Paper - folded puppies are deeply loved by children and origami enthusiasts alike due to their cute shapes and simple folding steps. By folding paper puppies, we can exercise our hand - eye coordination, improve our spatial imagination, and cultivate patience and meticulous observation skills. Today, we'll teach you step - by - step how to fold a lifelike paper puppy.

Materials: Square craft paper, colored pens

Step 1: Here, we need to use a square paper with different colors on both sides. First, fold the paper along the two diagonals and then unfold it. The intersection point of the two creases is the center point of the paper.

Step 2: Fold the four corners of the square inwards until the tip of each corner reaches the center point of the paper.

Step 3: Unfold one of the corners as shown in the figure.

Step 4: Fold the paper up and down to form a trapezoid.

Step 5: Find a line (the red dotted line) within the rectangle shown in the figure. The length of the red line should be approximately the same as that of the blue line.

Step 6: Open the upper layer of the trapezoid from Step 4 and fold it upwards along the red dotted line.

Step 7: Fold the upper - left corner into the opened interlayer.

Step 8: Rotate the paper slightly, and at this point, the shape of the puppy's body can be roughly seen.

Step 9: Fold the left and right corners inwards to form the puppy's ears.

Step 10: Fold a triangle upwards from the top - most layer of the paper. Then fold it back to form the puppy's snout.

Step 11: Fold the triangle between the two ears (the area indicated by the red dotted line) backwards.

Step 12: Fold the triangle indicated by the red dotted line at the lower - right corner backwards.

Step 13: Then use a colored pen to draw the puppy's eyes.

Step 14: Encourage children to fold their favorite paper - folded puppies using various colored papers.