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| This is what Cerberus looks like when he sees some tasty dessert! |
In the Cardcaptor Sakura universe, a girl named Sakura must seal the magical Clow cards before they destroy the world. Cerberus is the guardian of the cards, and he has two forms. His real form is a flying lion that can breathe fire! And to stay incognito in the human world, Cerberus has a cute, stuffed animal-like appearance that is perfect for paper quilling.
What you will need:
-Glue
-Toothpick
-One 11" pink strip (for the mouth)
-One 44" light orange strip (for the head)
-Eleven 22" light orange strips
-Twelve 11" light orange strips (for the tail)
-Three 11" black strips (for the eyes and nose)
-Two 22" yellow strips (for the inner ears)
-Thirteen 22" white strips (for the wings, tail)
-Background paper (I used an 8" x 11" sheet of blue computer paper)
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| 11" is 27.9 cm, 22" is 56 cm, and 44" is 111.7 cm |
To get started
Watch the video tutorial, or read the instructions below.
Step 1: First use the toothpick to roll the 44" light orange strip into a loose coil. Glue to secure it, and place on top of the background paper. This is the head.
Step 2: Roll a 22" yellow strip and make a medium sized coil. Pinch this coil into a ghost shape. This is the inner ear. Make another yellow ghost shape and glue both to the top of the head (one on the upper left and one on the upper right side, so that the round part is face up).
Step 3: With a 22" light orange strip, make a loose coil and pinch into a long, thin rectangle. Bend this rectangle around the yellow ghost shape to form an arc, then glue to secure it. The light orange strip is the outer part of the ear. Finish the second ear with another light orange rectangle.
Step 4: Now roll a 22" light orange strip into a loose coil. After gluing, pinch this coil into a thick rectangle. Glue this rectangle to the bottom of the head circle. This rectangle is the neck.
Step 5: Make another light orange, loose coil, and pinch into a thin rectangle. Place the rectangle vertically like " | " and glue below the neck piece you just made, on the right side. Make another light orange thin rectangle and glue below the neck on the left side.
Step 6: To make a leg, first roll a 22" light orange strip into a loose coil. Pinch this coil into a ghost shape to make the foot. Glue this foot to the two rectangle torso made in step 5. Now roll another 22" light orange strip and pinch lightly into an oval, then glue this oval knee on top of the foot and the torso.
Step 7: Repeat step 6 to make the second leg.
Step 8: Roll a 22" light orange strip into a rectangle, and adjust one of the ends to be round. This is the arm. Glue the arm to the neck, close to where the head and neck meet. Roll another light orange arm and glue to the other side.
Step 9: To start making a wing, roll a 22" white strip into a loose coil. Pinch into a ghost shape, and place the round part of the ghost shape facing to the left. Now roll another 22" white strip into a thin rectangle, and glue this rectangle to the torso under the arm. Glue the flat side of the ghost shape to the remaining end of the rectangle.
Step 10: Roll another 22" white strip into a curved teardrop (first pinch the coil into a teardrop, then bend the pointy part of the teardrop however you like). Glue this curved teardrop on top of the ghost + rectangle shape you just made. Add one more curved teardrop on top of this one, to complete the wing on the left side.
Step 11: Make a medium sized coil using a 22" white strip. Pinch into a triangle, and glue between the head and the arm on the other side of the body. Roll a 22" white strip into a long thin ghost (first pinch the coil into an oval, then make a ghost). Glue this ghost to the bottom right side of the triangle you just made.
Step 12: Add a curved teardrop on top of the ghost shape from the last step. Finish the wing with one more long thin ghost on top of the curved teardrop.
Step 13: To start the tail floof, roll a 22" white strip into a loose coil, and pinch into a teardrop. Then roll two 22" white strips into loose coils, and pinch them into a marquis shape (simply pinch the left and right sides of the coil to form an eyeball shape). Place the teardrop round side up, and the marquis shapes diagonally like " \ " and " / ". Then glue one marquis on each side of the teardrop.
Step 14: Now roll two 22" white strips into curved teardrops, and place them with the round part facing up. Glue one curved teardrop onto the left side of one marquis, and one curved teardrop onto the right side of one marquis.
Step 15: Roll an 11" light orange strip and keep it as a tight coil (DO NOT expand!). After gluing to secure it, pinch the coil into a thin rectangle. Glue this light orange rectangle to the center of tail floof. Continue making very small light orange rectangles until the tail connects to the center of the body, between the legs.
Step 16: Use an 11" black strip and make a tight coil. Glue this coil on top of the head. This is the eye. Add a second eye.
Step 17: Roll an 11" black strip into a tight coil, and pinch into a triangle. Glue this on top of the head, in the center. This is the nose.
Step 18: Now roll an 11" pink strip into a loose coil, and pinch into a duck foot (first pinch into a marquis, then pinch the center into a point). Glue this pink duck foot on top of the head, under the nose. This pink duck foot is the mouth.
Congratulations! You have now paper quilled Cerberus from Cardcaptor Sakura!
What can I do differently?
You can make a bigger head by rolling a much longer starting strip of light orange paper (try 66" or more). For bigger ears, roll two light orange rectangles and wrap them around the yellow ghost shape. You can also experiment with different poses for the arms and the wings. Lastly, the tail floof can be made with other kinds of paper quilling shapes, or even shapes made with a paper quilling comb.