Easy Butterfly OrigamiMy new book, Easy Butterfly Origami features 30 bold full-color patterns designed to accurately portray the dorsal and ventral sides of some of the most beautiful butterflies from around the world! |
Origami Folding Tips
- Print and cut out patterns carefully.
- Fold with clean, dry hands.
- Follow the instructions. Study the diagrams and be patient.
- Be precise: fold each crease well, flattening the creases by running your fingertip over the fold.
- Folding the paper away from you is easier than folding towards you.
- Be creative...use your origami on greeting cards, holiday decorations, table place cards and bookmarks.
Valentine Bunny Box
Valentine Heart Ornament
Difficulty: Easy
Materials:
20 Heart Equilateral Triangles
Tape or glue
1. Print full page of Heart triangles.
2. Cut out pieces along solid, outer circle. You should have a total of 20 circles.
3. Prepare your triangles by folding the white "tabs" forward as shown. Repeat on all three sides of each triangle.
4. Use the white tabs to tape or glue 5 triangles together as shown. Repeat so that you have two "ball ends" of 5 triangles each.
(At this point, you may choose to tape the two ball ends together and decorate with a ribbon to make a Valentine ornament, or proceed to assemble a ball)
5. Tape or glue 5 triangles to each "ball end" as shown.
6. Tape or glue the two ends together to assemble your model as shown...
OR you can construct a star-shaped ornament by glueing the two ends back to back.
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Valentine's Bouquet
Camelia Origami
Tiger Lily Origami
Iris Origami
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Bee Mine: Valentine Pop-Up Card
Pop-up Valentine
Fold a Pop-up Valentine Card for someone special.2b. Fold back along vertical center line.
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!
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.
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Christmas Children's Book Signings
Men’s Night – Tuesday, December 10th, 6-9pm
Ladies Night – Thursday, December 12th, 6-9pm
Mele Kalikimaka!
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THE DIGITAL STORY OF THE NATIVITY
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Holiday Children's Book Signings November 22, 2013
KEIKI COUNTING, WHALES' TAILS and other titles by Island Heritage Publishing:
Friday, November 22, 6-7pm
Barnes & Noble, Ala Moana Center.
MALIA IN HAWAII: CELEBRATING ALL THE PARTS OF ME, and other titles by Mutual Publishing:
Friday, November 22, 7-8pm
Barnes & Noble, Ala Moana Center.
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Cat Origami
Difficulty: Easy (suitable for young children)
Orange Tabby Cat Origami |
1. Cut out origami cat pattern along outer solid lines.
2. Fold back along diagonal line.
3. Turn your origami cat over, so that the printed side faces DOWN.
4. Fold ear down along diagonal line as shown.
Repeat on other side.
5. Fold cat's ear up as shown.
Repeat on other side.
6. Turn origami over with printed side facing UP.
Fold back top (white section) of cat's head.
Fold back bottom of cat's chin.
Now your origami cat is done!
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