flapping_dragon.pdf

Flapping Dragon

Eileen Tan

eileen@tristan.tn.cornell.edu

January 31 2001

1. Crease diagonally.

2. Make a pinch mark halfway down.

3. Fold the top edge down to the pinch mark.

4. Fold and unfold.

5. Fold a preliminary base on the

6. Petal fold the preliminary base.

Crease the sides.

existing creases.

7. Valley fold the tip up.

8. Reverse fold the sides in.

Fold and unfold the two corners.

9. Mountain fold the entire model in half.

10. Reverse fold.

11. Reverse fold; repeat behind.

12. Valley fold the topmost flap;

repeat behind.

13. Rabbit ear fold the topmost flap;

repeat behind.

14. Reverse fold the head down. The paper

is thick here, so do this fold slowly.

15. Valley fold the wing down;

repeat behind.

16. Outside reverse fold.

17. Open sink.

18. Valley fold the wings back up;

repeat behind.

19. Crimp the wings and the tail; repeat behind.

Reverse fold the tip of the head. Reverse fold

twice to form the mouth.

20. Rabbit ear fold the wing to form

a claw; repeat behind.

21. Finished Flapping Dragon

Hold at the two circles, and

pull apart to make the wings

flap!

Eileen Tan 2001