Welcome to our Origami Frog video!
so we're going to start up with an origami bird
base
if you don't know how to do that check out our video on the bird base
so first you open one of the pockets, the right pocket, and make a squash fold
just as we're showing here
so take your time doing this and crease the paper well
crease well-planned boundless pocket
we're going to make a total of four of these squash folds
so when you're done with the first one, flip the paper over
and do the same thing on the back side
so
fold the pocket over like we're showing
open it up with your fingers
then squash it flat
again take your time and make sure everything lines up well here and crease it nicely
once you're done with the second squash fold
fold the paper over as we're showing here so you have access to the third pocket
and open that up with your fingers
and again make a squash fold
since you've done it twice before we're going to show this a little bit faster
so that's the third one
and now we're going to do the fourth of the squash folds
so pretty easy so far
your piece should look like this
and now we're going to start making some petal folds
fold the left and right sides to the center
take your time and make sure everything is creased nicely
so once it's creased nice and sharp
you're actually going to unfold these
you may need to get one of your fingers underneath the flap here
and start folding that upwards
use the creases you just made as a
guide
to help you do another type of squash fold
move that flap all the way up
and squash it flat.  This type of squash fold is called a Petal Fold.
we're going to do four of those
so this is the first one
you want to crease everything nice and sharp
when you're happy with it
turn the paper over
now we're going to make a petal fold on this side, so
once again fold
the left and right sides in
take your time and make sure
it's creased well
petal fold shows up in a few origami pieces so it's a good thing to know
thing
so unfold
the pre-folds and fold the center up
and squash it flat
not too hard, once you've done it a
few times it becomes second nature
crease everything nice and flat
now two more petal folds
so you want to
fold the piece in half lengthwise so we can get access to those
other sides
going to speed this up a little bit since you've done this twice already
so here's the third petal fold
so flip over
then find the
the base to make a petal fold, so go ahead and do that
now you're done with all the petal folds, and what you have is called a Frog Base.
It's another base that's used in a bunch of origami, so it's a good thing to know
how to make
Fold the piece in half lengthwise.  You're looking for the two flat
surfaces
you want the same on the front and back like we're showing here
so once you've found the flat surface
you're going to start doing some more folds, so
fold the left and right
parts of the top flap to the centerline as shown here
it will be getting pretty thick at this
point so take your time with the creasing
so as sharp creases as you can make
just like that, then flip the paper over
and you're gonna repeat
those last two folds on this side
once you're done with that, fold the
paper lengthwise again
now the front and the back
show the two flat surfaces
and now we're just gonna repeat
those folds we did, folding to the center
flip over and do on the backside
so now you're piece should look like this
and
we're gonna fold lengthwise again
front and back like we always do
what were looking for here
is the two halves
halves that should be separate
like this
now we've got something like a tadpole, but we're going to turn it into a frog!
so we're going to start
forming the legs
and first the front legs
you're going to make
reverse folds
to form the front legs
we'd like to pre-crease the legs before doing the  reverse folds, so we're going to do that
here
so just make a very basic valley fold
like that
you now open 
the flap and inside reverse fold
if you don't know how to do reverse
folds you can check out our website or our
video on reverse folds
so that's the 
right front leg, we're going to do the
same thing on the left side
so inside fold
and the rear legs
of course we're going to do a 
similar thing, so we're going to pre-
crease
the right side and then the left side
now the actual inside reverse folds
that's the right side, now the left side
and your piece should look like this
now each leg is going to need
two more reverse folds
to make the knee joints
for the front legs, you want to pull them out
like this
rear legs will go down and back
when you're done with the pre-creasing, make the inside reverse folds
by now you should be an expert on these inside reverse folds
it's starting to look like a frog now!
we want to do
the last four joints
these are ankle joints
again, inside reverse folds
so for the front legs, they'll go forward
for the rear legs, they'll go out to
the sides
right we're almost there
so the next step is to inflate the
body of the frog
so just blow into that hole
make a nice
sharp
short blow
inflate the body partially, as you can see here
this is upside down
you want to have
the front legs closer to the surface
then go ahead and shape
the legs as needed so that all four legs
contact the ground, to make it look more realistic
curve them as much as you need to
Perfect!
There you have it...
the Origami Frog.
Enjoy!
