Towel Penguin from Norwegian Pearl
Easy Towel Animals
How to Make a Towel Penguin
On a recent cruise on the Norwegian Pearl, our cabin steward Rosario made the towel penguin pictured above for us one day. I had not seen a towel penguin before, but thought that with the right colors and a few embellishments it could really come to life. This is a very easy animal to make and one of the cutest so it’s a good starter animal for inexperienced towel animal folders.
Supplies Needed to Fold a Towel Penguin
1. Black bath towel
2. Black washcloth
3. White washcloth
4. Decorations desired – I used google eyes and pipe cleaner feet
Towel Penguin folding Video
If you’re a Lilla Rose fan, watch for the Princess Tiara Dangle flexi clip in the video
How To Fold a Towel Penguin Head
lay the black washcloth out flat
fold washcloth in half diagonally
fold over the long edge of the washcloth
keep folding the long side over itself until the pointy end is the length you want the penguin’s beak
fold washcloth in half with the long folds on the outside
fold long ends all the way together and set head aside
How To Fold an Easy Towel Penguin Body
Lay the bath towel out flat
fold towel in half crosswise
fold towel in half crosswise again
fold corner down from not quite the center so that the fold comes near the edge, but not all the way to it
fold over the other corner
How To Assemble the Towel Penguin
Place the head between the folds on the body so that the long parts are within the body and only the round head bit sticks above it. You can stand the penguin up at this point and decorate it if you want a one-color penguin.
For optional white belly, lay the white washcloth out flat
fold down a couple inches or so of one edge of the white washcloth
fold the corners of both sides over on the folded end of the washcloth enough to make it fit on the black body without white hanging over
Lay the white washcloth onto the black penguin body with the folded edge at the top. Adjust the folds so it sits from the bottom edge of the corner folds of the black towels to an inch or so under the rounded part and beak.
tuck under the sides of the white washcloth so the angles more or less match the side angles of the black towel
fold both sides of the black towel to the center, making sure it is tight just below the head and stand the penguin up
After standing the penguin up, adjust the head, wings and belly as desired until it looks like a penguin
Decorating the Towel Penguin
penguin feet made by folding a pipe cleaner into three sections
Place the feet under the penguin and add eyes and the towel penguin almost comes to life
For instructions on how to fold a whole bunch of other towel animals click here or here or visit the towel animal page.
Coming up next in towel animal folding: Towel Pigeon
towel pigeon
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Oh it is cute with your embellishments. Finally, one simple enough that I think I could possibly try it. Imagine how impressed friends would be if they stayed over here and I did their towels like that. They’d think I was quite the hero 🙂
My guests love them, though I’ve never had anyone actually use the towel animal to dry themselves. Snakes are pretty easy too if you’d like some variety. https://mycruisestories.com/2012/05/12/how-to-fold-towel-animals-making-towel-snakes/
If I was the Mr. Blackwell of towel penguins, yours strikes me as much more creative than Rosario’s. I’d put it on the 10 best folded towel animals list.
Thanks! To be fair, all the cruise ship stateroom stewards have available to them is white towels and bits of paper.
totally cute!
That is just adorable!
That is so Cool!
I think the towel penguin is the best towel animal yet. If you have to use all white towels like on the ship though I think hanging monkey still wins though.
I really liked the way the penguin turned out too.
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