This Dragon is a two-colored model when folded from a standard sheet of origami paper.

Start with the white

side up to fold a white dragon with colored head and wings, or the colored side up to make a colored body with
white head and wings. A 10" square will fold into a 6" dragon, but I recommend using a larger sheet if available.
I also recommend using foil paper to get the best effect.






1. White side up. Pre-fold diagonals. Valley-fold the top corner to the center and unfold.


2. Fold the corner down to the crease from step 1.


3. Fold the bottom corner up to the crease from step 2.


4. Fold behind.


5. Unfold step 3.


6. Blintz-fold.


7. Enlarged view. Preliminary fold.
(The four corners end up together at the bottom of the model in the next step, and the center of the model ends
up at the top.) Flip and rotate the model so that the upper-right quadrant in this step is facing the front in the
next.


8. Enlarged and rotated view. Squash-fold the top flap on the right.


9. Petal-fold.


10. Unfold steps 8 & 9. Pull out the flap and refold as in a blintz frog base.


11. Like so: Squash-fold.


12. Petal-fold.


13. Untuck flaps.


14. Fold flap down. Turn model over.


15. Reduced view. Petal fold.


16. Pull out flap.


17. Pull out flap.


18. Fold down.


19. Move flap to other side.


20. Repeat steps 15 thru 19 on the other side.


21. Pull out flap.


22. Squash fold. (Ah, symmetry!)


23. Petal fold.


24. Fold flap down.


25. Fold and unfold the bottom as shown. Turn the back half of the model up.


26. Unfold the bottom flap on one side.


27. Inside reverse-fold. Turn the model over.


28. Inside reverse-fold.


29. Insdide reverse-fold. Turn the model over.


30. Repeat steps 26 through 29 on the other side.


31. Valley fold the little tip in the middle to meet the other tip.


32. Valley fold model in half. Turn model clockwise 90 degrees.


33. Valley fold through the marked point. Repeat behind.


34. Squash-folds. Repeat behind.


35. Rabbit-ear. Repeat behind.


36. Mountain-fold bottom edges inside. Pull out flap in front.


37. Detail of front flap. Squash-fold.


38. Fold and unfold.


39. Fold tip to the marked point and unfold.


40. Unfold step 37 and turn the model over.


41. Repeat steps 37 through 40 on the other side.


42. Inside reverse-fold. (Undo step 36.)


43. Double reverse-fold on creases made in steps 38 and 39. Repeat behind.


44. Like so.


45. Crimp fold the entire model.


46. Inside revrerse-folds to form the legs. Repeat behind. Double rabbit-ear to form the neck.


47. Reverse-fold top and bottom layers of hind legs and top layer of front legs to make them thinner. Mountain-
fold back flap of front legs/top layer of the wing. Repeat all behind. Outside reverse-fold to form the head.


48. Crimp folds on the head and tail. Crimp to form feet. Repeat behind. Mountain-fold the corners of the
bottom flaps inside to shape the torso. Repeat behind.


49. Make the body and head three-dimensional by gently crushing as shown. Curl the wings ans curl the feet.
Turn the tip of the tail inside-out.


50. Dragon!