step 1
Create a bird base, and lay it flat on the table, so that the two long tips, separated by a slot, are oriented at 6 o'clock.
step 2
Place the right thumb, between the two lower tips, along the vertical slit.
Slide the right index finger inside the lower right tip, at the point where the vertical center crease becomes a slot.
additional information
- To do this, open the tip and place it almost flat.
- the right thumb is against a mountain fold, and the right index finger against the valley fold which corresponds to it.
step 3
With your thumb, raise the tip so as to turn it inside out.
additional information
- the mountain fold against the thumb becomes a valley fold.
- the valley fold against the index finger becomes a mountain fold.
- the long right tip is oriented at two o'clock.
- the bisector of this long right tip must be at the level of the right point of the front flap.
step 4
Turn the paper over from right to left, then repeat the operations described in steps two and three.
additional information
- The large front flap has five tips :
- A top tip, a right tip, a bottom right tip, a bottom left tip and a left tip.
- The right tip of the front flap is located at the level of the bisector of the long right tip of the shape.
- The left tip of the front flap is located at the level of the bisector of the long left tip of the shape.
- You can fold everything along the vertical center crease to check that the folding is symmetrical.
step 5
Make a vertical valley fold by bringing the right tip of the front flap over onto the front flap.
Crease well, then leave folded.
additional information
- the valley fold begins, at the level of the lower right tip of the front flap.
- the valley fold stops at the point of intersection between the right edge of the front flap and the left edge of the long right tip of the shape.
step 6
Make a vertical valley fold by bringing the left tip of the front flap over onto the front flap.
Crease well, then leave folded.
additional information
- the valley fold begins, at the level of the lower left tip of the front flap.
- the valley fold stops at the point of intersection between the left edge of the front flap and the right edge of the long left tip of the shape.
step 7
Turn the paper over from right to left, then repeat the operations described in steps five and six.
step 8
Open the long left tip, then return it to the position it had when the folding was the bird base.
step 9
Open the long right tip, then return it to the position it had when the folding was the bird base.
additional information
- compared to the initial bird base, the front right, rear right, front left and rear left tips, have been transformed into vertical folds.
step 10
Transform the right and left vertical valley folds of the front flap into mountain folds.
step 11
Turn the paper over from right to left, then repeat the operations described in step ten.
step 12
Transform the small right and left tips of the front flap into sink folds.
step 13
Turn the paper over from right to left, then repeat the operations described in step twelve.
step 14
Reverse the long bottom right tip again, using the existing folds.
step 15
Reverse the long bottom left tip again, using the existing folds.
additional information
- the long right tip is oriented at two o'clock, and the long left tip is oriented at ten o'clock.
step 16
Open the long right tip completely, to give it the shape of a double-thick kite, with a slit along its long diagonal.
step 17
Make two valley folds by bringing the long sides of the kite along the slit that marks the long diagonal of the kite.
step 18
Fold the upper part of the kite over its lower part to transform this kite into a long, tapered tip.
step 19.
Turn the paper over from right to left, then repeat the operations described in steps 16, 17 and 18.
step 20
Tilt the large front flap up and down.
step 21
Turn the paper over from right to left, then repeat the manipulation described in step twenty.
additional information
- The folding now includes:
- a long left tapered tip, oriented at 10 o'clock.
- a closed upper tip, oriented at 12 o'clock.
- a long right tapered tip, oriented at 2 o'clock.
- a large double-thick triangular lower front flap, with a slot on the underside.
- a large double-thick triangular rear lower flap, with a slot on the top.
- the free tip of the large triangular flaps is oriented at 6 o'clock.
- the right and left parts of the folding are symmetrical.
step 22
Flip the right part of the shape over the left part, using the vertical center crease.
step 23
Rotate the shape a quarter turn counterclockwise, then flip it from right to left.
additional information
- the upper edge of the shape is a horizontal hinge edge, which connects the front flap to the rear flap.
- the right part is a short tip oriented at 3 o'clock, (it will become the tail).
- the left part is a longer tip oriented at 9 o'clock, (it will become the head).
- the lower part is made up of two long tapered tips oriented at 5 o'clock, which overlap. (they will become the legs).
step 24
Lower the long left tip using an internal reverse fold to bring it parallel to the long lower tapered tips.
step 25
Raise this same tip, using a second internal reverse fold, to orient it at 12 o’clock.
additional information
- This tip oriented at 12 o’clock is actually made up of two identical tips nested inside one another.
step 26
Make an internal reverse fold of about 1 centimeter at the end of the inner tip to form the beak.
step 27
Make an outer reverse fold of slightly shorter length at the end of the outer tip to form the crest.
step 28
Make two successive inside reverse folds to lower, then raise the right tip, shaping the tail.
step 29
open the ends of the legs, so that the bird can balance.