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!
I think most of us will have these cotton balls at home. Why not create something cute out of it?

Isn't it cute?

You'll need a cotton ball and some beans. Glue the beans as the legs.

Two more beans as the ear and a couple of googly eyes. The cutie furball is done!
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Animal Crafts, Origami, Paper Crafts, Pig | Posted on 25-08-2009 | 31,149 views
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.
Remember the fingerprint bees we did not too long ago? Well, let’s develop it a little bit more and create a garden with butterflies and flowers.

Beautiful colourful fingerprint butterfly.

Paint your thumb with the colours of your choice.

Print it onto a paper as the butterfly's wings.

You may add in some flowers, leaves and the bees too.

Once it is all dried up, you will need to help the little ones decorate their garden a little bit using markers.

A beautiful fingerprint garden with butterflies, flowers and bees!
I’m sure we all have egg cartons ‘scattered’ in our house from time to time. Let’s see what we can do with those cartons.
I think we can do a cute penguin out of it…


Paint the egg carton white

Cut a strip of black craft foam and wrap it around the painted carton. You'll need two.

Use a stapler to stapel them together

Trim off the excess carton

Add the wings of the penguin

Decorate the penguin with googly eyes, orange craft foam as the beak, yellow craft foam as the feet and tie a ribbon around it’s neck as a scarf. Give it an ear muff for maximum coolness effect! You may want to glue a magnet at the back of it and it can be a cute fridge magnet!
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Origami, Paper Crafts, Vehicle | Posted on 14-08-2009 | 11,013 views

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!
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Festive Crafts, Halloween, Party Craft | Posted on 13-08-2009 | 6,767 views

Introducing Jack
Alright, so Halloween is a couple of months away. But It’s never too early to start planning right? Instead of using the big and bulky pumpkin year in year out and throwing them away after a party, why not try using a smaller version? An orange. Kids will love them, adults will find them delicious!

Here's a fresh orange

Draw the outline of Jack

Jack