Do an Origami

The Chinese New Year, which begins this February 3rd and lasts for fifteen days, celebrates the cleansing/purging of the old and the dusty and the embracing of a new, prosperous year and a healthier you. Celebrate this renewal by crafting this intermediate level sheep, one of ...more

This $20.00 bill t-shirt is not a very good video because the demonstrator does the project very fast and the $20 bill blends in too much with the background but it's a cute idea.

Learn how to make an origami flower and stem with tips from this video. Enjoy!

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper tomato Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper tomato. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructi ...more

Given that Christmas is just two weeks away, you're sure to have a lot of time on your hands once your holiday break begins. Instead of twiddling your thumbs through two weeks of utter boredom, why not be a little productive instead? Take a look at this origami video to learn ...more

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a the letter "B". Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own "B". Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if ...more

Okay, so we have to admit something to you: This isn't actually an origami craft in the strictest sense of the term. Origami dictates that an object be folded into being from a single sheet of paper, but for this goldfish we take a bit of a shortcut, literally. Instead of fold ...more

This video shows how to fold a note in the origami style. Learn how to do the compact note fold for letters.

Watch this instructional origami video to fold an origami paper cup. These visual guidelines will help you with some of the more difficult folds. The cup should be able to hold liquid. These origami paper cups can also serve as a very small size movie popcorn bucket.

This nice little small platter can hold candies or nuts or more. The sky's the limit with this one! It looks kinda like a folded boat actually.

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a chubby paper sparrow Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own chubby paper sparrow. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed ...more

Origami is an art form that requires time, patience, and the ability to fold things in order for it to take a 3D shape. This next tutorial is an easy video on how to make an origami box. You can use three magazine papers so that you can actually hold things in it. It's good fo ...more

Looking to add specimens to your paper menagerie? Make a jumping paper frog with origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions for making your own leaping amphibian from a sheet of folded paper. For more i ...more

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper prawn Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper prawn. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instruction ...more

Learn how to make an origami sampan.

If you've mastered the origami jumping frog already, then this is the next step on your journey to paper folding enlightenment. Take a gander at this origami tutorial to learn how to crease and fold an intermediate level origami fighting toad. It's chunky, intimdating, and wo ...more

Origami is a creatively fun and entertaining artform that can relieve stress and help you with your hand eye coordination. This video will demonstrate how to create an 8 Point Origami star. You will need: - Large sheet of scrapbooking paper Steps: 1. Fold paper 3 times in ha ...more

This video shows how to get an equilateral triangle from a square - that is a triangle where each edge has the same length (and each angle has 60 degree). Learn this great origami technique.

This two part video demonstrates how to fold the origami model "Crowding Butterflies" that Shuzo Fujimoto designed. Shuzo kindly gave me permission to make this video accessible to you. Part 1 of 2 - How to Origami crowding butterflies. Part 2 of 2 - How to Origami crowding b ...more

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a red paper crab Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own red paper crab. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instr ...more

After a quick and easy craft project? Learn to make the most utile of origami sculptures, the paper box. This video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step overview of how to make a paper box using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more inform ...more

This clip shows how to make a swan using a single piece of paper. It is broken into separately titled sections with brief written instructions. The video that follows performs those instructions shows the folds and the results of the intermediate steps.

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a the letter "B". Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own "B". Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if ...more

The art of origami is all about making a flat 2 dimensional piece of paper into something 3D that comes alive.. so why not go all the way and make a balloon? This tutorial will show you how to make a big, round realistic looking balloon out of nothing but paper! Impress your f ...more

Learn how to fold an origami crow.

Looking for a fun and useful crafts project? Learn to make the most utile (and simplest) of origami sculptures, the paper box. This video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step overview of how to make a barebones paper box using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art o ...more

Check out this explanation of folding a white origami flower by Joost Langeveld. Beautiful!

The people from openorigami.net demonstrate how to make an origami hoopoe bird.

Learn how to make an origami frog and make it hop. You need a small square of paper to make your origami jumping frog.

With origami skills and some paper, you can make pretty much anything. This demonstrational video will show you how you can fold your own origami puppy.

Check out this video to learn how to fold a delicious origami strawberry.

This video origami tutorial shows how to fold any piece of paper into a shuriken, or Japanese ninja star. Every good ninja should know how to make their own shuriken. Follow along with this instructional video and learn how to fold your own.

Learn how to made your own origami rocket. Watch as our host shows you step by step instructions on how to begin folding origami works of art.

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a the letter "C". Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own "C". Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if ...more

The kabuto, or Japanese samurai helmet, is a helmet worn by the ancient samurai to protect themselves in battle. It was also used to wordlessly display rank and title on the battlefield. Learn how to fold one of your own in this video tutorial

In China and Japan there exists a special zodiac quite different from that which we have in the states. The Chinese zodiac consists of twelve animals, each animal representing one year in the constant twelve year revolution. Now that Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbi ...more

In this tutorial, we learn how to make an origami decorated card. First, you will take your card, make sure it's a busy pattern in colors that you like. After this, you will score the top of the card in the middle to create a small square. After this, cut the square out of the ...more

Easy project on how to make a paper cup by folding a sheet of paper. This cup will hold water if folded correctly.

Follow these guidelines to fold an origami church. This video provides clear guidelines on some of the more difficult folds. You only need a single piece of origami paper to complete this tutorial of an origami church.

Origami an owl with tips from this video. You'll have a hoot of a time.

Learn to make an origami crow. Actually not just any ordinary origami crow but a pecking one. Watch, fold, and origami!

This instructor teaches you how to make a square origami paper box or container with simple instructions. The video gives you beginning skills in the Japanese art of paper folding. The folds demonstrated are well demonstrated and simple to perform. Also offered are tips to mak ...more

Looking for a fun, functional craft project? This video tutorial will walk you through the process of making easy inflatable paper balloons using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started making you ...more

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper shirt Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper shirt. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instruction ...more

Brighten up someone's day with a colorful origami flower. Check out these tips on how to make one at home.

Adorn your table top with azaleas this spring that'll last through the season, and perhaps for many more springs to come. While most flowers die within a week, these origami azaleas will stay ever beautiful year round. Check out this video to learn how to fold an origami azalea.

This videos shows how to fold a not into a cat. Learn how to make an origami cat out of note paper.

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper witch broom for Halloween. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper witch broom. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the ...more

Once all cats are out of the shot, this video will show you how to fold an origami turtle. The simple visual instructions allow for easy origami paper folding. The last portion of these instructions include how to make smaller versions of most origami projects.

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper plane Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper plane. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instruction ...more

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper soft serve cone Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper soft serve cone. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also spee ...more

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a wiggling paper dinosaur Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own wiggling paper dinosaur. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also ...more

Learn how to fold an origami crane. Easy instructions for how to make a crane out of paper using traditional Japanese origami.

Watch and learn how to fold this variation of an origami tulip from Kunihiko Kasahara.

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a the letter "U". Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own "U". Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if ...more

In this video, we learn how to quickly make an origami kusudama. This only requires six pieces of paper to make. First, fold one piece of paper into a triangle, then open it up and fold it in a triangle on the opposite side. Open this back up then flip over. Bend in the edges ...more

You've probably seen a lot of impressive how-to videos - or simple "show off" videos - on how to fold crazy 100-sided modular origami sphere-like thingymabobs, but most of the time we're betting you're sitting there going, "huh?". All origami artists, even the most talented t ...more

This video shows you how to fold an origami pigeon. Joost Langeveld demonstrates.