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Step 1: Fold in half the long way. |  | Step 2: Fold two corners in to meet along the center crease.
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Step 3: Turn over and repeat, so there are two sets of folded corners facing opposite directions.
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Step 4: With the paper flat on the table, take the edge of one of the downward facing flaps and fold it inward so the edge aligns along the center crease.
|  | Repeat with the other side to make a kite shape.
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Step 5: Turn over and repeat Step 4, folding the sides inward again to make a narrower kite shape.
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Step 6: Grasp the narrow tip and fold back so it meets the point at the other end.
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Step 7: Fold the tip of the pointed end forward to make the head/beak.
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Step 8: Fold the swan in half the long way, leaving all the creases folded as they are.
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Step 10: Hold the body of the swan and carefully pull the neck forward.
|  | When it is in the desired position, crease at the base where the neck meets the body so it stays in place.
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