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How to fold an origami parrot

A kite with its top narrowed into a long tail. Fold the bottom point up as the head, fold it in half, then pull out the head and hook the beak with outside reverse folds.

You need: 1 square sheet, 15 × 15 cm, red on one side. Hard, 10 steps, about 7 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease the diagonal. Fold the left corner to the right corner, crease, and unfold.
  2. Make a kite. Fold the two lower edges in to lie along the centre crease.
  3. Narrow the tail. Fold the two upper edges in to lie along the centre crease too, making a long diamond.
  4. Turn it over. Flip the diamond over.
  5. Head up. Fold the bottom point up so its tip lands 4.5 cm above the side corners. This becomes the head.
  6. Fold in half. Mountain-fold it in half along the centre crease, head on the outside.
  7. Lay it down. Turn the model so the long fold is at the bottom and the head flap's fold is on the right.
  8. Pull out the head. Outside-reverse-fold the head out to the right, tilted a little up. Start the crease at the bottom right corner.
  9. Hook the beak. Outside-reverse-fold the last 3 cm of the head down and back, so the beak curls under.
  10. Perch it. Stand the parrot up, head at the top and the long tail pointing down.

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Draw an eye on each side of the head, just behind the beak, with a white ring around it like a macaw. Add a wing line down each side.

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