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Step 1
Use a lightweight paper for making origami. Traditional origami paper is colored only on one side, but any paper of any color will do. Computer printer paper works fine.
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Step 2
Cut your paper to size. Any square is acceptable, but a common size for origami paper is 6 by 6 inches. Fold your paper in half to make a rectangle. Fold it in half again, creasing the edges well, and again you'll have a square.
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Step 3
Grasp the open corner edge of your square which isn't touched by a crease. Put your hand inside the square and push the paper outward until you see a triangular shape forming. Push the paper down into the triangular shape and create two creases on the two short sides of the triangle.
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Step 4
Turn your figure over. Bend the pointed edge of the paper upward so that the crease in the paper folds inward instead of outward. Lift the open-edged corner of the square, making sure the crease stays down and is folding. Pull the square outward until you again see a triangular shape forming, which begins to match the opposite side.
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Step 5
Press down on the triangle to match the opposite side, creating creases on the two short sides of the triangle, keeping the edges even with the other side. Take a short side of the triangle and fold it inward aligning the edge with the crease in the middle of the larger triangle. Crease edges well.
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Step 6
Do the same for the other short side of the triangle and crease well. Now both short sides of the larger triangle should be folded inward so that their creases are touching each other. Take the top point of the triangle where all creases converge into a point and fold it down about 1/2 to 1 inchs, creating the bat's head.
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Step 7
Cut about a 1/2 inch inward in the upper right and left corners of the small folded down triangle to make the bat's ears. Fold the ears upward ... and you have a bat!
