Step 1. Make a KITE BASE
FOLD, then UNFOLDTIPS:
Look at the picture; hold your paper exactly the same way.
Always look for the dashed line...it shows where the next fold happens.
Then look at the arrows...they show what movement will happen.
An arrow head at BOTH ends means FOLD and then UNFOLD.
Think about this for a minute. You are learning a new SYMBOL LANGUAGE!
Step 2. Finishing the Kite Base
Fold lower edges to CENTER crease.
Step 3. Congratulations! This is the KITE BASE.
TIPS:
Your paper should look like this. Notice how the illustration tries to tell you that the back of the paper (which is gray) now shows. If you folded your paper really well you won't have a gap between the edges in the middle. DON"T OVERLAP those edges!!!! (That sometimes will wreck your work by locking stuff together so it rips!)
The pictures sometimes show a gap to make it easier to see what is happening
This goofy little symbol means something. Look at the next picture to see if that helps you guess...
Step 4.
TIPS:
Did you guess the symbol meant TURN THE PAPER OVER?
What clues should you be looking at now?
...the dashed lines..
...the arrows....
See if you understood the symbols. Fold your paper.
Step 5.
(OOPS...I forgot the arrow telling you to fold up the bottom's point.)
TIP:
Notice where the dashed line is...
and look at the next picture to see where the point ends up.
This makes the swan's neck.
Step 6.
Fold down the head.
TIPS:
How big do you want the head?
You can change what the bird looks like a lot by varying the length of the neck or of the head.
Step 7.
Fold the swan in half
along the dashed line.
TIPS:
Think about what the arrows are trying to tell you....
Grab the swan by its little neck and pull the paper up until it looks right to you!
Then squeeze the paper at the base of its neck to crease it.
The last step is to pull up its little swan head so it looks forward.....you can figure it out so I'm not going to bother to show you a picture.
Congratulations!! You have done it!
