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Psst. Want to know a little secret? When it comes to beginner origami, if you know how to fold a crane then you can fold a variety of other animals/creatures, including a frog. By adding one extra step, you'll be able to turn a crane into a cute frog that stands on its own. W ...more

The Carmen Sprung Icosahedron is an example of a modular origami project that can be a little difficult putting together. Time, patience, and a lot of origami paper is everything needed to fold the icosahedron. Learn how to use the Japanese art of modular origami to make a Car ...more

These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami duck. Perfect for beginners. Money origami is great for presents and tips!

Make a paper sampan boat! With this guide, you'll learn how to make a paper boat using origami, the traditional art of Japanese paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own folded-paper ...more

This video explains how to make an Origami Icosahedron (designed by Heinz Strobl) using 50 strips of paper. You need 20 strips of a single color for the triangles and 30 of a contrasting color to connect the triangles. Ancella Simoes is the author of the Origamiancy Blog and ...more

To create an origami buckyball, you must start with a piece of paper cut into a triangle with each side about two inches long. Fold the corner of each side into the middle of the opposite side and then unfold to create creases that will be your guide. Next, fold a side up to t ...more

When you think of origami, you probably imagine very abstract, geometric interpretations of real-life animals and plant life, and sometimes even people and architectural monuments. But origami need not be abstract, nor does it need to be angular. Check out this origami video ...more

Fold an origami bangle. Origami Club in English is a free origami information site, with origami animations and origami diagrams. Diagrams for each origami works are printable on B5 and A4 paper. These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a bracelet Ja ...more

Fun modular origami butterfly ball model made from 12 units. After assembled, toss it in the air and give it a whack. The model will burst apart and butterflies will fall to the floor.

They say that it's the inside that counts, not the outside. But not when you're a sumo wrestler. In fact, when you live and die by how much belly fat you can throw onto your opponent's face to make him see stars like the foolish coyote chasing the rabbit in classic cartoons, y ...more

Origami roses totally pwn (slang for "own," FYI) real roses. Know why? While we'd never turn down a beautiful bouquet of red roses, the pretty flowers also wilt and then kick the bucket within a week, which makes us very sad indeed. Origami roses, on the other hand, last as l ...more

With this video guide, you'll learn how to make rose pedals and leaves from folded paper with origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. For a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own paper leaves and petals, watch th ...more

Before you begin on your kawasaki origami rose folding, you should probably master the basics first. Namely, if you're interested in folding floral projects, then it's best that you start with a simple project like this one. Check out the video tutorial to learn how to fold a ...more

Are you an origami fan who's just starting out in this paper folding and molding line of work? Are you tired of folding nothing but paper lucky stars and tired cranes? Well, look no further than this origami video, which immediately throws you off the deep end (just kidding) a ...more

You can use this paper pyramid to wrap small gifts and presents or just as a cool folded design.

Moneygami is exactly what you think it is - a hybrid of money and origami. Rather than folding origami with your typical origami tissue papers, you can craft yourself something truly special by using money instead. This particular moneygami tutorial explains how to fold a rin ...more

Who doesn't want their own dragon or two? Well, this clear, step-by-step turorial shows you how to fold two different versions, using the standard origami bird base. This craft requires one piece of paper, your hands, some patience and no fear of dragons!

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

Learn how to make an origami angel. You need a small square of paper to make your origami angel.

Michael LaFosse, origami artist, created this series of video folding lessons to teach you how to craft a variety of polar animals, using just square pieces of paper. Wildlife from both North and South Poles are represented, and you can even learn how to fold their glacial hab ...more

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 decorative paper box using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art ...more

With this guide, you'll learn how to make a winged paper heart with origami, the traditional art of Japanese paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own colorful paper hearts, watch th ...more

Looking to add specimens to your paper garden? Make a simple modular paper flower with origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions for making your own paper flowers from five sheets of folded paper. For ...more

The biggest determent to doing origami, other than time and complexity when you get to harder pieces, is quite simply the origami paper. It doesn't cost much, but like any type of crafting it does require some monetary devotion. Get the origami paper question out of the way b ...more

Origami infinite flippers are super cool creations, but some methods can require up to 24 sheets of paper. This method uses only 4 sheets of paper, but does require some cutting and pasting. You'll need 4 sheets of paper, scissors and glue. Glue, snip, fold and flip!

Looking to add specimens to your paper menagerie? With this guide, you'll learn how to make a moving paper butterfly toy from a folded sheet of square paper using origami, the traditional art of Japanese paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of ...more

Your New Year's party guests will swear these are the real thing and perhaps even pick one up to pour some Chardonnay in if you're not careful! This origami tutorial shows you how to fold realistic - and damn cute - martini glasses. Take a look to get the how-to. You can fold ...more

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

This dolphin may not be able to swim and jump around magnificently out of water and back in again, but it is very cute and a great way to hone your origami folding skills. Take a gander at this origami tutorial to learn how to fold and cinch this paper dolphin together, step ...more

Fed up with traditional origami? Well, learn how to fold some three-dimensional origami! This origami video tutorial will teach you how to origami a 3D striped cat. Traditional Japanese origami is the art of paper folding, but 3D origami is a little more complex, a little more ...more

This video provides instruction on how to make "buckyballs" (dodecahedron, truncated icosahedron) from "PHiZZ" units. It looks complicated but it is really easy to make. You can fold it from standard square memo pads and do something else at the same time as these PHiZZ units ...more

This fascinating video shows in great detail how to fold beautiful craft paper into the shape of a fish using origami folding techniques. The instructions are very well illustrated. There is a distracting musical accompaniment, but it is quite easy to follow the directions eve ...more

Learn an easy way to make your own amazing 3D origami triangle star. Make a 3D star out of 6 piece of paper.

