Start with a 7x5 inch piece of origami paper. Lay the paper down so that the 7-inch (17.8 cm) side is vertical and the 5-inch (12.7 cm) side is horizontal. If the paper is two colors, start with the robe color facing up.
You can use any color paper that wants, but remember that Yoda is green. If you would like a green Yoda, use green origami paper.
Begin making measurements. Measure 4.25 inches (10.8 cm) up from the bottom of the paper. Mark the spot with a pencil. Then fold and crease the paper where you have the pencil mark. Fold the bottom part of the paper up. Make another pencil mark. About an inch from the top of the bottom part that you just folded up, make another pencil mark. Then, fold the top of the paperback along that line. You should have two folds about an inch apart with one fold coming from the top and one fold coming from the bottom. Flip the paper over. You will now be looking at the unfolded side of the paper. Make a small mark at the top of this side right in the middle. Now make another fold along that line to create a zig-zag pattern in the paper. Then, flip the paper back over to the original side.
Make a double pleat. This double pleat will become Yoda's eyes. To make it, draw a small line about .25 inches (0.6 cm) down from the top of the fold. Make another small mark at the bottom of the first fold you made. Make another fold along that line to create a pleat in the paper. Then, flip the paper over again and do it once more.
A pleat is made by making two folds close together. Repeat the measurements at the bottom of the paper. You’ll want to repeat steps three and four, but at the bottom instead of the top of the paper. You don’t have to do the step to make the eyes again Begin the pleat about 1 inch (2.5 cm) up from the bottom. Fold-down the two top corners. Then, unfold them and use tuck them into the folds that you have made previously. These folds will be directly below the corners that you just folded down, so it should be easy to figure out. These will become the ears. Flip the paper. Fold both sides in and down from the top right and left corners until they meet in the middle. Make your ears. The next step is to fold the ears out. Find the corners that you tucked inside those pleats you made earlier. Unfold them so that they're sticking out.
Make your head. Now you need to fold down the head. Fold-down the top of the paper so that the double crease you made earlier is on top of the creases you made after your third and fourth pencil marks.
Gently pull at the pleats. If you want, you can sculpt Yoda's expression by pulling at the eye and mouth pleats. You can even make Yoda's ears pointier and more wrinkled by pulling at them and crinkling the paper.
