Origami Swans

Origami is the ancient Japanese art of folding paper to create a masterpiece. We used our disposable placemats to create these origami swans that can be used as a decorative feature hung up or as a 3D decoration to a gift.

Here is how you can fold your own origami swan.

You start out with a square piece of paper and fold it along one diagonal, Then unfold it.

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Fold the square diagonally in half and open. ALS-28 Repeat this again on the other side so that when you open up your square there is a cross in the middle of the square. ALS-29 ALS-30 Fold the paper in half and open. ALS-31 Take the one corner and bring it towards the other thus creating a kite shape ALS-32 Repeat on the other side. ALS-33 ALS-34 Fold the sides into the centre. ALS-35 ALS-36 Fold the top triangle down. ALS-37 Keeping the top triangle (above down). Open the sides you have folded into the centre to create two long triangles. ALS-38 ALS-39 Repeat the above steps on the back. You will land up with a shape below. ALS-40 Fold the outer corners to the centre. ALS-41 ALS-42 ALS-43 Fold the outer edges up – these will become the wings. ALS-44 Repeat on the other side. ALS-45 Lift the head and tail up and turn the wings up. ALS-46 ALS-47