Vincent Floderer creates the most amazing origami mushrooms and here he shows us how.

Learn how to fold the origami model "Fireworks" designed by Yami Yamauchi. Yami kindly gave me permission to make this video accessible to you.

Step-by-step instructions for how to fold Robert J Lang's origami Turtle. If you can do a reverse fold, you should have no trouble folding this model. Without this skill, it will be difficult to make an origami turtle.

With just a few simple folds you can turn a $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, or even $100 bill into a nice bowie...Try it for your next state dinner and see if you get any looks from the crowd.

Stars are symbols of hope and light during the holiday season, probably the reason why lots of folks dress the top of their trees with this single most important holiday emblem. So what better origami project to fold this Christmas than an origami star? Take a gander at this ...more

Watch this origami video on folding a five point star using scissors.

An oshibori is a Japanese wet hand towel. With an oshibori you can make all kinds of things, just like origami. Oshibori Origami is the latest Japanese craze sweeping the nation! Instead of paper, we're making origami from wet Japanese hand towels. Oshibori origami is easier t ...more

The origami master can fold himself anything he may need. This demonstrational origami video will show you how you can even fold your own origami pants. (Disclaimer: WonderHowTo is not responsible for any papercuts received while wearing origami pants.)

This video jewelry-making tutorial shows how to make these origami crane earrings. You will need tiny origami paper, crimping beads, crystals, earring findings, and jewelry wire. Learn how to fold a crane using the traditional Japanese art of origami and craft it into earrings ...more

This particular Superman, unlike the real crime-fighting hero, isn't impenetrable and made of brawny, rippling muscles, but is just as fascinating and deserving of praise and awe. Devised by the ingenious mind of origami folder Jo Nakashima, this origami Superman is based on ...more

What's so great about a modular origami pineapple, you ask? Well, for starters, it doesn't poke curious fingers and hungry tongues nearly as much as the original. Bring some tropical decor into your home without the pain and always difficult task of cutting said fruit by crea ...more

The design explains itself; almost all folds are easily determined from other creases. The phoenix is a sacred brid from Greek mythology that is born from ashes. Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to make a phoenix using the traditional Japanese art of paper folding.

Fold a paper bat! With this guide, you'll learn how to make a simple paper bat using origami, the traditional art of Japanese paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own paper bats, wa ...more

Watch this visual demonstration on how to fold the Mirage. The Mirage is an excellent paper airplane. I was amazed the first time this left my hands and sailed -- nay -- floated to a perfect landing. The large wing area makes this glider easy to trim and especially graceful in ...more

In order to make a Pandora's Box, you first need glossy paper. The paper should basically be in the shape of a square, length 15 cm one side. Then divide the paper into 5ths. Now make 5 such folds on the paper and be sure that every fold is equidistant. Similarly, turn the pa ...more

As the procedure is lengthy and a bit complicated, this is the first in the two part series that explains the method of creating a paper rose cube. All you require are 6 pieces of square paper. Three of which should be colored rose colored (pink) whereas the other three shoul ...more

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

Now that Valentine's Day is only a month away, it's time to start thinking about how you're going to be surprising your sweetheart. While a bouquet of red roses and a box o' chocolates is always a good call, you can make your gift much more personal by adorning a package or a ...more

The English rose has traditionally been a beautiful young woman who glows with beauty and sensibility. Yet she is also very English and possesses a stylish and endearing quirkiness. This origami tutorial translates this English rose look to paper, showing you how to create a ...more

If you're interested in making a giant origami ninja star, this tutorial is for you. OIn the video you'll be using foil to make the ninja star a very cool looking thing. You can use multiple layers to make it heavier. It's something cool that you and your friends will like. En ...more

Grow your paper garden as well as your knowledge of origami by making fun, decorative paper roses. This video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step overview of how to make paper roses using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more information, ...more

You may know how to fold an origami paper boat, but chances are you don't know how to origami a paper boat that can actually float. This video tutorial will show you the step-by-step instructions for each fold involved in the boat building process. You only need on sheet of pa ...more

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

This video origami tutorial shows how to use the Japanese art of paper folding to create a flower stem. Learn how to make this lovely leaf and stem to accompany any origami flower. This model will stand up on its own. Follow along with this instructional video and fold your own.

This video origami tutorial shows how to use the traditional Japanese art of paper folding to make a pretty paper rose. You might not have money to buy someone flowers, but you can always make your own. Follow along with this instructional video and learn how to fold your own ...more