Origami: How to fold a Dragon

Let’s fold a legendary creature, dragon with origami paper. ★

Since it’s huge and cool, it often appears in anime too.

The dragon’s body is said to have been made with a part of each animal,

such as deer, a snake, a hawk, cow. ♪

Even though it’s a legendary creature,

it has also become one of the Eto (Chinese astrological calendar).

I don’t know why it has become a legendary creature among all the other animals,

but there is also a theory that the dragon used to exist.

How to fold a dragon 1 Dragon’s chopsticks stand

1. Cut the origami paper into strips like the picture below.

Fold it in half and make a crease.

If you have the chopsticks with a paper bag, you can use it as well,

after you take the chopsticks out and cut it to a sheet of paper.

2. Fold it along the dotted lines, make creases and fold it as picture No.3.

3. Fold it along the dotted lines and make creases.

4. Open it from the bottom and fold it as if you smash it, as picture No.5 shows.

5. Turn it over.

6. Fold it along the dotted lines.

7. Turn it over.

8. Fold both sides to the middle line.

9. Fold it along the dotted lines, like a staircase.

10. Fold it to your side, along the dotted line.

11. Turn it over.

12. Fold it in half.

13. Fold it along the dotted line, pulling toward the arrow.

14. Pull it toward the arrow.

15. And it’s done!

How to fold a dragon 2 Flying dragon in the sky

1. Fold it along the dotted lines and make crease.

2. Fold it along the dotted line to the middle line.

3. Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

4. Open it up and fold it along the dotted line, as picture No.5 shows.

5. Open the bag part and fold it, as if you smash it, to make a square.

6. Fold it along the dotted lines and make creases.

7. Open the bag part and fold it along the creases, as picture No.8 shows.

8. Fold it along the dotted lines and make creases.

9. Open the bag part and fold it toward the top part, as picture No.10 shows.

10. Fold it down along the dotted lines.

11. Fold it down along the dotted line.

12. Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

13. Fold the corner up, as picture No.14 shows.

14. Fold it the same way for the other side too.

15. Open it from the middle and fold them along the dotted lines.

16. Fold both sides along the dotted lines.

17. Turn it over.

18. Fold it along the dotted line.

19. Fold it at a little right side from the middle of the diamond.

20. Turn it over.

21. Fold them along the dotted lines and put them inside.

22. It will be like the picture below.

23. Fold both sides to the middle, along the dotted lines.

24. Fold it in half.

25. Fold it along the dotted line and make a crease.

Fold it inside, as picture No.26 shows.

26. Fold it inside along the dotted line again.

27. Fold it inside along the dotted line again.

28. Fold it inside along the dotted line again.

29. Lift only the top layer up.

30. And it’s done!

Did you make a cool dragon?

Even though you have to fold it so many times,

you’ll have a great dragon,

as long as you fold each procedure nicely.♥

The dragon chopsticks stand looks gorgeous, doesn’t it?

The image of the “flying dragon in the sky” is a dragon flying gracefully in the sky.★

If you use the gold or silver origami paper, they will be even cooler dragons!

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】