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How to fold an origami hatching chick

Fold a yellow square into a round chick with little flipped-out wings, then fold a blue triangle into a cracked shell with three jagged points and pop the chick in.

You need: 1 yellow square (13 cm) and 1 pale blue square (15 cm), both white on the back, glue and a black pen. Medium, 11 steps, about 10 minutes.

Steps

  1. Chick: head and bottom. Take the yellow square, yellow side up, turned like a diamond. Fold the top corner behind about 2.5 cm, and the bottom corner behind a lot.
  2. Chick: sides behind. Fold the left and right corners behind, about 3 cm each.
  3. Chick: wings out. Behind, fold the tip of each side flap back out on a slant from the bottom of its fold, so it pokes out as a little wing.
  4. Chick: round head. Fold the corners at the top of the head behind a little, so the head is round.
  5. Shell: new sheet. Set the chick aside. Take the blue square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
  6. Shell: fold a triangle. Fold the bottom corner up to the top corner.
  7. Shell: top behind. Fold the top corner behind, about 5 cm down.
  8. Shell: middle point. Behind, fold the tip of that corner back up so a small point pokes out over the top edge.
  9. Shell: side points. Fold each side corner up on a slant so it sticks up past the top, like a broken bit of shell.
  10. Shell: round the bottom. Fold the two bottom corners behind on slants, so the shell is round underneath like an egg.
  11. Pop the chick in. Glue the chick behind the shell so its head and wings poke out over the top.

Peep peep!

Draw two shiny eyes and a little beak on the chick, and a zigzag crack on the shell.

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