Exploring Origami
Here you'll get a chance to actually make some origami figures! Here's what you'll find in this section:
- Let's Make Origami!
- Download Corner
- Here you'll find origami squares that you can print out and use. There are practice origami sheets with lines to show you where to fold, and real origami for your final creations.
- Origami Gallery
- Here you can take a look at the different kinds of origami you can make.
- Origami Trivia
- Here you can learn the meaning of a thousand paper cranes, read the story of Sadako and her thousand cranes, and take a look at the Nippon Origami Museum.
Let's Make Origami!
Try making an origami piece yourself. This section explains how to make well-known origami figures that people have been making for a long time. The instructions make use of special symbols. If you don't understand a symbol, click on the "help" button at the upper right. It will take you to the Guide to Symbols.
Have fun folding! (217 words)
______ minutes ______ seconds
Easy |
Dog |
Cup |
Piano |
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Medium |
Balloon |
Box |
Jumping Frog |
Variation 1‹Robed Servant, Hakama, Camera›   | |||
Variation 2‹Butterfly, Sailboat, Windmill›   | |||
Difficult |
Goldfish | ||