How to Do Origami Ducks
Origami is the nearly limitless art of paper folding, where artists create 3-D figures and shapes out of a single sheet of paper. An origami duck is a simple project for a beginner in origami, as it requires a small number of folds. Use this figure to learn origami, practice your skills or include in a hanging mobile of origami water birds for your home. Other water birds that can be made in origami include geese and swans.
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Instructions
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Fold the paper in half diagonally and unfold, leaving a guiding crease through the center of your paper. Fold two opposite corners against the middle crease like the beginning of a paper airplane, creating a diamond shape.
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Fold the set of opposite corners that are closest to each other in again to the middle crease, creating a rhombus shape. These new folds will be on the same side of the paper as the Step 1 folds.
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Flip the paper over and fold in half along the middle crease. This will create a triangle with wing-like flaps on one side, and the beginning of the duck's neck on the other.
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Fold the base of the neck portion of the triangle by pushing it inside of the other layers of paper and folding, creating a new 90-degree corner in the neck of the duck. This is known as an inside reverse fold.
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Fold the top of the neck in another inside reverse fold, creating the duck's head. Repeat this fold with the tail, so the tail section extends at a 135-degree angle from the base of the duck.
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Smooth the folds and pull out the duck's wings slightly to complete the figure.
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Tips & Warnings
It is helpful to practice making this figure to master inward reverse folding.
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