Q&A for How to Make an Origami Owl

Get a couple of simple books that teach you the basic folds, valley folds, and mountain folds. Work on your hand coordination skills and being precise. Try to be as accurate as possible with the instructions. I find watching videos is a little bit better than reading books. But it's sometimes a good idea to watch videos and read books.

Watch the video for step 4 closely. Notice that two points of the original square are folded toward the inside of the model. Those points become the wings after the rest of the folds are completed.

Carefully lift up the bottom corner. Then, you fold the sides in on the creases that have been previously made. It will end up looking like a thin kite.

(1) Take the corner of the top flap (2)Lift the flap upwards (3) Open completely (4) This one is the hard part, and it takes practice to manipulate the paper correctly. You want to press down and fold the paper so the green edges are centered in the diamond shape. (5) Repeat on the other flap.

Take one of the "legs", pull it out, and gently twist it until it looks like the figure shown.

For step 10, what you will do is go between the creases made on the right and left side that is between the front and back. Then you will take the paper in that area and fold it up and open it, then flatten it to make the wing.

You can't make it fly since it is just an origami model. You can pretend it flies but it will not fly on its own.

For step 4, take the edge of the square and fold it to the middle to make a triangle shape. For step 5, take the top of the figure and fold it down so it folds right where the flaps start, then unfold. Step 6, open the figure made by going between the layers and squash it down. Step 7, you do the same, except on the other side.

Origami takes practice to get good at. It's more important, when you're just starting out, to get it right over doing it quickly.

One is for beginners and one is for more advanced origamists. And the video provides the most advanced way.