Easy Origami Dove

Here are instructions on how to create a ten-step origami dove!

Piece of paper

*Measuring tape

*Scissors

*You will only need these if your paper is not a square shape (all the sides are the same length).

Use a measuring tape to measure the sides of a single piece of paper. Then trim sides so that they are all the same length. The square of paper I am using is 6 inches by 6 inches.

Flip your square over to the "plain side", or the side you don't want showing. Then, angle the square so it looks like a diamond, with a point towards you.

Take the corner on the right and fold it in half so that it meets the corner on the left. Press down on the crease to secure the fold and flatten the paper. This creates a triangle shape.

Take the point on the left and fold it back towards the right, creasing it about an inch from the right edge. This should look like a triangle on top of a skinny rectangle.

Now fold the corner on the right back toward the left, creasing it about a half-inch from the left edge. Now you should have a smaller triangle on top of two rectangular pieces.

Unfold the small triangle on top until it resembles a diamond.

Leaving the diamond unfolded, take the top of the paper and fold it down evenly to meet the point at the bottom. The crease should be right in the middle of the paper.

To create the appearance of a tiny bird beak, slightly fold the the right-most corner backwards and downwards. This should be a very small fold.

Take the top-most rectangle and fold it back up, creasing about halfway up the body. Afterwards, the rectangle piece should stick out, which is good! This creates the appearance of a wing.

Flip over the paper and repeat the same step on the other side: fold the rectangle piece back up about halfway. This will create the other wing.

Now you have successfully created an origami dove!