Origami

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. By making a series of folds, very intricate designs and forms can be created. These videos will walk you through the processes of many traditional and modern origami folds. Let's try it!

origpaper.mp4

Paper Preparation

Even if you don't have origami paper you can join in the fun. Find a scrap piece of copy paper or notebook paper and we can transform it into a square. If you are going to prepare paper do five or six at once to have them ready.

Fortune Teller

fortuneteller.mp4

Steps to create a fortune teller.

Finished Fortune Teller

Basic Jumping Frog

Basicfrog

Steps to create a jumping frog.

Finished frog.

Complex Jumping Frog

complexfrog.mp4

Steps for the complex jumping frog.

Hind legs are more complicated, but jump better.

Cube

cubefold.mp4

Video directions for the cube.

butterfly.mp4

Follow these steps to create an origami butterfly.

This is a good pattern to try different sizes of paper.

Butterfly

Fish

fishfold.mp4

Finished origami fish.

Crane

cranefold.mp4
The most difficult fold yet. Take your time. Rewind and rewatch when you are confused.

Completed origami cranes.