In this video I'm going to
show you how to fold
an origami baby
designed by Robert J. Lang.
Diagrams can be found in the book
"Origami Design Secrets".
This is actually the second edition,
which I think is even
better than the first one.
I'll add a link to the video description
why I think that's the case,
but to give you a rough idea,
this book has
about 200 extra pages of content
compared to the first edition
and includes 4 extra diagrams
and 12 crease patterns.
This origami baby is diagrammed
in both editions, though.
Let's get started with
folding that baby.
In this video I'm going to use a
15cm by 15cm square.
That's about 6in by 6in.
The finished model then has
a height of 6cm,
a width of 5.5cm,
and is about 3cm deep.
In inches, that's
2.5in by 2.25in by 1.25in.
We're going to start with
the white side up
and fold in half horizontally.
And unfold.
Then we're going to bend the paper
as if we were creating a crease
that starts in this point,
so that this corner right here
lies on the crease.
But rather than creasing,
we're just going to bend it
and then make a pinch
right down here.
Then we're going to refold
our first crease.
We're going to make a new crease,
so that there's a crease
that goes right through
that reference point.
For this I like to pinch
right at the reference point
and then align this edge
with that one
so that it's a nice
and straight crease.
Just ensure that the paper
doesn't drift apart
in the two layers.
And crease.
Now we're going to make
a squash fold.
For this open the two layers
of paper here
and put your finger inside, so that
you push it all the way
to this point up here.
Then fold the paper flat
so that this crease aligns
with that edge of paper.
It makes it nice
and symmetrical.
Flip the paper over.
Then make this perpendicular,
go between the layers
to open it up to get
a nice point here,
and I prefer flipping this over now.
This parting is then aligned with
the crease underneath
to again get
a nice, symmetrical finish.
And crease.
Now we're going to take
this edge right here
from one flap
and align it with this crease
to make a pinch mark,
so that we get
the intersection of this 45 degree angle
with that extra layer of paper.
Now we're going to make a crease
that goes through that point
and is vertical.
For this I'm going to
fold over the layer
and then again first pinch the reference
and then take this edge
and align it with
that edge to get a nice,
vertical crease.
Then we're going to fold this flap back,
so that the crease we create
is in alignment with
that central crease
going through this point
Now, again pinch
align, and crease.
Unfold and repeat on the other side.
So first pinch the reference
and then crease using the reference
back
and forth.
Now we're going to collapse
along these creases.
We're going to open the paper up
and basically make a reverse fold
and again a reverse fold.
The first set of creases
is going to be mountain folds.
So if you open this up a bit,
one side is mountain
and the other you need to 
turn into mountains.
Like this.
And then you push in the paper,
push it back out,
and close up.
Then you get something like this.
Same thing on the other side.
Inside reverse fold
in and out.
Now we're going to
flip the paper over
and we're going to take this edge,
align it with that edge
to make a crease.
Like this.
Unfold and repeat on the other side.
As you can see,
the paper
won't completely lie flat
while making this crease.
That's totally ok.
And unfold.
Now we're going to make a crease,
connecting this point
with that point.
We're basically it up
as far as we can.
Unfold.
Now we're going to take
this flap and fold it in
as far as that layer below.
Again, pinch and then
check that this
is a straight crease by
aligning this edge with that edge.
Then again fold back the flap
taking this central crease
as a reference.
Or you can align this edge
with that edge in the back.
Both will work fine.
I find it a bit
easier to use that diagonal
as a reference.
And unfold and
repeat on the other side.
Now we're going to take this edge
and align it with that first crease
that's next to the central crease.
We only need to crease
from the edge up to
the next crease we see
ending right there.
So all you need
is that small section.
Same thing on the other side.
Now you can see we have
an intersection right here
and an intersection right here.
We want to make a crease
that goes exactly through
those two intersections.
For this I like to first pinch
one intersection and then
find the second intersection.
When you have those two in place
crease.
You start your crease in this point
and go all the way to the edge.
And unfold. Repeat on the other side.
Pinch the first reference,
find the second reference,
and crease all the way.
And unfold.
Now we're going to refold
that small crease up here,
like this.
and go along the crease
we just created,
making this 3D.
Now we want to fold that edge in,
so that this edge down here
aligns with the edge in the bottom.
Like that. Then you're creating
a new crease
in this area here.
So when you unfold
you've added this crease right here.
Same thing on the other side.
Now we're going to collapse along
some precreasings we made.
The first one is
this long crease right here
and this is basically
going to be an inside reverse fold.
So one side is already a
mountain fold
and the other we make into
a mountain fold.
Then we have this crease
right here, this valley fold.
It's on the other side, too
and I'm just going to pinch this
into a mountain fold
and first squeeze this shut a bit
and push it, so that this is
in the right direction.
Now we're going to go
along this mountain fold,
pushing both layers together
to the back and
then we can close the model again.
We'll be creating
a small, new crease
in that section, right there.
Same thing on the other side.
First inside reverse fold,
then get that mountain fold
and pinch this together in the top.
Use the small mountain fold
you prepared
to then push this paper to the back
and create a new crease in the back.
Like this.
Ah, we need to undo this, because
I forgot a small step,
but that's no harm.
First we're going to fold up
this section and then refold.
But perhaps it's good
to look at this again.
This is a mountain fold
and then you just collapse.
Once you've folded it once
the paper is going to memorize
what we were doing
and it's going to be easier.
That looks better.
Now we're going to take this section
and fold it to the top.
The paper is not
going to lie flat completely,
but that's ok.
We're going to take care
of that next.
