Tuttle Publishing - Origami Extravaganza! Folding Paper, a Book, and a Box

C HAPTER O NE T HE A NIMAL K INGDOM For many, the image of gracefully folded paper cranes or frogs are the very essence of origami. But the menagerie can be far more varied than that. Creatures of the air, the land, and the seaincluding beetles, crabs, and bumblebeescan be constructed with little more than a square sheet of paper and two nimble hands. As always, your final results will depend on the quality of paper used, and your own imagination. Feel free to embellish your paper before or after working to give your animal kingdom your own personal signature.
Simple Swan 1.

Starting with your paper white-side up as positioned in Fig. 1 . Valley fold diagonally from right to left. Unfold. 2. 2 . 3. 3.

Your paper should now look like a kite ( Fig. 3 ). Turn the paper over and fold each side edge in toward the center once again ( Fig. 4 ). 4. 5 ). 5. 5.

Valley fold the bottom point upwards to meet the top point, and then mountain fold the narrow point approximately 1 / inches down ( Fig. 6 ). 6. Viewed from above, your shape should look like Fig. 7 . 7. 7.

Pick up the swan and gently pull upward on the swans neck (firmly hold the tail section with your other hand), and crease along the base of the neck once the neck is pointing in the 11 oclock position ( Fig. 8 ). This will help the neck remain in position. 8. Pull the head up slightly and crease to hold in place ( Fig. 9. 9.

The finished Simple Swan ( Fig. 10 ).

Simple Bird 1. Place a square piece of paper colored-side up on your work surface as shown in Fig. 1 , and valley fold it, bringing the bottom corner up to meet the top corner. 2.

Fold the top flap down ( Fig. 2 ). 3. Mountain fold the paper, bringing the left point to the back and even with the right point ( Fig. 3 ). 4.

Make a squash fold by picking up point A and swinging it to the left, pressing down on point E as you do so ( Fig. 4 ). 5. Lift point D and valley fold it to the left ( Fig. 5 ). 6. 6.

Fold flaps BC and BD down to the center, as shown in Fig. 6 . 7. Fold corners E and G down to the center, as shown in Fig. 7 . 8. 8.

Valley fold the body of the bird from left to right ( Fig. 8 ). 9. Crease the body of the bird as indicated by the dotted line, then return to its original position ( Fig. 9 ). 10.

Make an inside crease by pushing the top part of the shape to the right, forming the head and beak ( Fig. 10 ). 11. Crease the legs where shown, and fold them forward ( Fig. 11 ). Fig. 12 , the finished Simple Bird.

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