Origami Kusudama Flower

Hello Readers,

Kusudama are a form of modular origami, that can be arranged to make a decorative ball. Twelve of these flowers can be glued together to form a ball.

Here are our Origami Kusudama Flower instructions.

Origami Bell Flower

Dear Reader,

This origami bell flower is simple and fun to make. Check our Origami Bell Flower instructions.

Origami Fox Puppet

Dear Readers,

Here is a finger puppet that you can have lots of fun with. Check our origami fox puppet.

Origami Face Changer

Dear Readers,

The origami face changer is a neat origami toy. You can customize it with drawings of your family or friends. Check out our origami face changer.

Origami Desk Organizer

Dear Reader,

This is another useful container for common items on your desk.
Here's the origami desk organizer.

Origami Crab

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This is a fun crab, and is fairly easy to make.
Here are the origami crab instructions.

Origami Boat Base

Dear Reader,

Here's another useful base. Check out our origami boat base instructions.

Origami Petal Fold

Dear Reader,

The origami petal fold is a basic fold used in many origami pieces, not only flowers. It's easy to master and very useful.

View our origami petal fold instructions.

Origami Table

Dear Readers,

Several of you have asked for an origami table.

So here are our origami table instructions.

Origami Crown

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Here's an origami crown that will make you feel like a king or queen!

Check out these origami crown instructions.

Origami Photo Frame

Dear Reader,

Here's a really useful origami. Low-cost and practical, too! Check out our origami photo frame.

Origami Truck

Dear Reader,

Here's an easy truck, that can be decorated in many different ways.
Check out our origami truck instructions.

Origami Sea Lion

Dear Reader,

Do you know the difference between a sea lion and a seal?

Check out our origami sea lion instructions to find out!

Regards,
Origami Instructor

Origami Yakko San

Dear Reader,

The Yakko San was the manservant to samurai warriors. You can make a very neat yakko san, based on the origami lantern.

See our Origami Yakko San instructions.

Regards,
Origami Instructor

Origami Tato

Dear Reader,

The Origami Tato is a very neat and useful self-closing container. It's good for storing flat items. If you like origami boxes, you will probably like the tato.

Check out our origami tato folding instructions.

Origami videos: daisy, horse, owl

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We've posted some more videos on our Youtube channel.

Be sure to check out our origami daisy, horse, and owl videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bE9uVmWcps


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPXkZgoAsGg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GCNHVC6Zv0

Regards,
Origami Instructor

Origami Daisy

The daisy family of flowers has many colors and varieties, all of which can be made with these folding instructions.

It's a bit time-consuming the first time, but very worth it. Look at these great daisies!

Origami Owl

This wise old owl thinks that origami is a hoot.

Check out the origami owl folding instructions.

Origami Horse

This origami horse is fun and easy to make.

Here's the link to our instructions for the origami horse.

Easy Origami Christmas Tree

Dear Reader,

If you need quick and easy Christmas decorations, check out our easy origami Christmas tree.

Origami Box Video

Dear Reader,

If you like video origami instructions, you'll like this video for the origami box:

Origami Santa Claus

Do you know you can create an origami Santa Claus with just two (2) folds?

If you don't believe it, check out the Origami Santa Claus.

Origami Lily Video

Dear Readers,

By popular demand, we've produced a video showing how to fold the traditional origami lily. Check it out below.

Best Regards,
Origami Instructor

Origami Bell Flower

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Our video instructions for making the Origami Bell Flower are now available:







See more origami instructions at our website, Origami Instructions.

Origami Mushroom

Did you know that mushrooms are not a plant? All plants use photosynthesis,which requires sunlight, to generate food. Mushrooms can live in dark places because they don't use photosynthesis.

Check out our origami mushroom.

Origami Traditional Tulip and Leaf

Greetings Dear Reader,

You may have already made our basic origami tulip. There is also a traditional origami tulip, that can be combined with a tulip leaf to make a very realistic flower.

Check our origami traditional tulip, and tulip leaf.

Origami Turkey

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, here is an origami turkey that you can use for your decorations. Gobble gobble!

Here are our origami turkey instructions.

8-pointed Origami Star

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Some of you have made our 4-pointed and 5-pointed stars. Well, just in time for the holiday season, here is an 8-pointed star. This would make a great Christmas tree decoration.

