Origami: Page 7

You've probably seen a lot of impressive how-to videos - or simple "show off" videos - on how to fold crazy 100-sided modular origami sphere-like thingymabobs, but most of the time we're betting you're sitting there going, "huh?".

Let's get one thing out of the way first: Yes, you can in fact drink from this wee paper origami cup. As long as you use wax-coated paper you'll be fine. Just know that this origami paper cup isn't intended to be used multiple times!

Whisper sweet nothings to your Valentine this Valentine's Day by making him or her this adorable origami heart. You can tuck a message like "Happy Valentine's Day" or "I Love You" inside for a personalized and sentimental touch.

In Korea and Japan a special holiday called Children's Day is celebrated. Like Mother's Day or Father's Day in the United States, the occasion honors one particular family member, or members, with gifts and special parades or events.

We would never turn down real, super fragrant roses and peonies. But to be honest, getting dead or dying flyers is not all that attractive, especially since they wilt a few days in.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...starship? Whatever you make of these simple origami objects (we're thinking bird/starcraft here), they sure are cute and would look adorable strung on a mobile.

You know that big yellow book that's always sitting there in your closet collecting dust and sometimes acting as a nice door stopper? It's called a phone book. Yes, ladies and gents, there was a time when we flipped through pages to find a store's phone number rather than Googled it on our Blackberry.

Who uses phonebooks these days anyway? Even if you still find some use out of your current Yellow Pages tome, it's more likely than not that you're searching up "Thai food restaurants" on Google than actually flipping through pages to find a listing.

During the holidays, usually one of the hardest decisions you'll ever make when decorating your tree is whether you want to top it all off with a star or an angel. If an angel is your tree topper of choice this year, why not make it extra special by making it yourself?

Even today we still can't tell for sure of the loch ness monster existed - or exists. But if you find the myth fascinating, why not hone your origami skills while building your own mini loch ness monster at the same time?

Real snakes give us the heebie jeebies. With their slippery skin, scales, and overall slimy quality, they top our list of most feared animals. But we sure love 'em when they come in a cute paper form!

If you've ever taken astronomy before, then you know that the brightest flames - and the brightest stars - burn blue. So if you'r still making your origami stars blue, it's time to think outside the box.

Origami art is in and of itself an abstract art form. Instead of realistic depictions of bunnies and trees and cars you have geometric interperatations of them, which means they're highly angular and schematized.

This is quite possibly the most awesome origami project we've ever seen, and trust us, we've seen A LOT of origami tutorials.

A pajarita is Spanish for a baby parrot. And while you may not be lucky enough to own one, you can certainly fold one!

With Christmas just around the corner, it's prime time to start thinking about what gifts you're going to get, as well as how to wrap them. Even a fancy schmancy iPad isn't going to look all that appealing if haphazardly wrapped in 5-year-old Rudolph wrapping paper, right?

Love dinosaurs, or have kids who think they're just about the coolest things ever? Then revel in your dino fever on a lazy afternoon when you're snowed in by folding this origami pteranodon, which was an ancient flying dinosaur.

Christmas decorations aren't cheap.  From outdoor lighting to fir trees, decorating for the holidays can break the bank.  That's where ingenuity comes into play, like hacking battery-operated Christmas lights, modifying lighting patterns and building Christmas tree ornaments from LEGOs.  But there's even a simpler solution to cheaper Christmas decorations— origami.

You know those pretty twinkle light covers you can buy at Urban Outfitters or Home Goods? You can actually make them cheaply - i.e., with almost no money involved - at home.

Given that Christmas is just two weeks away, you're sure to have a lot of time on your hands once your holiday break begins. Instead of twiddling your thumbs through two weeks of utter boredom, why not be a little productive instead?

This makes a great gift box for your father or brother. You don't have to spend extra money on expensive wrapping paper - a few sheets of construction paper are all you need to craft this creative yellow car box.

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.

If you're like us, you always begged your parents to let you get a parrot (What? They make you look like a pirate when perched on your shoulder), but they never consented because of the noise factor.

And you thought real earthworms were scary. This origami earthworm, which has segments that can bend and twist, is just as if not more icky than their living and breathing cousins.

First of all, we're not going to lie: This butterfly ball origami project is not a simple one to fold. In fact, you should only attempt it if you're an intermediate or advanced origami student. Second, we have no idea why this star-like object is called a butterfly ball (perhaps because it looks like a cacoon?), but either way it's a very cool modern shape.

Love folding origami? Then what better shape to fold for Christmas and the New Year than a star? A symbol of divinity as well as light and life during the dark days of winter, a star also makes great decor for Christmas trees and garlands.

Are you sitting in class the last day before holiday break, simply dying over how long each minute is before that last bell rings and you get to head to Big Bear? Pass the time (though obviously do so discretely) by crafting these simple origami t-shirts. Each t-shirt is folded from a monetary bill, which we're pretty sure you have in your pocket.

You've heard about origami cranes before - they are, after all, the primer for all other origami projects. But what about crane eggs? That's right, crane (pre) babies! Sort of. Check out this video to learn how to fold crane eggs/love knots that are cute for putting in jars and gifting to friends.

Most origami shapes are three dimensional. But what if you want to fold a shape to glue onto a Christmas or Valentine's Day card?

This project is great for anyone who is new to origami, or a project you can do with your kids. Take a regular piece of origami paper (10 cm by 10 cm) and follow the instructions in this video to fold your own origami fox.

Make sure that you already know the basics of 3-D origami - the folding of triangles. Once you have enough red, white and green triangles, you can form them into a fat, juicy strawberry! Practice also rounding out your corners.

You will need to have mastered the art of folding the triangles and a base before attempting this. If you have, then follow along and learn how to make your own lemon halves out of yellow and white origami paper!

Make sure you have perfected the triangle before moving onto this part of 3-D origami. This tutorial shows you how to make limbs (or any other kind of appendage or protrusion) sturdy and easily for your next 3-D origami project.

This is a good folding tutorial on a traditional origami steamer boat. To fold this steamer ship, you'll need any square piece of paper with a minimum dimension of 10 x 10 centimeters. It's a simple steamer that anybody could fold.

Cut a perfectly balanced pentagon from a square piece of paper! You can do this without measuring or drawing. Fold your square of paper as outlined in this tutorial, and then cut along several of the fold lines to end up with a pentagon!

The first step to create a boomerang paper airplane is to take a square piece of paper and measure to make sure it is a perfect square. You must then fold all of the corners of the cut of paper into the middle and then fold in half. The wings must then be folded down on the two chosen side. The final step is to fold the wings up to give the crease and cut of paper it's boomerang like shape. The video ends with examples of the type of flight that can be expected from a boomerang shaped paper...

This video explains how to make paper flowers in just a few simple steps. The first step to make a paper flower is to take a simple piece of white printer paper and draw any design you find suitable on the blank paper. The next step is to fold the paper over two times to create a smaller square. The second step requires the paper be folded from it's edges into a triangle shape. The last step involved opening the paper from below to give the flower a three dimensional shape. It is shown that...

You don't need a real football in your hand to have fun. In fact, all you need is a piece of paper, some instructions, and a good imagination to play a rough and tumble game.

Fold your own eight pointed transforming ninja star! This is a modular origami model, where you will join eight identical modular pieces together to form the star. You can even make this out of Post-It notes, or any square paper!

Everybody has some kind of calling in life and it looks like artist Frank Bölter's is the construction of life-sized origami boats. He's done it before, and he's at it again. His latest creation recently set sail on the Thames as a part of London's Drift10 art exhibition.