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How To: Make a paper napkin flower

With this artsy, craftsy how-to, you'll learn how to make flowers with paper napkins and a pair of scissors. Pretty. And pretty cool! For a detailed, step-by-step look at the process, watch this free video tutorial!

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: Make a 30-sheet paper medicine ball (kusudama)

With this guide, you'll learn how to make a medicine ball from 30 sheet sheets of folded paper using 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 folded paper medicine balls, watch this free origami lesson.

How To: Fold an origami paper Valentine heart

In this video, Nekkoart demonstrates how to make an origami valentine heart. Begin with a sheet of paper that is nineteen cm by eight cm. Fold the paper to form a square. Unfold. Fold both sides to the center crease. Unfold again. Fold the paper in half horizontally (not forming a square) and unfold. Fold a corner to the edge of the center crease. Unfold and repeat with the other corners. Squish both sides down to form a square. Fold down the upper half. Fold down the two triangles at the top...

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 an origami Kusudama Venus

In this Arts & Crafts video tutorial you will learn how to make an origami Kusudama Venus. For this project, you need square sheets of paper of different colors. First you fold a sheet diagonally across to form a triangle. Then fold it again to form a smaller triangle. Open up one triangle and fold it in to a square. Repeat this step with the other triangle also. Now the paper folded in to a square; ¼ the original size. Holding one square flat on the table, lift up the other and squeeze it d...

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: Make a 3D origami chicken

Grow your paper menagerie as well as your knowledge of origami. This video tutorial presents a complete, step-by-step overview of how to make an impressive 3D chicken using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more information, and to get started making your own paper hen sculpture, watch this arts-and-crafts guide.

How To: Fold an origami purse

Not sure what to origami today? Try folding an origami purse. Watch this instructional origami video and learn how to make your own purse. It is a lot cheaper to origami a purse than to buy a real one.

How To: Make an origami shirt from a single dollar bill

Looking for entertainment on the cheap? Have a dollar? With this guide, you'll learn how to make a folded-paper dress shirt from a dollar bill using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own dollar bill shirts, watch this free origami lesson.

How To: Fold a modular, two-sheet, paper shuriken (ninja star)

Everybody knows what a ninja star is, but what about a shuriken? A shuriken is the exact same thing as a ninja star: a weapon in the form of a star with blades or points. It's a missile in martial arts. It's a ninja's best friend. But for some of you, shurikens might be too dangerous, so that's were origami comes in. This video will show you the process of folding modular paper shurikens, and you only need two sheets of paper to do it.

How To: Fold Origami Fireworks from Dollar Bills

For all your origami enthusiasts, take your art of origami to greater heights by using a dollar bill to create the impossible—fireworks! In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to fold origami fireworks from a single dollar bill. It's a great origami project for the 4th of July or New Year's Eve.

How To: Origami a 3D diamond-tail for a peacock

Fed up with traditional origami? Well, learn how to fold some three-dimensional origami! This origami video tutorial will teach you how to origami a 3D diamond-tail for a peacock. Traditional Japanese origami is the art of paper folding, but 3D origami is a little more complex, a little more challenging... a little more interesting. See how to model and fold a 3D diamond-tail peacock with these origami instructions.

How To: Origami a $100 shirt

This video origami tutorial shows how to fold any paper money bill, whether a dollar bill, $100 bill, or a 20 Euro note, into a t-shirt. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to fold a fun money shirt. It may be worth more than any t-shirt you already won!

How To: Origami a present box Japanese style

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

How To: Origami a sheep Japanese style

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

How To: Origami a pretty paper envelope

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

How To: Fold a traditional origami paper star box

Need a place to store a few odds and ends? How about all of those little origami stars you like to make? In this video, you'll learn the folds for making a traditional origami paper sat box, perfect for all of your folded stars, or anything else! You'll start out folding this star box with the what's called the "star base."

How To: Create a 3D origami tiger

Ready for a 3D origami challenge? This video will show you how to create a 3D origami tiger. For the tiger's nose and eyes you'll need more than just paper, and the video will show you how to create them from just a drop of hot glue. Don't worry, the worst kind of bite you'll get from this big cat is a paper cut.

How To: Fold a Carmen Sprung Icosahedron using modular origami

The Carmen Sprung Icosahedron is an example of a modular origami project that can be a little difficult putting together. Time, patience, and a lot of origami paper is everything needed to fold the icosahedron. Learn how to use the Japanese art of modular origami to make a Carmen Sprung Icosahedron. Start watching and start folding.

How To: Origami an icosahedron

This video explains how to make an Origami Icosahedron (designed by Heinz Strobl) using 50 strips of paper. You need 20 strips of a single color for the triangles and 30 of a contrasting color to connect the triangles.

How To: Fold an origami sampan boat

Make a paper sampan boat! With this guide, you'll learn how to make a paper boat using 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 folded-paper sampans, watch this free origami lesson.

How To: Make a rose out of a bar napkin

In this video, we learn how to make a rose out of a bar napkin. First, take your pointer finger and thumb and get them moist. Then, grab the upper right hand corner of the napkin and gently roll it over. After this, keep rolling it towards yourself until you have rolled the entire thing. Next, roll then entire napkin up in a cylinder and find the tip in the middle. Grab this and then twist it to bring it out to the top. then, go down a few inches and squeeze and twist. Flare out the petals an...