Origami Flapping Bat Instructions

Lay the folded paper flat into a diamond shape.

Origami flapping bat instructions. On the website you ll also find diagrams for the butterfly. Fold in the corner of one side diagonally in toward the center line so the closed creased portion of the paper is on the top edge. Then flap quickly and move your hand away.

I know there is already an instructable on a flapping crane but this is a different type and in my opinion has a better flapping motion. Start with a square 6 inch x 6 inch 15cm x 15cm origami paper color side down. Origami flapping bat step 3.

Fold the bottom tip to the top. Origami flapping bat step 2. Origami halloween flapping bat by.

It takes one square of paper to fold. To learn more about teaching this model as a butterfly visit deg farrelly s webpage to read a story that anne bedrick wrote. Fold paper in half.

Origami flapping bat dear reader here is a bat that actually flaps its wings. This mimics how bats hang from cave ceilings then fly away when startled. Fold paper in half on the horizontal diagonal axis.

Repeat step two for the other corner on the same side. Origami flapping bat step 1. Crease well and unfold.

Posted by origami instructor at 5 12 pm. Check out our origami flapping bat instructions. I invented this model back in 1994 and diagrams for it were published in ousa s magazine the paper.

Lots of fun on halloween. Instructions for folding my flapping bat origami model. A4 printer paper my blog.

Hold the bat upside down so the wings point down and then gently make the wings flutter a tiny bit. Thanks for watching papercrafts flappingbat origamianimals.