Origami Swan (medium)

By Dallin -
The swan is a very elegant bird, and this origami model is no exception. It is quite a bit harder than the other swan I have on this blog, and I do not go over the reverse folds in detail. It is best when made out of white paper, but I used yellow to help distinguish each side better.



Step 1: Fold a kite base and turn it over so that the flaps are on the back


Step 2: Valley fold the far left point in


Step 3: Valley fold that same point to the far left edge


Step 4: Continue folding the point out so the crease you made in step 3 lines up with the left edge


Step 5: Valley fold the model in half


Step 6: Take the far left point and bring it down a little to adjust the fold (this step is optional so if you don't understand just skip it)


Step 7: Valley fold the bottom edge to the top, and mountain fold the far flap up at the same angle



Step 8: Valley fold the far right point to the far left


Step 9: Unfold


Step 10: Flip the model over so the top becomes the bottom


Step 11: Valley fold the model along the two points marked below (one is at the top of the crease made in step 8, and the other is just the edge of a flap)



Step 12: Unfold


Step 13: Outside reverse fold the flap up


Step 14: Now fold the far left point back so it is parallel to the body


Step 15: Unfold


Step 16: Inside reverse fold the flap up along the precreases made earlier


Step 17: Valley fold the point straight up


Step 18: Unfold


Step 19: Inside reverse fold the flap up


Step 20: Valley fold the point down (this will become the head, but leave the head slightly longer than normal)


Step 21: Unfold


Step 22: Outside reverse fold the flap down


Step 23: To form the beak (this is the underside view of the head) valley fold the tip, and then mountain fold it back

 It will look like this:

Flatten the head again, fold down the wings a little, and your swan is complete!



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