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Origami Ice-cream

Merryn — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:00:40 +0000

It’s time to indulge in delicious ice-cream

Origami Ice-cream

Fold a square paper half

Fold both ends to meet in the middle

Fold it back down as shown in the picture

Turn it around and fold back the excess ends.

Fold the top ends to meet in the middle.

Fold down as shown in the picture above.

Fold up again.

Like this.

Fold down again.

And up again

Turn it around and you’ll have this.

Draw lines for the cone and your ice-cream is done

Slurp! Slurp! Yummy

Origami Fox

Merryn — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:00:39 +0000

It has been quite some time we did not touch on origami. If not for all the emails I’ve been getting requesting for origami, it might have just slipped out of my mind. I’ve just been too engrossed with paper art, foams and painting lately Sorry peeps

Ok, let’s get started. Let’s make an origami fox today

Origami fox

Fold a square paper half.

Fold again as shown in the picture.

Fold up both ends as shown in the picture.

Turn it over. Draw eyes and nose.

Origami fox

Origami Goldfish

Merryn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:34 +0000

I love anything marine Let’s do an origami goldfish today.

Origami Goldfish

You'll need a square paper.

Fold half with the white side facing out.

Fold a flip down.

Fold the other side too.

Fold down a flap for the tail.

Make a small fold for the mouth.

Draw the eyes and your goldfish is done

If you have any origami you want to share with us, submit it here and we’ll link it back to you

Origami Alphabet – R

Merryn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:00:17 +0000

The letter of the day is ‘R’ Let’s do this simple Origami R.

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Origami R

Fold a square paper half. Then fold the bottom end to meet the middle line.

Fold all the remaining corners to the middle. Fold the right end to meet the middle line.

Fold as shown above and turn it around.

Fold back and your letter R is ready

Share your origami with us. Submit it here and we’ll link it back to you

Origami Alphabet – O

Merryn — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:59 +0000

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Let's start with the letter O today.

Fold a square paper half.

Fold the bottom half to meet the middle line.

Do the same with the remaining three corners.

Make a small fold for all four corners.

Turn it around and your origami O is done

Origami Yacht

Merryn — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:00:28 +0000

Let’s go sailing today

Origami Yacht

Fold the paper half.

Fold up.

Fold up again as shown in the picture. Your yacht is now ready. So simple.

If you have worked on an origami recently and would like to share with us, submit your origami here. We will link it back to you

Origami Bear

Merryn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:52 +0000

Let’s do an origami bear today.

Origami Bear

My students figuring out what to do next..

Fold a square paper half.

Fold as shown above.

Fold both sides out.

Fold a flip on both ends again.

Fold a small flip down on both top sides.

Turn it around and fold up a flip.

Fold back a small flip as the upper lip.

Fold back the lower lip and draw eyes. Your bear is done.

The kids with their bears

Craft Demonstration – ParenThots Family Day

Merryn — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:30:38 +0000

Our craft demonstration during the ParenThots Family Day is finally over. Here are some pictures of the event. Enjoy

The booth before the 'crafty' touch

Crafters at work.

Ethan's artwork for display.

Our booth with the bunting, banner and artwork

Foam Christmas Tree and Ladybugs are the chosen crafts to be given away to visitors.

The art and craft work on display.

Kids trying their hands on origami as I guide them along..

The scorpion boy!

The origamis kids can come out with.. Simply amazing!

Kids having fun...

Visitors filling up the blog subscription form.

Finally, the people who made it possible that day. A million thankx go out to Kimmy and family, my parents and also my Darling husband for helping me out. I can't possibly make it without you guys.

Origami Owl

Merryn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:40 +0000

Boot boot… Any night owl around? Let’s do this extremely simple origami owl.

Origami Owl.

Fold a square paper half.

Fold a small flip down at the top.

Fold the bottom to meet the top flip.

Your folds should be as shown above.

Fold both sides so that they meet in the middle.

Your origami owl is almost done. Draw the eyes and wings and you are done!

Oh yeah, another thing. Fold a small flip down as the beak. You won't want your owl to be beak-less!

The very simple origami owl, even a two year old can do it!

Origami Candy Cane

Merryn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:48 +0000

This Christmas, let’s make an origami candy cane.

Origami candy cane.

Fold as shown above and turn over.

Roll up.

Roll all the way until you get this.

Fold forward.

Fold backward and you are done.

You may use this candy cane as a bookmark, Christmas tree ornament or anything to your fancy.

Have other Christmas ideas to share? Submit your crafts here and we’ll share it with the world this Christmas.