Create your very own Loch Ness Monster or Nessie, a creature of Scottish of Folklore.
Materials:
- Paper in any color you want your loch ness monster to be
- Scissors
- Blue paper for water (optional)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-1-rotated.jpg)
Steps:
1: Create a square with your paper by folding and edge and cutting off the extra
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-2-rotated.jpg)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-3-rotated.jpg)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-4-rotated.jpg)
2. Fold one point to line up with your middle crease
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-5-rotated.jpg)
3. Fold the other side to line up with your middle crease
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-6-rotated.jpg)
4. Fold the points again to line up with the middle crease on both sides
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-7-rotated.jpg)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-8-rotated.jpg)
5. Fold up the bottom edge
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-9-rotated.jpg)
6. Fold in half
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-10-rotated.jpg)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-11-rotated.jpg)
7. Fold the top point and cut off some of the point to make a head shape. This is your first piece
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-12-rotated.jpg)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-13-rotated.jpg)
8. Take another piece of paper and make it into a square
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-14-rotated.jpg)
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-15-rotated.jpg)
9. Fold your square in half to make a rectangle
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-16-rotated.jpg)
10. Cut your rectangle into a trapezoid shape with the fold on top
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-17-rotated.jpg)
11. Cut a smaller trapezoid out of the middle leaving the sides about the same size as the body of your first piece from step 7
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-18-rotated.jpg)
12. Using your leftover paper from cutting make a folded triangle for the tail
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-19-rotated.jpg)
13. Put all of your pieces together standing up
![](https://virtuallybgcmc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lochness-20.jpg)
14. Optionally add blue water underneath as Loch Ness
Congratulations on completing your pop-up Loch Ness Monster. What color did you make Nessie? Would you travel to Loch Ness in Scotland to try to find her?