Classic Zing Dragon

by John Szinger

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. W hite side up. Pre-fold diagonals.

2. Fold the corner down to the crease from
Valley-fold the top corner to the center and
step 1.
unfold.

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3. Fold the bottom corner up to the edge. 4. Fold behind.

5. Unfold step 3. 6. Blintz-fold.

7. Preliminary fold. Flip and rotate the

model so that the upper-right quadrant is 8. Squash-fold the top flap on the right.
facing the front in the next step.

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

11. Squash-fold. 12. Petal-fold.

13. Untuck flaps. 14. Fold flap down. Turn model over.

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15. Petal fold. 16. Pull out flap.

17. Pull out flap. 18. Fold down.

20. Repeat steps 15 thru 19 on the other

19. Swing the flap to other side.
side.

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21. Pull out flap. 22. Squash fold. (Ah, symmetry!)

23. Petal fold. 24. Fold flap down.

25. Fold and unfold the bottom. Turn the

26. Unfold the bottom flap on one side.
back half of the model up.

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

29. Insdide reverse-fold. Turn the model 30. Repeat steps 26 through 29 on the
over. other side.

32. Valley fold model in half. Turn clockwise

31. Valley fold the tip in the middle up.
90 degrees.

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33. Valley fold through the marked point.
34. Squash-folds. Repeat behind.
Repeat behind.

36. Fold the bottom edges inside. Pull out

35. Rabbit-ear. Repeat behind.
flap in front.

37. Detail of front flap. 39. Fold tip to the marked

38. Fold and unfold.
Squash-fold. point and unfold.

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 41. Repeat steps 37
40. Unfold step 37 and 42. Inside reverse-fold.
through 40 on the other
turn the model over. (Undo step 36.)
side.

43. Double reverse-fold on

creases from steps 38 and 44. Like so.
39. Repeat behind.

46. Inside revrerse-folds to form the legs.

45. Crimp fold the entire model. Repeat behind. Double rabbit-ear to form
the neck.

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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. Curl the wings
and curl the feet. Turn the tip of the tail inside-out.

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50. Dragon!

Copyright 1994 - 2009 John Szinger

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