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How To: Make a cube from folded paper with origami

With this guide, you'll learn how to make a simple paper cubes with origami, the traditional art of Japanese paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own colorful paper cubes from sonobe modules, watch this free origami lesson.

How To: Make a folded-paper Tyrannosaurus rex with origami

Looking to add specimens to your paper menagerie? Make a T. rex with origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions for making your own Tyrannosaurus rex from a sheet of folded paper. For more information, and to get started making your own paper dinosaurs, take a look!

How To: Make a Yami Yamauchi Pandora's Box with origami

In order to make a Pandora's Box, you first need glossy paper. The paper should basically be in the shape of a square, length 15 cm one side. Then divide the paper into 5ths. Now make 5 such folds on the paper and be sure that every fold is equidistant. Similarly, turn the paper around and start folding it from the other side too, in the same fashion. By doing this you will realize the folds have resulted in equal, similar sized boxes on the paper, 25 in total.

How To: Fold a Heavy Rain-style paper origami bird

In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you will learn how to fold a Heavy Rain-style paper origami bird. For this project, you will need a square sheet of paper. Fold it diagonally across both diagonals. Open it up and fold one corner up to the center point of the paper. Flip it over and fold the other three corners to the center point. Now fold all the four corners to the center point. Flip it over and now fold it in half as shown in the video. Then you pull out both ends from the center and w...

How To: Make Chinese paper lanterns with origami

This video illustrate how to make Chinese paper lanterns with origami. here are the following steps.Step 1: Take a string for holding the lanterns.Step 2: Now take a square sheet of paper and fold it diagonally so that two diagonal intersecting crease are formed.Step 3: Now hold the crease together and push it upwards to form a triangle.Step 4: Now fold the triangle into two equal triangles, do the same with the other side also.Step 5: Now fold one triangle and crease it to the center, repeat...

How To: Origami a paper envelope without glue or tape

In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you will learn how to Origami a paper envelope without glue or tape. Take a piece of paper and fold it in half hamburger style. Fold the open edge of the top sheet of paper back on itself so it reaches the closed edge. Repeat this step again. Give it a good crease, open it up and fold the open edge back to the middle crease and fold it back along the middle crease. This becomes the bar of the bar envelope. Now fold the other open edge of the paper so that ...

How To: Origami a winged horse

In this video, learn how to make this extensive origami project designed by Anibal Voyer. To find the diagram, go here. In about a half hour, learn how to make a highly detailed winged horse sure to knock the socks off of any origami enthusiast!

How To: Make a great paper box

This six and a half minute long video shows how to fold a square piece of paper into an hollow inflatable box or cube. Even simple origami projects like this one are just about impossible to instruct someone in using words alone, so a video like this one is the perfect way to find out how to do this project. Origami paper would make a nice box or cube, but any piece of paper will do. It is easy to square off a regular piece of typing paper and that works just fine. In just a few minutes you c...

How To: Make an easy paper flower

In this video you learn how to make paper flowers with paper, craft glue, crayons, and scissors. First you cut paper into strips and then fold them in half long ways before cutting them into petal shapes. You then color the tips of the petals with the crayons. Next you fold the petals in half again and cut small lines along the unfolded side to make the appearance of more natural petals. Then you layer the petals together with craft glue in a flower shape. When desired shape is reached you th...

How To: Make a paper wakizashi/katana sword

-First, take some papers to make hard papers from it, and make make the papers fold as shown for fabrication. Make it fold twice.

How To: Make an origami wallet out of a dollar bill

Need a new wallet? Why not make one out of dollar bills? In this video, professional paper folder and co-founder of Origamido Studio, Michael LaFosse, shows WBUR's Here & Now how to fold, origami-style, an "X wallet" out of dollar bills.

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.

How To: Origami a card case with Samurai hat Japanese style

Fold an origami card case with a Samurai Hat. Origami Club in English is a free origami information site, with origami animations and origami diagrams.

