{"id":18134,"date":"2010-05-19T17:15:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T22:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/origami.me\/?p=18134"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:32:44","slug":"mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origami.me\/mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make an Easy Origami Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These instructions will show you how to make an easy origami mouse folded from a single square sheet of paper. If you have any trouble with any of the steps here we recommend that you check out our Beginner\u2019s Guide<\/a> which will teach you all the basic folds and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 1)<\/strong> Fold the paper in half and then unfold it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 2)<\/strong> Fold both sides of the paper in to the centre along the dotted lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 3)<\/strong> Fold the triangle of paper on the left over to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 4)<\/strong> Fold the two corners on the left in along the dotted lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 5)<\/strong> Fold the paper over to the right along the dotted line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 6)<\/strong> Turn the paper over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 7)<\/strong> Fold the two corners in along the dotted lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 8)<\/strong> Fold the paper in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 9)<\/strong> Fold the flap of paper over to the left to make an ear then repeat on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Step 10)<\/strong> Rotate the paper about 45 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mouse<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The complete mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you think about this origami mouse? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These instructions will show you how to make an easy origami mouse folded from a single square sheet of paper. If you have any trouble with any of the steps here we recommend that you check out our Beginner\u2019s Guide which will teach you all the basic folds and techniques. Step 1) Fold the paper in half and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2153],"tags":[],"difficulty":[],"folds":[],"folding_time":[],"bases":[],"class_list":["post-18134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-index"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2153,"label":"Origami Index"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/folding-origami-1024x576.jpeg",1024,576,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Peter Saydak","author_link":"https:\/\/origami.me\/author\/peter\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2153,"name":"Origami Index","slug":"index","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2153,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Not sure what to fold? Browse our origami models by category, difficulty, and folding time to find your next project!","parent":0,"count":134,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2153,"category_count":134,"category_description":"Not sure what to fold? Browse our origami models by category, difficulty, and folding time to find your next project!","cat_name":"Origami Index","category_nicename":"index","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22742,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134\/revisions\/22742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"difficulty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/difficulty?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"folds","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folds?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"folding_time","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folding_time?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"bases","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origami.me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bases?post=18134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}