How to Fold an Origami Parrot

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Origami is the art of folding paper. There are many things you can make and this one is simple and will only take about ten minutes.

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Fold one of the corners in half to the opposite corner and make a crease. Then, unfold the corner.
Repeat on other side. Unfold.

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Unfold.
Then, valley fold along main crease.
Unfold,.
Unfold. Then inside fold.
Unfold. Then inside fold.
Unfold. Then inside fold downwards to complete the beak.
Unfold. Then inside fold.
Repeat on other side.
Repeat on other side.
Your completed origami parrot should look like this.

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Can you explain step five more clearly?

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Step 5 is when you have taken the paper in step four and have creased along the middle of the excess to create a triangle. You then fold these triangles downward and slightly outward.

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Do I have to use origami paper?

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No. If you don't have a perfectly square paper, just take a normal A4 sheet, fold the corner over until it meets the other side, and cut the rectangle at the bottom off.

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Does the paper have to be perfectly square?

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As much as possible, if you can. This helps the infrastructure of the bird stand more firm and it will be easier to fold.

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If you don't have colorful paper, draw designs on your parrot!

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A flat surface to work on

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Square piece of paper (Origami paper recommended)

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