How To: Make a 3D origami Christmas star

Almost Christmas... so time to make this 3-D origami Christmas star! If you still can't make the origami Christmas star after watching this video you'd better focus on completing about 1000 cranes first... With origami, practice makes perfect.Merry Christmas to all you origami lovers!

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 a paper bra

This is an instructional video on how to fold an origami bra. Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding to make just about any shape imaginable. All you need is a single square of paper towel. Watch this video origami tutorial and learn how to fold a paper bra. Just don't try to use it.

How To: Fold a six pointed star from rectangular paper

This origami tutorial will show you how to fold a six pointed star out of a regular piece of 8 1/2" X 11" paper. There are verbal instructions in Japanese for those who will find it useful, but the step by step visuals are quite clear. To fold an origami six pointed star, one only needs a single piece of rectangular paper and a little patience.

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: Origami Manpei Arai's spinning top

This video demonstrates how to fold the origami model "Spinning Top" that Manpei Arai designed. Learn how to use the traditional Japanese art of origami to fold a spinning top. This is a great origami project that's not just fun to make, but fun to use.

How To: Origami a wild boar Japanese style

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper wild boar Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper wild boar 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 wild boar Japanese style.

How To: Make spring into action origami

Another somewhat unwilling piece of paper bites the dust. Check out this how-to video if you want to make spring into action origami. Maybe you are an expert at origami or maybe you don't know the first thing about origami; either way, check out this fun, origami instructional video for mastering spring into action origami.

How To: Origami a tetrahedron with one piece of paper

Check out this how-to video if you want to origami a tetrahedron with a rectangular shaped paper. Maybe you are an expert at origami or maybe you don't know the first thing about origami; either way, check out this fun, origami instructional video for mastering a tetrahedron with a rectangular shaped paper.

How To: Origami sweet corn Japanese style

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold paper sweet corn Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper sweet corn. 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 sweet corn Japanese style.

How To: Origami the letter "T" Japanese style

These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a the letter "T". Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own "T". 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 the letter "T" Japanese style.

How To: Make origami polyhedra

Watch this how to video to learn to make origami polyhedra. This step by step tutorial will teach you to fold paper into an origami triangle and a cube.

How To: Fold and assemble origami sonobe units

This shows how to fold and assemble Sonobe Units, a very basic modular origami unit.

How To: Origami a bird out of a sticky note

Learn how to make an origami bird out of a Post-it note. Use just one square sheet from the pad to make your origami bird.

How To: Origami a nine sided box (nonagon)

Origami this nonagon origami box. It's also called an enneagonal box.

How To: Origami a pine cone

Origami a pine cone. First, fold the paper in 16ths both ways. Make a specific zig-zag pattern. Watch to learn more!

How To: Origami a bow tie with a dollar bill

These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami bow tie. Perfect for beginners. Money origami is great for presents and tips!

How To: Make the real Prison Break Origami Swan

Check out this video for stop-motion instruction on how to make The Prison Break Origami Swan.

How To: Curve paper using crimb folds in origami

This video shows how to curve paper using crimb folds. This technique is used in the Wu Eastern Dragon to shape the body and the tail. This video contains tips and techniques for origami.

How To: Divide a square into thirds in origami

This video shows three ways of dividing a square into thirds. Learn this great origami technique.

How To: Origami an equilateral triangle from a square

This video shows how to get an equilateral triangle from a square - that is a triangle where each edge has the same length (and each angle has 60 degree). Learn this great origami technique.

How To: Origami a rhinoceros beetle

The people from openorigami.net demonstrate how to make an origami rhinoceros beetle.

News: Life-Sized Origami Elephant Folded from One Giant Sheet of Paper

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper, which has been around since the 1600s. The word origami comes from the two Japanese words ori, meaning "folding," and kami, meaning "paper."

News: Watch a Piece of Paper Get Destroyed with 7 Folds

It's almost impossible to fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times under normal circumstances. Sure, the guys on MythBusters managed to fold a piece of paper eleven times, but they used a sheet of paper the size of a football field and needed the help of a forklift and steamroller to get the job done.