Step 1.

Make a preliminary base, lay it flat on the table so that the closed tip is pointing at 12 o'clock.

Step 2.

Place a finger on the vertical axis of symmetry, about one centimeter below the closed tip.

Create a horizontal valley fold at the marked point by bringing the closed tip from top to bottom onto the vertical axis of symmetry. Crease well, then unfold.

Step 3.

Turn the horizontal valley fold from the previous step into a mountain fold. Crease well, then unfold.

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  • Repeat the steps from 2 and 3 several times.

Step 4.

Completely unfold the sheet, lay it flat in a diamond position on the table.

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  • The corners of the square are at the top, right, bottom, and left.
  • On the sheet, you can feel that the diagonals are mountain folds, and that the medians are valley folds.
  • If this is not the case, turn the sheet from right to left.
  • The intersection point of the diagonals and medians of the sheet is also the center of a small square, derived from the manipulations on the closed tip in steps 2 and 3.

Step 5.

Lift the bottom corner of the sheet until it aligns with the bottom horizontal side of the small square.

Step 6.

Lift the top corner of the sheet until it aligns with the top horizontal side of the small square.

Step 7.

Lift the right corner of the sheet until it aligns with the right vertical side of the small square.

Step 8.

Lift the top left corner of the sheet, until bringing it upright, on the vertical left side of the small square.

Step 9.

Tighten the 4 points, upright at the center of the small square.

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  • The small square is in contact with the table.

Step 10.

Turn the hand holding the four points, so as to orient the points toward the table, and the small square horizontally toward the ceiling.

With a finger of the free hand, gently press down the folds marking the diagonals of the small square.

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  • We are pressing down what was previously the closed tip of the preliminary base.
  • The diagonals of the small square become valley folds.

Step 11.

Gently pinch each corner of the small square, so that the angle formed by the adjacent sides changes from 90° to 0°.

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  • The top of the fold becomes a horizontal cross, whose arms are the upper edges, of four symmetrical double-thickness flaps with 4 sides.
  • There is a front flap, a back flap, a right flap, and a left flap.

Step 12.

Tilt the front flap to the left, and hold it against the left flap.

Step 13.

Tilt the back flap to the right, and hold it against the right flap.

Then lay the fold flat on the table.

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  • We have a five-sided shape, with a horizontal edge at the top, and 4 double-thickness quadrilateral flaps opened at the bottom.
  • The front face is smooth.
  • You can feel a vertical valley fold in the middle of the shape, running from the middle of the upper edge to the bottom point of the pentagon.
  • It is the vertical axis of symmetry.
  • There is a front left flap, a rear left flap, a front right flap, and a rear right flap.

Step 14.

We are going to create a petal fold on the front face:

Form a valley fold by bringing from right to left, the lower right edge of the front right flap, along the vertical axis of symmetry.

Make sure to crease well, and leave it folded.

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  • To locate the axis, you can lift the front left flap vertically.

Step 15.

Form a valley fold by bringing from left to right, the lower left edge of the front left flap, along the vertical axis of symmetry.

Make sure to crease well, and leave it folded.

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  • On the front face, there are 2 triangles folded towards the vertical axis of symmetry.
  • The top edges of these 2 triangles create a horizontal line with extra thickness.

Step 16.

Make a valley fold along this horizontal line by bringing the top edge of the model down onto the triangles. Crease well because there are multiple layers, then unfold.

Step 17.

Unfold the 2 triangles formed in steps 14 and 15.

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  • You will find the shape of a pentagon, on which you can feel 2 diagonal valley folds, starting from the bottom point and reaching the upper oblique edges of the pentagon, at the level of a horizontal valley fold.

Step 18.

Hold the first layer of the bottom point between the thumb and forefinger of one hand.

Lift this point until it is aligned with the horizontal valley fold.

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  • It is noted that with this movement, the left and right tips of the shape have lifted spontaneously, and that the 2 oblique valley folds starting from the second layer of the lower tip have spontaneously bent slightly.

Step 19.

Continue pushing upward the tip you are holding until it lies completely flat, and at the same time, with the other hand, continue folding the lower oblique valley folds, bring the side tips back onto the vertical axis of symmetry, and flatten the upper oblique folds that form. (Former valley folds have become mountain folds). Clearly mark all the folds.

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  • You get a fold, with a front flap in the shape of an elongated diamond, whose lower point is locked in the fold, while the upper point is free.

Step 20.

Turn the model over from right to left.

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  • You get a front flap in the shape of a pentagon that partially hides the elongated diamond that was just formed.
  • A valley fold marks the vertical axis of symmetry.
  • A horizontal mountain fold crosses this axis and connects the 2 upper oblique edges of the pentagon.

