The 3D Origami Panda

I found the picture above while I was searching through pictures on Pinterest. This picture had the most in depth instructions I could find, so I thought it was a good idea for this to be my first 3D origami piece. I thought the panda was super cute. It wouldn't be until much later that I figured out I needed more than 400 modules to complete this piece. Considering I folded construction paper into 16 sections per sheet of paper it took a lot of paper to build this.

The image above are the modules that I counted out to complete the base of the panda. I also made the decision to put glue on each module before putting it together with another module. Although, this was my first time make anything with 3D origami pieces after reading a post on Pinterest about someone accidentally destroying their 3D origami swan while they were moving as a result of not gluing the modules together I decided it might be a good idea to glue the modules together.

The picture to the left is a picture of my upside down base and the beginning of the panda's body. The picture to the right is only two rows away from being the panda's entire body. Fortunately, I didn't have any mistakes that ruined the panda's body. If I glued one module in the wrong pace it would've thrown the entire row off and possibly the row below it.

The picture above is my panda! I worked on the panda five separate days since it takes five hours to complete. The glue combined with how close the modules get to each other has made this panda very sturdy. It is about seven inches tall and I am very proud of how it turned out.