Origami Sparrow

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The instructions provide a step-by-step guide to fold a paper sparrow model.

The main steps include folding the paper in half, making the tail, folding the wings, and shaping the head and beak.

Additional details are provided for folding the inside layers of the tail and beginning to form the head and wings.

Sparrow

By Perry Bailey Copyright 2000


Use Mono colored paper or the head will be a different color than the body.

1. Fold in half on the diagonal.

2. Fold the sides up in to a rabbits ear, or make the fish base, which ever you prefer.

3. Reverse fold the end down from the center So that it is center in the middle of the model.

4. Reverse fold the flap part of the way back up.

5. The model should look like this at this point. Now with out creasing the top layers open up the bottom of the model.

6. Swivel fold the sides into the center of the model to flare the tail.

7. It should have at least a vague resemblance to this, if it does then fold the bottom of the model back down.

8. If all has gone well it should look like this, if it does then go on to the next step.

9. Mountain fold the trailing edge of body back into its self to do this you probably will need to make a small swivel fold in the tail.

X-ray view of inside of tail if the top layers were removed.

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10. The swivel fold inside would look like this.

11. At the halfway mark on the top edge reverse fold the front of the model up.

12. Now release the trapped layer of paper on each side and fold it forward. If you were to make this with regular kami (color one side white the other) you would be making a partial color change.

13. Sink the center layer in and then fold the outer layers into the inner sink.

14. Reverse fold the head forward.

15. Now pull out the trapped layers inside of the head to make it larger.

16. Pleat the beak in a bit. 17. Fold the flaps forward, they are about to become wings!

18. Fold the flaps back at a jaunty angle for the wings!

19. These are the finishing touches. Fold the back of the head in to the body, then sink the top of the head and the next spot down in the front of the head, the rest of the head can be managed just fine with mountain folds.

20. Tuck in a little of the breast to improve the lines.

21. Mountain fold a little bit underneath so it will stand properly.

Finally, we are done!

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