Make your own summer bird!

To celebrate our participation in the Helsinki Fresh -exhibition in Berlin, we thought we'd give you a chance to make your own origami summer bird. These are miniature versions of the birds we have on show, all filled with Pattern Bakery -patterns. Have fun!

Download one (or all) of these pictures on to your computer.

Print the pattern on A4. Use fit on page -option on the printer.

Cut off the extra.

Fold top corner to bottom corner with print inside and crease. Open, fold sideways and crease.

Open, turn so that print is on the outside, fold in half, crease. Open and fold both directions.

Bring all the corners together. Make sure that the (yellow) beak is inside the folds.

Flatten.

Fold top flaps to meet in the centre.

Repeat this on the other side as well.

Fold top down, crease on both sides.

Unfold.

Open the top flap.

Bring it up.

Flatten the sides down. Repeat on the other side as well.

Fold flaps to meet in the centre, repeat in the back.

Fold the tail and beak, crease well and unfold.

Open the side...

And fold the tail and beak along the creases.

Fold the beak and the wings down.