Step 21.

Creation of a second petal fold:

Repeat the manipulations described in steps 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19.

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  • At the front of the fold, you get an elongated diamond that exactly overlaps the diamond at the back.
  • The fold is a diamond shape in a vertical position.
  • The lower half has 2 distinct points of quadruple thickness, one on the left and one on the right.
  • The upper half has 3 overlapping flaps:
  • At the front, a large triangle of double thickness, with a slit on top at the level of the central axis.
  • In the middle, a small trapezoid, with an indented point.
  • At the back, a large triangle of double thickness, with a slit underneath at the level of the central axis.

Step 22.

Form a valley fold by bringing from right to left the upper right edge of the right front flap, along the vertical axis of symmetry.

Sharply crease the fold, and leave folded.

Step 23.

Form a valley fold by bringing from left to right the upper left edge of the left front flap, along the vertical axis of symmetry.

Crease well, and leave it folded.

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  • At the front of the model, we obtain a kite shape with the thick sharp point at the top.
  • There is a slit along the entire vertical axis of symmetry.

Step 24.

Turn the model over from right to left, then repeat the manipulations described in steps 22 and 23.

Step 25.

Turn the right flap over the left flap.

Step 26.

Turn the model over from right to left.

Step 27.

Turn the right flap over the left flap.

Step 28.

Turn the model over from top to bottom.

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  • We have a diamond shape, in a vertical position.
  • The lower half has 2 distinct points of quadruple thickness.
  • One on the left and one on the right, above which are two horizontal mountain folds.
  • The upper half has two large superimposed triangles.
  • There are 8 points in total: a lower left point, a lower right point, a front left point, a back left point, a front right point, a back right point, a front upper point, and a back upper point.

Step 29.

Shaping the dragon's tail:

Slide the right index finger inside the lower right point, at the height of the horizontal mountain folds.

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  • To do this, open the point and flatten it almost completely.

Step 30.

Using the thumb, lift the point to invert it inside itself, until it is horizontal.

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  • Now the inside of the point faces the table.

Step 31.

Starting from the tip of the long straight point, locate a point corresponding to one-third of the total length of the point.

Step 32.

At the point identified in the previous step,

Form a valley fold, bringing the tip of the straight point from right to left upwards.

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  • The tip of the point is now parallel to the vertical axis of symmetry and oriented at 12 o'clock. Make sure to crease well, then unfold.

Step 33.

Transform the previous valley fold into a mountain fold. Crease it well, then unfold.

Step 34.

Slide your thumb inside the point to open it.

Lift the tip using the valley-mountain fold,

Then close the point.

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  • We have just created an outside reverse fold.

Step 35.

Shaping the neck of the head and the horn:

Slide the left index finger inside the lower left point, at the level of the horizontal mountain folds.

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  • To do this, open the point and flatten it almost completely.

Step 36.

With the thumb, lift the point in order to invert it inside itself, as high as possible.

Step 37.

Fold the middle of the point downward into a 90° valley fold. Crease well, then unfold.

Step 38.

Turn the previous valley fold into a mountain fold. Crease well, then unfold.

Step 39.

Slide the thumb inside the point to open it,

Lower the tip using the valley-mountain fold,

Then close the point.

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  • We have just created an inside reverse fold.

Step 40.

Fold inward into a valley fold, 180° upwards, at the middle of the small tip obtained. Crease well, then unfold.

Step 41.

Turn the previous valley fold into a mountain fold. Crease well, then unfold.

Step 42.

Slide your thumb inside the tip to open it,

Lift the end using the valley-mountain fold,

Then close the tip again.

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  • The tip is now directed backward and upward.
  • The left part of the model represents the dragon's neck, head, and horn.
  • The right part represents the tail, horizontal along the body, and curved upwards at its end.
  • Between the neck and tail, two large 5-sided flaps with one horizontal base overlap.
  • There is a vertical slit, connecting the top point to the middle of the horizontal base, on the inner side of these two flaps.

Step 43.

Shaping the wings:

Locate the horizontal line on the lower part of the front flap.

Form an oblique valley fold, bringing from top to bottom and from left to right, the left tip of the front flap to the right end of the horizontal line.

Crease the fold only between the back of the neck and the slit.

Step 44.

Turn the model over from right to left.

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  • the head is on the right, and the tail on the left.

Step 45.

Locate the horizontal line on the lower part of the front flap.

Form an oblique valley fold by bringing from top to bottom and from right to left, the right tip of the front flap, to the left end of the horizontal line.

Mark the fold, only between the back of the neck and the slit.