Check out the Origami 8-pointed Star.

Origami Jackson Cube

This cube was invented by Paul Jackson. Check our page with link to his video.

Origami 16 point modular star

This star takes a while to make, but is not too hard to do.
Check out our 16 point modular origami star.

Origami Camellia

Camellias have beautiful flowers, and one type of camellia is very important because it's used to make tea. The Camellia is also the state flower of Alabama.

Check out our origami camellia.

Origami Fortune Teller on NBC's Community

Recently we posted our video on how to use the origami fortune teller.

The NBC comedy show " Community " uses the origami fortune teller in a unique way; to show the opening credits. Very neat, and a very funny show as well.

Here is a link to the trailer for Community .

Origami Instructions is now on Facebook!

Check out our Facebook page.

Origami Fortune Teller or Chooser

Our origami fortune teller is quite popular, we get lots of requests from people who kind of know what it is but don't know the name.

In addition to our instructions, we've now posted a video on how to play this fun game.

Check out our video on how to use the origami fortune teller.

Easy Origami Tortoise

Here is a simple but cute origami tortoise.

Check out our origami tortoise instructions.

Origami Instructions now on Twitter!

We're now on Twitter!

Follow:

@OrigamiSensei

Best regards,
Origami Instructor

Money Origami Shirt

Here's a shirt that really looks "money". It's an origami shirt made from a dollar bill, although you could use any paper money.

Our instructions for the money origami shirt are here.

Money Origami Bow Tie

We've added instructions for making a bow tie out of a dollar bill, or other paper money.

Check out our money origami bow tie! You're sure to look sharp wearing it.

Origami Koi Video

We've added a video to our page of Origami Koi Instructions, be sure to check it out!

Also, have a look at the wonderful koi's submitted by our dear readers!

Origami Crane Video

We've added a video to our page of origami crane instructions, be sure to check it out!

Also, have a look at the wonderful cranes submitted by our dear readers!

Say Cheeeese!

and Click! with your origami camera!

This origami camera actually makes somewhat of a clicking sound when you take a picture. Check it out and take lots of pictures this weekend! :)

Origami Camera Folding Instructions

Origami Envelope

Write your note on the paper then fold it into an envelope! And no glue needed! The paper simply tucks into itself.

Love the simplicity of this origami design... and very practical too!

Back of origami envelope:

Front of origami envelope:

Origami Basket, Bunny and Chick for Easter

Easter is almost here and it's the perfect time to fold origami basket, bunnies and chicks! There's no salmonella and or other bacteria to worry about with these origami :)

Here's an origami basket to hold your easter goodies:

One version of an origami bunny:
















Here's another version of an origami Easter Bunny:




















Here's an easy origami bunny head for the very young kids:

Finally, fold an origami chick but why stop there? You can fold an entire family! I use a 3 inch square paper for the baby chicks and a 6 inch square origami paper for the "mother".

Origami sighting!

We were watching the movie "Con Air" on tv and there was a scene in the movie where Nicholas Cage's character was in prison and received an origami flapping bird from his daughter! Had to pause the tv to take this picture!
















The origami flapping bird is sure a popular one. Last time, we saw it in the tv series "Medium".

Creepy Crawly Origami Spider

Check out this 8-legged origami spider! Is it cool or what? :)















This one's still sitting on my desk coz it's still fun to look at! Do try folding one yourself! Here are the folding instructions:
Origami Spider

Modular Origami Pinwheel

This is a great looking origami but does require some patience. If you don't mind having to fold the same unit/module 8 times, then you're more patient than me! :)
















The assembly is a bit tricky initially but once you get the hang of it, it really wasn't too bad.

Find the instructions here:
Modular Origami Pinwheel

Origami Vase for your Origami Flowers

If you've made the origami flowers, then you might want an origami vase to hold your flowers. At least, I did!

I first made this easy origami vase with a regular 6" square origami paper. The vase turned out good but was a bit too small to hold more than one flower.

















So then I used an 8 1/4" square origami paper and made a larger vase which held the origami day lilies shown below.


If you don't have the large origami paper, Amazon has some selection and there's a great 4-for-Price-of-3 sale going on. I've stocked up on the larger origami paper myself, thanks to the sale.


Find the origami folding instructions below:
Easy Origami Vase