A guest blog from a good friend of mine, originally from Japan...
I am very thrilled to be asked to write a guest blog here. I am from Japan and I have a son and a daughter. As a mum, I sometimes struggle to think of things to do, especially on rainy/lazy days. I try to keep my children occupied instead of letting them watch DVDs all day long. They love anything from cooking, baking, drawing, painting, handy-crafts to model making.
One of our favourite activities is making something with Origami - the traditional Japanese paper craft. I have this rather cute little carry case I bought in Japan, clearly saying ‘Origami Case’ in Japanese just in case you didn’t know. As suggested, I keep my Origami paper in there. Origami literally means ‘folding paper’.
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| Origami carry case. |
We decided to make two very easy animals on this occasion. The first one is a cat.
Here are the instructions:
1. Get a piece of Origami paper
(Just any square paper is fine)
2. Fold it to make a triangle.
3. Fold the top outwards.
4. Fold the bottom two corners upwards.
5. Turn it over and draw a face, Meow!
The next one is a dog.
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| 1.Get a piece of Origami paper. |
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| 2. Make a triangle facing downwards. |
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| 3. Fold two corners downwards. |
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| 4. Turn over and fold two triangles top and bottom |
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| 5. Turn over again and draw a face. |
These are very popular with children and you can make greeting cards, gift tags bookmarks etc
with different colours, sizes and faces of the animals. There are a lot of things you can make with Origami and it is actually quite easy and it keeps those little fingers busy.
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Here are the finished works with my children proudly holding them. Just give it a go! |
NB sorry about the formatting!
Oooh that is so cute. We like making paper boats and my four year old is dying to learn how to do it... I think soon he will be able to!
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That is so easy I might even manage it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNo probs! We are going to make them too...my friend will hopefully agree to do another guest post, she is very creative.
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