Origami Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus (Design by John Montroll)

Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus (Design by John Montroll)

I had bought John Montroll’s – Prehistoric Origami: Dinosaurs and Other Creatures
– a couple of weeks ago and spent a lot of time trying to decide which of the models to start off with! I finally decided on the Apatosaurus or what is popularly known as the Brontosaurus or the “thunder lizard”. This is an intermediate origami model and takes a little more than 2 hours to fold (approx).

For the Brontosaurus, I used – Origami Paper Animal Prints 8 1/4
– which I bought online from Amazon.com; it measures up as 8 ¼” square sized paper. This paper pack contains 49 sheets of double – side printed-paper and a gold foil included. I agree that the end result was not all that great as expected, and that I should’ve used plain or solid colored origami paper instead. I will keep this in mind for the next model I fold.

The paper you choose would have to be some craft paper or foil paper, if not actual origami paper. Wrapping paper, which is not flimsy, will also work for this. You would need a type of paper, which will fold easily without tearing and without coming apart, as there are many intricate folds involved in this model. The size of the paper, too, should be reasonably large; with an 8 ¼” sized paper, I got approx a 3” (height) by 6” (length) sized dinosaur.

One thing really good about John Montroll’s book is that he lists out all the types of folds at the end of the book and only refers to the “types” in the actual folding steps. This makes it easier to understand and follow too.