Angry Birds Origami

I added my daughter's plush toy on top of this brilliant photo of a Cardinal so you can see the resemblance between the two and where the real inspiration for this favorite video game character actually came from - which happens to be real life nature itself. Isn't this really cool.

Art imitates life and all that. So to really make an origami Angry Bird of the popular red variety, what you should be looking to do is make a cardinal. But I guess that depends on whether you want to paper fold something that looks like the funny game design or the real life variety instead!

Image Credit: Shared with a CC License by Dawn Huczek on Flickr

There are precious few folding instructions online for these fun characters apart from videos on YouTube which I have hunted out to find the best selection. But instructions and diagrams are few and far between. Here are some that you can use:

1. How to Fold a Real Angry Bird! This one is a really funny design and looks good made from paper that is of the two-color variety - I love the example made in yellow and red which looks really striking.
2. Piggie Face Instructions Make this cute face with green paper and add the bobble eyes to create a fun design that kids will enjoy.
3. Easy Shaped Pig A beginner folding project to make a pig which is similar but an easier version of the ones I made below and that you can see further down the page.
4. Difficult Standing Pig This model is much harder to make but you can see how impressive it looks when you view the images for the finished piece. Make it in green and make it look fierce like the enemy should be!
5. 3D Modular Origami Black Bird If you're into the 3D modular crafting, here is a fab how-to which shows the making of an Angry black bird.

Themed temporary tattoo sheets, marker pens, sticker sheets both pre-colored and to color in, posters, frames, cards, envelopes and coloring book. Lots of pieces to keep crafty kids amused on a theme they will love.

I still don't think anyone has yet designed the perfect paper folded bird from the game but here are some of the best options for creating this fun character using a variety of techniques and also different skill-sets. If you'd prefer to fold the more traditional Cardinal as I have, check out my image and link to instructions for that below.

These are all videos on YouTube:

1. 3D Modular Origami Red Bird
2. Paper Folded Red Variety
3. Box Bird to Print, Cut and Assemble
4. Paper Folded Red Hats

If you click on the image, it will take you to the exact step by step video that I used in order to fold this beautiful Cardinal. This is my homage to the Red Angry Bird - otherwise known as a male Northern Cardinal bird which is what the game character is really based on after all! This craft project isn't for the faint hearted. It took me many attempts although I'll admit that I'm only at an intermediate stage of paper folding. I hope you are finding this wizzles page to be useful because it has been written with care. Scroll Down to Check out a Photo of my Green Pigs too!

Here's the green pigs I've folded in tribute to the game! The one on the right is a fairly easy model which comes from the book 'Easy Origami' by John Montroll. The green pig on the left, which is such a cutie, is created from the instructions in the book 'Favorite Animals in Origami' also by John Montroll. These books are shown below. I hope you've enjoyed reading my wizzles page today, thanks for your visit. This author has a great range of books on this craft, the instructions are simple black and white diagrams but the models are fab.