Origami: Valentine Heart Envelope

Fold a heart-shaped envelope for your Valentine.

 

Difficulty: Easy

Directions:

1. Print and cut out Valentine Heart Origami along outer solid line.

  

2. With printed side facing up, crease your origami square horizontally, vertically, and diagonally as shown.

  

Your origami should be creased as shown.

  

3. Turn your origami over so that the printed side is facing up, with the "Happy Valentine's Day" greeting at top. Create a "water bomb base" by pulling in points "A" and "B."

  

4. With the open end of your origami at the top, fold down the Valentine's greeting flap as shown. Turn origami over and fold down back flap as shown.

  

5. Turn origami over. With front greeting facing up, fold back along envelope to shape the heart, as shown.

  

  

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Bee Mine: Valentine Pop-Up Card

Pop-up Valentine

Fold a Pop-up Valentine Card for someone special.

 

Difficult: Easy

Directions:

1. Print Valentine Card.

 

2a.Cut out Valentine along outer solid line.
2b. Fold back along vertical center line.

  

3a. Cut along large heart solid lines, from point A to point A. Repeat for line B.
3b. Cut along small heart solid lines, from point C to point C. Repeat for line D.
Make sure you don't cut the hearts out entirely!

4. Unfold. Fold back along horizontal line.

 

5a. Fold along vertical center crease.
5b. As you fold the card, pull the large pink heart forward along its center crease, while the inner heart (with the bee) remains folded backward along its center crease, as shown.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Crafts Around the World: Happy Canada Day Card

July 1 is Canada Day, celebrating the day in 1867 when the British North America Act created the federal government of Canada.

On the Canadian Heritage website, you can learn the motto, anthem, and official symbols of Canada.



1. Print and cut out Canada Day Card.




2. Fold horizontally, in half.



3. Fold forward, in quarters, as shown.



Print and Color the Canadian Flag:

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Mother's Day Card: Owl Always Love You

Print and fold a Mother's Day Card:

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Origami: Mother's Day Card

Fold a Mother's Day card and adorn it with a bunny to show Mom how hoppy she makes you!



Difficulty: Easy



Directions:

1a. Print Mother's Day Card.
1b. Fold in half, vertically.
1c. Fold in half again, horizontally.

Print Bunny Origami.
Cut out image along outer solid lines.	Fold in half along diagonal line A.

2a. Fold bunny's head back along line B.

2b. Turn your bunny over so that the printed side is facing up.





A. Fold back along line C.
B. Fold back along line D.
C. Fold back along line E.


Glue your Origami onto your Mother's Day Card.

Happy Mother's Day!


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Happy World Environment Day Card

This year's theme. "Many Species. One Planet. One Future," focuses on the diversity of life on Earth. Events across the world will feature organized clean-ups, exhibits, film festivals and more.

Print (on recycled paper) and fold an Environment Day card:

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