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How to Make an Origami Bird

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Bird Origami Final Step
Difficulty: Intermediate
Follow the simple step-by-step instructions with pictures to learn how to make an origami bird.

This bird resembles an origami pigeon and looks awesome when folded with a two-color origami paper. With two-sided/color paper, the body can have a different color or pattern than the head, and that increases the realistic effect of this beautiful origami bird. You can also use plain paper if you like, but before you begin, you’ll have to make it a square.

The origami bird is not hard to fold, but a couple of steps may just be a little confusing for the newbies. Fortunately, I made sure to include detailed diagrams and instructions to make every step as easy as possible.

Step 1
Bird Origami Step 01
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Start with a square sheet of origami paper. I am using an 7×7 inches paper.

If you only have regular paper, follow these instructions on how to make a square origami paper.

Step 2
Bird Origami Step 02
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Flip the paper so the lighter side faces you and rotate it diagonally.

Step 3
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Fold the paper in half by folding the left side over to the right.

Step 4
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Unfold. You now have a straight crease where the dotted grey line goes.

Step 5
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Fold the lower half of left side to line up with the center.

Step 6
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Fold the lower half of right side to line up with the center.

Step 7
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Flip the model over.

Step 8
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Fold the top part downwards.

Step 9
Bird Origami Step 09
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Flip the model over.

Step 10
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Grab the top corner of the right side and fold it to the center.

Step 11
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Grab the top corner of the left side and fold it to the center.

Step 12
Bird Origami Step 12
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Unfold the both corners.

Step 13
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First, peel open the left flap from the center like you see in the first picture.

Step 14
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Then, take the corner of that flap and pinch both sides of it as shown in the picture.

Step 15
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Crease the left edge to enable you to fold the whole piece down like you see in the third picture in this step.

Step 16
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Do the same thing to the right side and your paper should look like this.

Step 17
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Take the bottom corners of each flap and fold it 3/4ths of it backwards.

Step 18
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Fold the whole piece in half by folding the right side under the left.

Step 19
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Grab about a third of the head and fold it down sideways. This will prepare you for the next step.

Step 20
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Now unfold.

Step 21
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Open the top corner so you can push the head in to where you creased it in the previous step.
Then do an inside reverse fold so the head will sink in, and crease the left and right sides together to hold it in place.

Step 22
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Rotate the paper counter-clockwise (left) just a little bit and you’ll see the bird taking shape.

Step 23
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Unfold the whole bird by moving the top flap to the right side.

Step 24
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Fold the tail upwards as shown.

Step 25
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Fold the edge of the tail downwards as shown.

Step 26
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Go ahead and fold the bird in half and back together.

Step 27
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Rotate the bird clockwise just a little bit.

Step 28
Bird Origami Final Step
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Draw eyes and color beak of the bird to make it look more fun!

Comments

One response to “How to Make an Origami Bird”

  1. Matt Avatar
    Matt

    Great guide, I am just starting folding, and I have found your tutorials very helpful. Thanks!

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