There are definitely a ton of different origami birds out there but since starting this site I’ve been surprised to learn that there’s also a very large amount of different origami owl models and some of them are pretty incredible.

This first owl is a pretty simple design but nevertheless it does look pretty fantastic.

Owl, Designed by Fernando Gilgado and Folded by Rui Roda

Diagrams available in Papirolandia 3: Regreso al Mundo de la Papiroflexia

Here’s a couple of great origami owls with a more sculpted look.

Owls, Designed and Folded by Peter Stein

Video instructions available from MrViolinPeter’s YouTube channel

This is a very unique owl design where the eyes are inspired by an origami seashell design.

Spirowl, Designed and Folded by Beth Johnson

Instructions not available

Here’s a more traditional looking owl design.

Owl, Designed by Katsuta Kyohei and Folded by Blanka P (blunek)

Instructions not available

Here’s a cute little baby Scope Owl that’s not too hard to fold.

Baby Scope Owl, Designed by Riccardo Foschi and Folded by Rui Roda

Video instructions available from Riccardo Foschi’s YouTube channel

Román Díaz is an expert designer of origami animals and his owl design is one of the most famous ones out there.

Owl, Designed by Román Díaz and Folded by Luc MARNAT

Diagrams available in Origami Essence

This next owl has a great design that makes use of double sided paper for some great looking eyes.

My Eye on You, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Ngoc Vu

Instructions not available

Here’s another pretty simple owl design that’s very cute.

Horned Owlet, Designed by Kamo Hiroo and Folded by Magali

Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan 21st Convention Book

Here’s Román Díaz’s owl spotted outside in the wild.

Owl, Designed by Román Díaz and Folded by Folded Wilderness

Diagrams available in Origami Essence

This next owl has a very unique design and also makes great use of a colour change for its eyes.

Owl, Designed by Fernando Castellanos and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.

Diagrams available in Pajarita Magazine #118

This next model by Sebastien Limet is pretty incredible. The entire model including both the tree and the owl is folded from one sheet of paper!

On the Lookout, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet

Instructions not available

Here’s another fantastic origami owl that’s not too complex but still looks distinctly owl-like.

Owl, Designed by Davor Vinko and Folded by Gonzalo

Video instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel

I really like this simple owl design by Beth Johnson. It reminds me very much of the characters in the videogame Journey.

Owl, Designed by Beth Johnson and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi

Instructions not available

Here’s another great and rather sinister looking origami owl with a fantastic colour change on the eyes.

Owl, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Ngoc Vu

Instructions not available

This is another great owl with coloured eyes that’s not too hard to fold.

Owl, Designed by Viviane Berty and Folded by Magali

Instructions not available

Román Díaz also has a second owl design that’s really great too. Here the shape has been altered a bit from the normal model.

Owl, Designed by Román Díaz and Folded by CaptainMoon

Video instructions available from JM Origami Tutorials on YouTube

This is another pretty simple but quite elegant origami owl.

Owl, Designed by Hoàng Tiến Quyết and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi

Diagrams available in #7 VOG 2: Origami.vn

Here’s another baby owl also designed by Riccardo Foschi.

Baby Eagle Owl, Designed by Riccardo Foschi and Folded by Rui Roda

Video instructions available from Riccardo Foschi’s YouTube channel

This great looking owl is designed by Hoàng Tiến Quyết, it makes excellent use of double sided paper and is not too difficult to fold.

Owl, Designed and Folded by Hoàng Tiến Quyết

Video instructions available from Hoàng Tiến Quyết’s YouTube channel

Beth Johnson has actually designed several origami owls, here’s a third design by her that incorporates 3D shapes and a tessellation. It’s actually folded from a hexagon shaped piece of paper, not a square.

Hex Owl, Designed by Beth Johnson and Folded by Gonzalo

Instructions available from Robin Scholz’s Flickr starting here

Here’s another great owl design that’s not too complex.

Owl, Designed by Juan Gimeno and Folded by Rui Roda

Instructions not available

This is definitely one of the cutest origami owls that I’ve seen.

Owl, Designed by Katsuta Kyohei and Folded by Gonzalo

Instructions not available

Here’s one of the most realistic origami owl designs out there.

Great Horned Owl, Designed by Gérard Ty Sovann and Folded by Gonzalo

Diagrams available in Pure Origami

This next owl is a slightly modified version of one of Beth Johnson’s owl designs.

Owl, Designed by Beth Johnson and Folded by Eyal

Instructions not available

Joseph Wu also has a fantastic little origami owl design.

Owl, Designed by Joseph Wu and Folded by Rui Roda

Instructions not available

This last model is easily the most impressive origami owl design I’ve seen. It’s a Blakiston’s Fish Owl (a real owl species) that’s designed by Katsuta Kyohei and folded from a single sheet of paper.

Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Designed by Katsuta Kyohei and Folded by Malleon

Crease pattern available from El Plegadero ORIGAMI

Here’s the model again by a different folder.

Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Designed by Katsuta Kyohei and Folded by Ivan Svatko

Crease pattern available from El Plegadero ORIGAMI

That’s it for this post about origami owls but there’s still a lot of great owls out there so I’ll probably make another post like this in the future.

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