How to make an origami parrot
Origami Parrot: try all 10 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor parrot with a broad pale head, a hooked beak and a long pleated tail. Fold a perched bird from one square without cuts or glue.
- You need
- One square of thin origami paper and a pen for the eye. No scissors or glue.
- Start
- Start white side up, with one corner pointing up. Bright red, green or blue paper suits a parrot.
- Tips
- Keep the long point at the bottom; the short point makes the head.
- Keep the beak hook small so it stays distinct from the head.
- Take every layer when folding the short head forward.
Your model is ready
Press the folds flat. Hold the parrot upright with its hooked beak at the top and its long tail hanging below. The broad shoulders sit above the narrow tail. Draw one small eye on the pale head. The finished parrot in profile, with a pale head, a hooked beak and a narrow tail below the broad body.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Crease the middle
Fold the left corner to the right corner, press, and open.
- 2
Fold the left edge in
Fold the lower left edge to the center crease.
- 3
Fold the right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the center crease the same way.
- 4
Turn over the kite
Turn the kite over, keeping its long point at the bottom. This point becomes the tail.
- 5
Close the body
Fold the left half over the right half along the middle crease. Keep the short point at the top and the long tail down.
- 6
Raise the tail
Fold the lower point up across the body along the horizontal line.
- 7
Pleat the tail down
Fold the raised point down again, leaving a narrow band above the long tail.
- 8
Turn the short head forward
Fold the whole short top point to the right along the diagonal line, taking every layer together. The long lower point stays down as the tail.
- 9
Hook the beak down
Fold the last small part of the head down along the diagonal line, taking its layers together. Press the short hook flat.
- 10
Flatten the crown
Fold the top corner behind to leave a short, flat crown.
- ✓
Finish
Press the folds flat. Hold the parrot upright with its hooked beak at the top and its long tail hanging below. The broad shoulders sit above the narrow tail. Draw one small eye on the pale head. The finished parrot in profile, with a pale head, a hooked beak and a narrow tail below the broad body.
Fold next
Dog face ↗
Fold floppy ears and a little muzzle, then give your paper dog a face.
Cat face ↗
A traditional triangle cat head with two pointed ears and a straight forehead.
Fox face ↗
The traditional pointed fox face, recorded in Japan in 1878, with two tall ears.
Turtle ↗
The common cut turtle with four pointed feet, a small head and tail, and a colored shell. One slit divides the rear feet while leaving the shell underneath whole.