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How To: Fold a prize-winning origami SST paper airplane

To make this origami SST paper airplane, begin with a square. The origami SST (supersonic transport) was designed by Dr. James Sakota. The plane was first featured in the 1960's book The Great International Paper Airplane Book, a documentation of the Scientific American first International Paper Airplane Competition. It won first place for origami/nonprofessional. This plane flies excellently in a fast, long distance glide! Learn how to make the origami SST paper airplane by watching this ins...

How To: Origami a watermelon Japanese style

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper watermelon Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper watermelon. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if it is going too slow. Very cool Japanese origami how-to video! Origami a watermelon Japanese style.

How To: Origami a paper dracula Halloween face Japanese style

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper Dracula face for Halloween. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own Dracula face. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if it is going too slow. Very cool Japanese origami how-to video! Origami a paper dracula Halloween face Japanese style.

How To: Origami a Christmas star aka Spiked Dodecahedron (SPD)

The Origami Spiked Pentakis Dodecahedron is an excellent Paper Christmas Decoration Star made out of 15 paper squares. In spite of the large paper size I was defeated by the last module after nearly 2 hours (!) of trying to lock the last unit in place each time another one dislodged. Never mind, it is still a remarkable sound structure once (nearly) completed and you can not see which one is not locked anyway.

How To: Fold an advanced origami Kawasaki rose

This is a video tutorial on how to make an origami rose by Mr. Kawasaki. This is a very complex rose to fold. This project is recommended for intermediate or advanced folding enthusiasts. This video also shows a little trick to help it stay together while doing some of the hard steps using paperclips. Doing this will still make it origami because you take them off. Watch this video origami lesson and learn how to fold an origami Kawasaki rose.

How To: make origami mushrooms

Yesterday was simple paper airplane replica of an F16 Fighting Falcon. Today, something other worldly. Vincent Floderer has mad originality creating origami figures. This Frenchman is widely regarded as the master of a form called Crumpling. Sea urchins, coral, mushrooms. The realism is breath-taking.

How To: Origami a dollar bill boot and tie

Dollar bill origami is fun, simple & cute. All you need is a dollar bill and some origami folding skills. Spend your spare dollar on some creativity... and you will end up with a cute origami figurine. Watch this origami money tutorial to learn how to fold a dollar bill to form a boot or bow tie.

How To: Origami a dollar bill camel

Dollar bill origami is fun, simple & cute. All you need is a dollar bill and some origami folding skills. Spend your spare dollar on some creativity... and you will end up with a cute origami figurine. Watch this origami money tutorial to learn how to fold a camel with a dollar bill.

How To: Origami dollar bill shirts and pants

Dollar bill origami is fun, simple & cute. All you need is a dollar bill and some origami folding skills. Spend your spare dollar on some creativity... and you will end up with a cute origami figurine. Watch this origami dollar bill tutorial to learn how to fold a shirt and pants.

How To: Origami Japanese Brocade

This origami 6 unit modular is really nice and easy to make! Origami is the timeless art of Japanese paper folding. Watch this origami how to video to learn how to fold Japanese brocade. Origami is a fun craft and your models make nice, homemade gifts. Practice makes perfect.

How To: Fold an origami paper lily

Learn how to make a traditional origami lily or iris flower. This video shows how to make a type of flower that looks like a lily. I've used orange paper to make it look like a tiger lily, one of my favorites. You'll need to start from the frog base.

How To: Fold a JKF-117A Nighthawk paper airplane

This video origami tutorial shows how to fold and craft a JKF-117A Nighthawk paper airplane. Never throw a boring paper airplane again. Learn to fold the JKF-117A Nighthawk paper airplane, a look alike of the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter by watching this instructional video.

How To: Make a paper shuriken

How to make a paper shuriken aka ninja throwing star. All you need is one sheet of 8.5 by 11 paper. Ninja stars are fun, but be sure to be careful not to hurt anyone with it. A shuriken is a cool Japanese weapon.

How To: Origami a Masu Box

Origami is the timeless art of Japanese paper folding. Watch this origami how to video to learn how to fold a box that has a divider that divides the box into 4 section. Really nice origami model and has a lid too! You need 3 pieces of paper. Origami is a fun craft and your models make nice, homemade gifts. Practice makes perfect.

How To: Make a classic paper ninja star

Folding a paper ninja star is like riding a bike - once you learn how, you'll never forget. Watch this video to learn how to make a paper ninja star, also known as a shuriken. All you need is one 8.5 by 11 sheet of paper to make your own ninja star.

How To: Fold an origami Kawasaki rose

This video origami tutorial shows how to use the traditional Japanese art of paper folding to make a Kawasaki rose. The pattern for this rose was invented by Japanese mathematician, Toshikayu Kawasaki. Learn how to fold an origami Kawasaki rose by watching this instructional video.

How To: Origami a puffy star with a dollar bill

Money origami (or dollar bill) origami is cheap, fun, simple, and cute. It only takes a dollar bill with some folding paper skills to make some really cool stuff. Spend that spare dollar in your pocket on some good old fashioned creativity -- you will end up with a cool puffy star origami figure.