DIY Balancing Paper Bird 🕊️ Spins on Your Finger! 3-Min Origami Toy Tutorial

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Description  Learn to fold a paper bird that balances on a fingertip, pen or cup edge and never falls! All you need is one strip of paper—no glue, no scissors, no tape. I’ll show you two sizes so you can test how wing span affects flight angle.#BalancingBird #Origami #DIYToy

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00:00hi guys today I'll teach you how to fold a paper balancing bird it keeps itself

00:09level and can spin freely on your pen let's start folding any long narrow strip of paper works

00:21exact size isn't critical I've pre-folded to a big one and a small one the big one uses the long

00:34edge of a four five CMY the small one uses the short edge three CMY cut a strip roughly like

00:46that precision isn't required fold it in half top to bottom then left to right top is the open end

01:00fold the bottom two corners up to reverse the creases unfold pinch both sides inward and squash

01:19down fold the top corners to the midline repeat on the back for the wings draw an imaginary line

01:27between these two points and fold the top half down start with one side to get the angle right

01:34this bit is fiddly fold halfway then flip the paper over much easier from this side press flat flip back

01:43and flatten the other side tida that's the move use a ruler if you need help hold here crease the top

01:53then fold the whole section down now flip to the other side fold this corner across open the layer and

02:02tuck the flap underneath notice that same on the opposite side flip back and fold the model in half

02:12this end is the head open it up squash it down like an origami crane head push both sides

02:22inward and fold together adjust the head angle about like this is perfect your balancing bird is

02:30finished the wings are straight you can curve them slightly pinch and roll the wings to give them a

02:35gentle art let's test its balance here's the big bird and the small one the little one seems to glide

02:46higher and flatter interesting try both sizes and see what you discover thanks for watching see you next time

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