โ โEโs not pininโ! โEโs passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! โEโs expired and gone to meet โis maker! โEโs a stiff! Bereft of life, โe rests in peace! If you hadnโt nailed โim to the perch โeโd be pushing up the daisies! โIs metabolic processes are now โistory! โEโs off the twig! โEโs kicked the bucket, โeโs shuffled off โis mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedinโ choir invisible! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!โ
Monty Pythonโs Flying Circus
A Macaw is a type of parrot, so thatโs close enough.
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About the Origami Macaw
This is an origami parrot, so it was never alive in the first place. Itโs the second origami parrot Iโve featured on this blog. The other was a fairly simple design by Robert Lang. This origami Macaw parrot design is by Manual Sirgo Alvarez.
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Folding the Origami Macaw
Even though this model is taken from a book of โ21 challenging modelsโ, itโs a low intermediate design.
Use a reasonably large piece of paper so it doesnโt get too fiddly and if you can fold a bird base, you should be able to make this model without too much difficulty. This model is actually derived from one half of a bird base, with the other half left as a preliminary base.
The designer says that any paper will do, as long as it is at least 15cm x 15xcm (6in x 6in). Personally Iโd suggest avoiding origami paper for this one because the layers get quite thick in the middle. You can use it, but it wonโt give the best results. I used a 20cm x 20cm sheet of blue paper I had lying around, Iโm not sure what type it is.
Brightly coloured paper is best, preferably blue, green or red, and either the same colour on both sides, or different colours on each. The designer has provided variations in the instructions that make the best use of two colour paper.
It takes about 15 minutes to fold this design.
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Origami Macaw Instructions
Diagrams for this model are available in Manuel Sirgo Alvarezโs book Origami Menagerie: 21 Challenging Modelsโ. Iโve been meaning to fold something from this book for a while and havenโt got around to it. Some of the other models look a little harder to fold, but this one is not particularly challenging.

I hope you enjoy making it. Just donโt nail it to a perch.
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