Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Origami, Paper Crafts, Snake | Posted on 14-01-2011 | 1,597 views
Tags: Origami, paper craft, snake
Let’s make a snake today
Let’s make a snake today
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
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
I love anything marine
Let’s do an origami goldfish today.
If you have any origami you want to share with us, submit it here and we’ll link it back to you
The letter of the day is ‘R’
Let’s do this simple Origami R.
Share your origami with us. Submit it here and we’ll link it back to you

Origami

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
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
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
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!
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.
Today, shall we do a worm?

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.
Have other interesting origami to share? Submit your work here and we’ll link it back to you.
Back in my school days, I loved making bookmarks for my friends. As students, that was what we often used. Want to try making an origami heart bookmark for your loved ones? Let’s go..

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.
Have any other bookmark ideas? Share with us here and we’ll link it back to you.
This is an interesting origami – a skull! Let’s do this for Halloween.

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'
Have better Halloween ideas? Come and share with us here.

A Crafty-Crafted Friend's submission of a handy origami mini bin.
Craft submitted by mnhl of http://mnhldiary.blogspot.com/
mnhl said,

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.

Do the same for the other side.

Now, you will get a triangle shape without the slit at the bottom.

Fold the corner to meet the middle line. Do the same to the 3 other corners.

Fold the bottom upwards. Do the same for the other side too.Open slowly and you will get a mini bin.
Look in the mailbox each day and you’ll see many leaflets/brochures wasting there. Why not turn them into something nice and useful? Let’s make an origami frame out of these papers.

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.
Say the word RAT and most of us will jump! But I’m sure this origami rat will make even the kids to love rodents.

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!
This origami pig is so simple even a kid can do it!

Origami Pig

Fold a square paper half.

Fold it half again.

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!
Thinking back on ol’ school time. Flying a paper jetplane is a must do everyday during a boring lesson.
The origami jetplane is now ready!

The happiest kid around!