Hello, and welcome to our Origami
Dragon Video.  The Origami Dragon is
made starting with
an Origami Bird Base.
First step is to take the upper left edge
of the bird base, and fold it to the center as we're showing here.
Now repeat that on the right side.
Next we're going to take the lower flap of the bird base
and fold it back down like this.
 
Rotate the piece 90 degrees clockwise, and we're going to do a book fold.
So, first fold up this lower flap
and fold this rear flap back and down like we're showing here.
Next we're going to take this upper flap and
fold it across to the
right, like this. These two points should roughly line up.
Now we'll repeat that with the rear flap.
Next we're going to start forming
the wings.
We're going to take this line here
and fold it to this line.
So upwards like this.
Now flip the piece over
and repeat that fold on the backside.
Now flip the piece back over, and we're going to
fold this line onto this line
like this.
Flip the piece over and repeat on the back
side.
Now flip it back over.  We're going to start forming the neck
of the Dragon. We need to make some reverse folds
and we'll start by making a Valley Fold and a  Mountain Fold.
First, here's the valley fold
and next the mountain fold will be at an
angle like this.
 
Now open the piece
To make this easier, re-crease
on the backside, Valley Fold to Mountain
Fold.  Now your reverse fold is done.
We're going to make a couple more reverse folds. Valley fold this piece upwards
like this
in preparation for the next reverse fold.
Now this is an outside reverse fold, so we're going to
flip the paper inside out like this.
That's the neck of the dragon.  Next we're
going to form
the head of the dragon, again with
reverse folds. Take this piece here near the end
maybe about a centimeter long.  Valley fold
downwards like that
and again do the inside-out move
to make the dragon's head.
 
 
We're going to fold this piece backwards
to make the lower jaw.
We're going to fold this back like so
Now do an inside reverse fold, so this piece will go inside
the head.
 
Now fold that little extra piece the other way to make the lower jaw.
So you've got a dragon with an open mouth to breathe fire.
okay
Next we're going to form
the tail.
We want the tail to be curling up a little bit like this.  We're going to do this
by first making a mountain and valley fold
together
like this.
Now on the back side we're gonna reverse the
direction of those creases.
So mountain to valley and valley to
mountain.
Just like that.  So we have the
tail angled upwards.
We're gonna do that one more time
Now the tail is complete.  We're gonna start
folding the wings
so first fold one wing
down like this.
Fold this line back up to this line.
Now fold that top line back down here.
Now repeat that on the backside with the other wing.
First down
then back up
and down one more time.
Now you can spread the wings out
The last step is to spread the
bottom of the body of the Dragon
to allow it to stand up on its own
And there you have it. Your Origami Dragon is complete!
Enjoy.
