A Origami Bird Using a Hole Peace of Paper

When I was in 4th grade, I got a chance to fly across the continental United States. The only reason I didn't go out of my mind with boredom during that nearly 6 hour flight was that my aunt taught me how to make this origami flapping bird on the plane. I probably made nearly 100 birds during that flight. Even now, decades later, I still remember exactly how to do it due to aunt's careful instruction.

Origami Flapping Bird Tutorial

If you subscribe to my newsletter, you might recall that I am currently in the process of teaching math to a group of kids between the ages of 9 and 14 at our local homeschool co-op. During one of the classes, we worked on YouCubed's paper folding task. We had a little time at the end of class, so I decided to show my crew how to make this bird.

The experience taught me why a plane trip is a good time for learning this skill. Trying to cram all that information into 10 minutes with 15 kids really did not work that well at all. They were so enthusiastic about our detour into origami, but we only made it about two thirds of the way through the steps before they had to go home. I felt so bad about disappointing the students, that I went home and made a handout to give them at our next class.

Recommended Age Range: Elementary, Middle School, High School (honestly, who doesn't love origami?)
Time Required: ~15 minutes (once you are familiar with the steps, it only takes about a minute to make)
Difficulty: Medium (there is one slightly tricky step, but I've tried to describe it in detail — once you've done it once, it's easy.)
Cost: Free (regular paper works just as well as origami paper)

Materials:

  • Paper (I recommend using origami paper when learning since the different colored sides make the instructions easier to follow, but really, any square paper will work.)
  • Handout (optional…you could also just use this post)

Instructions:

  1. Start with a square piece of paper. If you are using origami paper, start with the white side facing up.
  2. Origami Bird Step 1

  3. Fold the paper in half by bringing the top edge down to the bottom edge.
  4. Origami Bird Step 2

  5. Open the paper back up. Notice the horizontal crease in the middle.
  6. Origami Bird Step 3

  7. Now fold the paper in half by bringing the left edge over to meet the right edge.
  8. Origami Bird Step 4

  9. Flip the paper over. If you are using origami paper, the colored side should now be up.
  10. Origami Bird Step 5

  11. Next you are going to fold the paper diagonally in both directions by first bringing the upper left and lower right corners together…
  12. Origami Bird Step 6

  13. …opening it back up…
  14. Origami Bird Step 7

  15. …then bringing the lower left and upper right corners together.
  16.  Origami Bird Step 8

  17. Open the paper up and flip it over so the white side is showing again. Orient the paper so that a corner is at the bottom.
  18. Origami Bird Step 9

  19. Bring the left and right corners down to meet the bottom corner.
  20. Origami Bird Step 10

  21. Then bring the top corner down as well, so all 4 corners come together as shown. If you've folded the paper as described in the first steps, all the folds should already be bending the correct way.
  22. Origami Bird Step 11

  23. Next bring the lower edges of the top to meet the vertical line in the center.
  24. Origami Bird Step 12

  25. Flip the paper over.
  26. Origami Bird Step 13

  27. Repeat Step 12 on this side too.
  28. Origami Bird Step 14

  29. Next, fold the top point down as shown, making a horizontal crease.
  30. Origami Bird Step 16

  31. Open up the three flaps on that side.
  32. Origami Bird Step 17

  33. This is the tricky part. You are going to start be lifting the top layer at the bottom point upward.
  34. Origami Bird Step 18

  35. Make sure that the paper stays creased at the fold you made in Step 15. Bring the left and right bottom edges in to meet the vertical line in the middle.
  36. Origami Bird Step 19

  37. Flatten the whole side as shown. You will need to reverse two of the folds in the upper portion. Tricky part done!
  38. Origami Bird Step 20

  39. Flip the paper over. You are going to repeat the last few steps on this side…
  40. Origami Bird Step 21

  41. Fold the point down as was done on the other side.
  42. Origami Bird Step 22

  43. Open up all three flaps.
  44. Origami Bird Step 23

  45. Repeat Steps 17 through 19 on this side.
  46. Origami Bird Step 24

  47. Now you want to bring the left and right top layers together (shown) and the left and right back layers together (now shown). Sorry, it's a little hard to take a picture of this step.
  48. Origami Bird Step 25

  49. When you lay it flat, it should look like this.
  50. Origami Bird Step 26

  51. Fold the top layer bottom point up to the top point.
  52. Origami Bird Step 27

  53. Flip the paper over.
  54. Origami Bird Step 28

  55. Fold the top layer bottom point up to the to point on this side too.
  56. Origami Bird Step 29

  57. Grab the two points sandwiched between the top and bottom layers and pull them out to the side as shown.
  58. Origami Bird Step 30

  59. Fold one of the ends over to make a head.
  60. Origami Bird Step 31

  61. Push the head fold to the inside as shown.
  62. Origami Bird Step 32

  63. Now you're done! Sometimes it makes it a little easier to flap the wings if you bend them a little bit beforehand, but this isn't really necessary.
  64. Origami Bird Step 35

    To flap the wings, you need to hold on to the back at the position shown and pull the neck forward.
    How to Flap the Wings

    Origami Flapping Bird

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