Origami Organisms

Learn more about birds, theropods, crocodiles, and dinosaurs and how they are related.
Choose your first origami organism to construct!
Print your skin!
Construct your origami organism
Compare the similarities and test your knowledge!

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Step 1: Learn more about your organisms!

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Step 2: Choose which organism you want to construct

Refer to step #4 to see the organisms construction in order of difficulty.

Step 3: Print your skin here!

Note: This step is optional, you can either print custom designed skin for your specimen or you can use your own construction paper, origami paper, or just plain printer paper that you design yourself! Just make sure that your paper is cut into a square before you begin!

Instructions: if you decide you use this paper then right click on the image and hit "print image" or first save this image and then print it. Make sure to flip the paper over and print again so your image is double sided!

a. Bird:

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b. Theropod

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c. Crocodile:

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d: Melanorosaurus:

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Step 4: Construct Your Origami Organism. Ready to start building?

(Note: the figures are increasing in difficulty by order they are listed, the bird being the easiest and the melanorosaurus being the most difficult)

If you are building the bird or theropod follow these steps:

Bird And Theropod Part 1:

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Bird And Theropod Part 2:

Part 3 of the Bird:

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Part 3 of the Theropod:

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If you selected the crocodile follow these steps:

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If you selected the melanorosaurus follow these steps:

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Enjoy making as many organisms as you can! If you are into origami please visit www.fishgoth.com for MANY more figures!

Part 5: Testing your Knowledge

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Show Your Work to Everyone!

If you submit a photo of your origami or yourself with your origami I will feature you and your art work on this site.

Also, if you have answers to the questions above then please submit those as well for feedback and I will post a few selected answers.

Information on the Internet

Theropod Dinosaurs Facts about Theropods
Crocodile Facts
Melanorosaurus
fishgoth.com Many more origami figures!

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Step 1: Learn more about your organisms!

Step 2: Choose which organism you want to construct

Step 3: Print your skin here!

Step 4: Construct Your Origami Organism. Ready to start building?

Part 5: Testing your Knowledge

Show Your Work to Everyone!

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