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How to fold an origami little toucan

A kite folded at both ends into a long diamond, folded in half, then the top point swung forward into a huge beak. The bottom point is the tail.

You need: 1 square sheet, 15 × 15 cm, black on one side, and a white pen. Easy, 6 steps, about 4 minutes.

Steps

  1. Crease the diagonal. White side up, like a diamond. 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. Long diamond. Now fold the two upper edges in to the centre crease too, so both ends are long points.
  4. Fold in half. Fold the left half behind the right half.
  5. Swing the beak. Fold the top point forward and down on a slant, so it sticks far out to the right as a big beak.
  6. Perch it. Tilt it a little so the beak dips forward and the tail points down behind.

Big beak!

Draw a white eye with a dark middle at the base of the beak. Colour the beak bright if you like.

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