Step 1: Each
birdhouse is made out of three a4-size papers, two white papers and one
colored.
The colored one (yellow) is for the roof.
Glue/tape two white papers together.
Step 6: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Then unfold the model.
Step 5: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 2: Lay
the yellow paper in the center, see picture. Glue or tape it to the
white papers and cut along the blue line.
Step 4: Prefold
over these two lines.
Step 3: Now
you've made one large rectangular Origami paper.
Prefold over these two lines, then turn the paper.
Step 10: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 8: Valley-fold
over these four lines. The corners indicated by the arrows are pulled
upwards when you do this.
Step 9: Press
these four places flat.
Step 7: Fold
over these two lines, the valley-folds are already prefolded.
Cute
paper Origami birdhouses
(designed by Joost Langeveld)
Step 16: Pull
the parts
on the right and left upwards by folding over the short blue lines, the
lines in the center are valley-folds and the two outer lines are
mountain-folds. Make the same folds on the other side, see arrows.
Valley-fold over the two yellow lines while you do this.
Step 15: Press
the layers between the two large arrows against each other. Then fold
them together over the blue line.
Do the same on the other three flaps, see small arrows.
Step 12: Pull
these four edges outwards.
Step 11: Valley-fold
over these two lines.
Step 14: Make
an inside reverse fold on the four corners. Valley-fold over the two
yellow lines while you do this.
Step 13: Prefold
over the two yellow lines first, they are used as guidance to
place/make the prefolded blue lines.
Step 19: Turn
the model.
Step 18: Valley-fold
over the two diagonal blue lines and mountain-fold over the other two.
Valley-fold over the yellow line while you do this.
Step 17: Mountain-fold
over these two lines.
Slide
the part on the left into the part on the
right, use tape or glue to connect both parts.
DONE!
This is a video tutorial for making the birdhouse by Joost Langeveld: