Origami Duck
To fold this origami duck, you start out with the
Basic Form 1
1) Fold the left tip over to the right tip so that form is folded in half.
2) Now, fold that same tip over to the left as shown. You do not need to get the location of the fold just right. Just fold it as close as you can with out thinking too hard and you’ll be fine. On thing that is important though, is to make sure that you fold the tip perfectly horizontal so that it is pointing straight to the left. It should not be pointing up or down even a little bit. To ensure that you get this done right, flip the model over and make sure that the crease line that runs down the length of model lines up where the tip sticks out from underneath the main body.
3) Now, unfold the fold that you just made, and refold the model a little bit farther to the right as shown. Again, don’t worry about getting the fold in the same place as in the picture, just estimate it and your origami duck will turn out fine.
4) Now, holding down the point that you just folded over, fold the entire section along the crease you made before that in step 2. What you get will look like this.Remember, it probably won’t look exactly like this, but it doesn’t need to, every bird is different.
5) The next step is to fold the right most tip over to the left so that it barely touches the fold that you just finished.
6) Now fold the model in half right along the middle crease, with the folds that you have been making on the outside.
What you get should look pretty much like this.
7) You’re almost done. Now you need to grasp the head of the duck, and pull it up a bit. Then flatten the paper where it pulls into a curve.
8) Do the same with the tail.
9) Now, grasp the bottom flap, make sure that you only get the one on top, and fold it up…
10) …and flatten it so that the tip is right around where the head of the duck meets the back. Turn the duck over and repeat steps 9-10 on the other side.
11) Next, you need to grab front of the head and rotate the head upwards so that the beak is horizontal. Flatten the curve that you pull up.
12) Fold the bottom right corner of the duck to the inside. Turn the duck over and do this on the other side.
13) If your origami duck looks like this, you’re done. Congratulations!