mm from the fold you just made.
5 Fold it down at the base.
6 Make the parts that will become the arms. Fold the top left front piece of paper diagonally in the position shown in the diagram.
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10 Fold this side in the same way as steps 3 and 4, reversing the left and right sides.
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13 Fold in the same way as step 6. Fold in the same position as the paper visible in the back.
14 Fold the paper in front of you on the right to the left.
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16 Fold the paper in front of you on the right to the left.
17 Open the arrow and fold it into the shape of 18.
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20 Fold the tip of the paper in half and fold it between the pieces of paper.
21 The legs are complete.
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23 The arms are complete. Make the tail.
24 Make a firm crease and turn back.
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26 While opening the arrows, fold the bottom paper in half to the left.
27 While folding the bottom paper to the left, open the right arrow and fold the right mountain that was folded in steps 23 and 24.

28 Fold the left tip in half so that the tip of the tail points upwards.
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31 The Charmander’s body is finished.
32 Attach the head and flames to the Charmander’s body with double-sided tape. The Charmander is finished.

Charmander’s Head

1 Fold the top right corner to meet the bottom left corner.
2 Fold the bottom right tip to meet the top left tip.
3 Fold the bottom tip to meet the top tip.
4 Fold the paper in front 18mm above the bottom left.
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5 The mountain fold lines in the image indicate the positions to be folded in steps 6 and 7 below.
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6 Fold to the right 32mm from the left tip. The paper is thick, so use a ruler to make sure it is folded firmly.
7 Fold the top and bottom tips 32mm below the top tip and 30mm above the bottom tip.
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10 Charmander’s head is complete.

Flame on the tip of the tail

1 Fold a quarter-sized piece of paper into the basic 20 shape, then change the top and bottom positions.
Fold the bottom front piece of paper up at the base.
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3 Fold the top left and right pieces of paper down at a slight diagonal, about 12 mm above the base.
4 Fold just 2 mm back.
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9 The flame is complete. Insert the tip of the tail between the pieces of paper on the bottom left and attach with double-sided tape.