Now we're going to take
the next layer
and we're going to do
a small squash fold
on this point, so that
we can flatten the paper.
There's a lot of squash folds
in this model.
Same thing on the other side.
Just ensure that that tip
really goes all the way
to the end
by pushing your finger inside
those two layers of paper.
Then we're going to take this
small corner and make a precrease.
And unfold.
Then we're going to fold that
paper inside
in an inside reverse fold.
So you open these two layers
and you push the paper inside.
This would be a normal
inside reverse fold
but what we're going to do is
we're going to take
this small triangle here
and push it inside.
So we open this up all the way
and push with our fingers
to get that paper to lie inside.
So now it's hidden.
Same thing on the other side.
First precrease
and then
inside reverse fold
pushing that triangle
to the inside.
Then we can fold this section
down again.
Then we're going to
further open the model by
pulling out this layer of paper.
We want to flatten the paper.
For that we need to create
a new crease here
that basically goes from this point
down to that point.
But if you just pull it out
and push it out as far as possible
that will be just fine.
And then we can take these sections
and fold them to the back.
Number one
and number two.
Now we're going to utilize
these creases we prepared here.
We can push the paper inside
and then here - to flatten it -
we need to make a squash fold.
We're going to go along
this small crease we've got
right there.
And push the paper flat.
As a reference you can see
that this edge will align
with that edge right there.
Same thing on the other side.
First push down
and then flatten the paper.
Right here there is
not going to be a perfect tip.
So it's not bad, if it's not.
Then we're going to flip
these layers over
to open this up
and we're going to
push this paper layer up,
push this paper inside,
and make a new crease.
Like this.
Then we're going to collapse
all of that paper inside.
So, let's look at this from
the bottom here.
We're opening up this paper,
taking that crease
and making it into a mountain fold.
And pushing the paper
inside.
So all the paper
that was in the top
now lies inside.
Same thing on the other side.
First prepare
and then open,
push inside
and close again.
And let's balance those layers again.
Let's go back to this side and
ensure that when we
close these layers
we're actually taking these layers and
pushing them out, so that
we have a small
inside reverse fold in place.
Same thing on the other side.
Pushing that a bit open
and ensuring that there's
this inside reverse fold.
Now let's flip over the model.
We're going to take
each of these small corners,
fold them inside,
and make inside reverse folds.
Opening the paper
and pushing it in
along the creases
we just created.
Now we're going to start
forming the arms
by folding up as far as you can,
basically along this edge.
Open this up a bit
to then fold up one more time.
And close again.
Same thing on the other side.
You first fold up one layer,
then fold up one more time
and close again.
Now we're almost done.
We're going to form the head next.
First, as a small precrease,
let's take this tip
and fold it in
about halfway, so that
this point would lie
on the connection piece here.
But it's not extremely important,
it's just like
a shaping point.
Then we want to form a neck
by doing
a valley fold and a mountain fold.
I like to put the first valley fold
somewhere in this shoulder section.
There are a lot of layers of paper here.
It's going to be a bit harder
to fold and may stress
your paper a bit.
and you want to push it quite hard.
And then we fold back up
to taste really.
You can take as a guidance
this line, if you want to.
And again push really, really hard.
This gives us these
valley folds and mountain folds.
On the other side, it will be
mountain and valley, but we want
both sides
to go in the same direction.
So here you can see we have many layers
and I usually take
three to the back
and two to the front.
Then I turn around these creases.
Put the paper flat on the table
and try to push this
to get that mountain fold first.
I find that a bit easier.
And then push the rest of the paper
and make strong creases there.
Then we can increase
the strength of the creases
by going both ways
and pushing really hard.
This will strengthen the creases
in the back and the front,
because you're creasing
through fewer layers.
At this point you can see
you have quite a sqareish head.
So we're going to take
these small corners
and make small 45 degree creases,
just folding in the corners,
and pushing really hard,
again a lot of layers of paper.
This is again really just shaping.
So you can fold as much
or as little as you like.
Once you've pressed those
quite hard
we can then do small
inside reverse folds,
pushing that paper in.
Now you can see that
that it's a bit rounder.
Now we can make the head 3D
by pulling these apart,
pushing on that small point
to get in the top of the head
just basically
a small square
as you can see right here.
And that's the head.
Now we only need to shape
the arms and the hands
and the legs and the feet.
For this we fold inside.
As a reference I used a small point
down here
and fold outside
in a slight angle,
so that the creases you create
both meet in that point
down there.
We've got a valley
and in a slight angle a mountain fold.
Same thing on the other side.
I just saw I made a mistake here.
with this side not having
the right color change.
I'm not sure it's going to be
easy to fix,
but I'll have a look
whether I can draw out some paper here.
So I'm just pulling on this small
tab here
really carefully and pushing
this paper inside,
closing it up and then
the color change is alright.
So if that happened to you, too,
just carefully fix that.
Now the feet I'm again going to fold in
starting a crease in here
and then doing a squash fold
to taste.
Same thing on the other side.
You should probably try
to make it look
relatively similar to the other foot.
Then you probably want to
get rid of
a corner here or there.
It's just shaping.
Finally we're going to make a crease
that starts right in this point here,
where the arm meets the body,
and goes in an angle to the top
to bring in the arm
On one side and the other side.
And same for the legs.
We start a crease in this point
in an angle to bring in the legs.
One side, and the other side.
And then your baby model is all done.
You can let it sit.
It's nice and 3D and stable
and looks like this all done.
I hope you enjoyed this video,
a baby designed by Robert Lang.
