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Pigeon

How to fold an origami pigeon

Paper
One square sheet of paper.
Preparation
No cutting or gluing is included in these folding steps. Begin with “Fold into a triangle”.
What you will make
A pigeon from one square sheet. No scissors or glue needed.

Fold a pigeon from one square sheet. Form the body from a triangle, reverse-fold the beak, then fold both wings back. Rotate the bird sideways to finish. No scissors or glue needed.

Follow the 10 steps above by scrolling. Drag the model to inspect a fold from another angle, and scroll back to review a previous step.

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Read all 10 folding steps
  1. Fold into a triangle
  2. Fold the long edge down
  3. Turn over
  4. Fold the front point up
  5. Fold the left half to the right
  6. Crease the beak and unfold
  7. Open the head and reverse-fold the beak
  8. Fold the front wing back
  9. Fold the other wing back
  10. Turn the model sideways

Tricky points and what to check

Both points move together

Steps to review: 4

Fold up only the front layer, leaving the back point in place.

The beak lies on the outside

Steps to review: 7

Open the body, reverse the tip inside along the crease, then close it.

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Completed origami pigeon

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