Origami One-Horned Dragon

I have been looking out for a slightly complex dragon for quite sometime, now. I didn’t want something which is highly complex and tricky either. I have found a perfect one horned dragon design (perfect for me that is) YouTube.com. It is an intermediate model and incorporates, sinks, rabbit ears and crimps in the folds. It looks pretty neat once completed and I found it quite easy to fold, too.

I have used Origami Paper by Tuttle Publishing – Origami Paper Animal Prints 8 1/4 – for this model; which comes in Animal prints, printed on both sides, of 8 1/4″ in size.

This model took me around 20 minutes to half an hour to fold and this includes putting the finishing touches on it, like seeing that the feet and wings are aligned, etc. One can make a bigger dragon (of the same design) by using a larger sized paper. Even if you have A4 size paper, you can cut it down into a square and use it.

How to Fold a One-Horned Dragon:
YouTube.com is again the source for this design. There are 5 really short videos (not longer than 3 mins each) which you would need to follow in order to fold this dragon. The contributor has explained the steps clearly and has even provided folding tips on the trickier parts in the video! I am sure you will find these really easy to follow….

How to fold a One-Horned Dragon – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

Dragon

I folded this out of a 6″ single-side colored Origami paper and have created a couple of extra folds on the wings to add to the ‘dragon look’. For this model, it is not important to have origami paper colored both sides. However, a larger sized paper would be more convenient and will look better too, is what I thought.

Also, another point to be noted here is to not use thick paper to fold this model. If you do so, the intricate folds at certain points will become really hard to fold and keep in place. One idea, which I have come across for folding models in Origami, is wrapping paper, which is more readily available than actual Origami paper. These come in all kinds of designs and colors, and should do perfectly fine, too.

To fold this Dragon, I have used “Origami Paper Bright by Tuttle Publishing”
, which is a pack of 49 sheets of 6 different colors.

I have also prepared a step-by-step guide, to fold this dragon, and I hope you find it easy to follow.

Happy Folding!