A few months ago I found a beauuuutiful bird cage at a local vintage shop. Im not so keen on animals in cages so a real bird in this cage was out of the question! Which got me brainstorming handmade birds… I love making origami so found an app called origami 3D, which talked me through the steps of making little birds. Supplies need: square sheets of paper and patience.

Fold your square piece of paper in half downward to make a crease, then unfold. Repeat this so that you have creases both ways like in the second image. Next, fold the paper in half so you have a triangular shape then with its open edge, fold the left hand corner to the right, leaving about an inch. This is what will become the birds wings. In the 4th image it shows how I folded the upper layer back to the left, there should be a crease in the middle.

From here, you fold the whole piece in half downwards. Fold the top layer of the bottom part, upwards and repeat on the other side- these are your birds wings! For the beak of the bird, fold down the corner to make a crease, unfold and then invert it. You can see what I mean in the 4th photo above.
This is your bird completed! Phew! Hope you had fun. Once you have made one bird, its easy to make more. I used a thin thread to attach mine to the bird cage below. Have you ever made origami before? What are your favourite designs? xo Bec