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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.

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.

Origami worm

Fold a square piece of paper half.

Next, fold as shown above.

Fold again as shown above.

You should have several folds like this.

Fold in half.

Pocket fold the front portion for the head.

Arm train.

First, stretch your arm and draw the outline.

Woven Heart Basket.

You'll need two different colours of papers. Fold and cut so that each piece has 3 loops.

Starting with the bottom 1/3 loop of the green piece, weave it through the first red loop, insert the second red loop through this green piece and weave this green piece through the 3rd red loop again.

Do the opposite way for the middle loop of the green piece. First weave the right red loop through this green loop, then weave this middle green loop through the middle red loop and then weave the red loop through this green loop again.

If done correctly, your basket should be able to open this way.

Using a craft scissors, cut a red strip and weave a green strip through it as the handle of the basket.

The beautiful paper heart basket.

Snowflake crystal.

Fold in half to make a crease.

Fold half again.

Fold as shown above.

Turn over.

Fold as above.

Fold in half.

Draw the lines and cut accordingly.

You may want to paste it onto a hard board and paste some glitters on it as a Christmas tree ornament or just paste the snowflake onto your window panes.

Origami Heart Bookmark.

Fold in half to make a crease.

Cut along the crease with scissors.

Fold in half to make a crease and fold back. Fold both sides to make creases again and fold back. You should get four columns.

Fold to make a crease and fold back.

Using the recent crease as your guide, turn the paper and fold and turn back.

Fold to meet the center line.

Fold the other so both meet the center line.

Fold backward in the dotted line.

Push the upper part up and flatten it.

Do the same for the other side.

Fold and turn over.

Your origami heart bookmark is done.

Origami skull.

Fold a square paper half.

Fold to meet the center.

Fold in the top.

Fold as shown.

Fold down.

Turn over and fold as shown above.

Fold down.

Fold up again.

Fold again. Draw the eyes and nostrils.

My boy with the origami skull.

My students with their 'creation'

A Crafty-Crafted Friend's submission of a mini gift box.

A Crafty-Crafted Friend's submission of a handy origami mini bin.

You will need a piece of paper (magazine size is the best). I used recycle magazines.

Fold the paper into half. Fold to another half and you will get a smaller square size. Lift up the corner and press to get a triangle.

Lucky Stars

Start with a strip of paper. Tie a “knot” in the end of your paper.

Fold the end of the strip down and tuck it into the knot.

Now wrap the other end of the strip around and around this pentagon you have formed, creasing gently as you go.

And your lovely little lucky star is all done. Make dozens of it and keep them in a cute little jar. Present it to your loved ones. It's a nice little gift.

Footprint paper plate rabbit.

Draw an outline of your palm. Cut out several handprints. Use different shades of green for better effect.

Draw an outline of both of your feet. Cut. Cut out a smaller version in pink. Paste on top of the white footprint.

Paste the handprints as bushes. Add the eyes and your footprint paper plate rabbit is ready to hide and seek!

Footprint paper plate rabbit.

This frame is particularly useful for pre-schools that uses the children's photo and name to tag their book shelves, shoe rack and etc. It is inexpensive and very simple to do.

You'll need to cut the paper into a square. I line it with another piece of paper to make it 'harder'.

Fold it half.

And half again.

Open.

Fold all corners to the middle and open.

Fold one end to the line.

Fold again.

And again. Repeat for the remaining three.

Cut a picture and paste it inside. Paste the four flips onto the photo and your photo frame is done. Put a double layer tape at the back if you wish to stick in onto the children's bookshelves, etc.

Origami rat.

You'll need a square piece of paper. Try getting grey for maximum effect.

Fold it half and half again. Open. We just need the lines that has formed.

Fold one end, not too near the middle.

Fold a flip upwards as the ear.

Fold the bottom nicely to the back. The origami rat is quite ready.

Decorate it and it is all ready to eat cheese!

Origami Pig

Fold a square paper half.

Unfold.

Fold both corners to meet in the middle.

Fold it down.

Fold a little flip up.

Fold a smaller flip down.

Fold two corners as the ears.

This origami car will go well with little boys.

Start with a square piece of paper

Fold it half.

Fold it half again and open it back. We just need the line that has formed.

Fold up into the middle line.

Fold both ends down.

Fold it close along the middle line.

Like this...

Fold the end up again.

Fold one end down and turn it around.

Draw the window and door as you wish and your origami car is ready to go!

The happiest kid around!