Crafts: Origami

  • How To Make Origami Pinwheels While Spring Cleaning

    How To Make Origami Pinwheels While Spring Cleaning

    Origami pinwheels, also referred to as origami windmills, are simple to make and a great way to make some spring decorations while also using up bits of scrapbooking or other paper you have hanging around collecting dust! I love making origami from wrapping paper, so that is game as well, as are recycled magazine pages…

  • Giant Origami Fruit Centerpiece IKEA Hack

    Giant Origami Fruit Centerpiece IKEA Hack

    What do you get when origami meets IKEA? You get a giant origami fruit centerpiece that is very budget friendly and great for large parties with lots of tables. You know like Bar Mitzvahs, and Bat Mitzvahs and budget weddings, or sheva brachas, or a community event or a large birthday party, or just about…

  • Giant Origami Apples Are Perfect For Any Party

    Giant Origami Apples Are Perfect For Any Party

    A few weeks ago, just after the holiday of Tu B'Shevat I needed to make some simple centerpieces for a community women's party, and I decided to try my hand at making a giant version of my origami apples and fruit. Fortunately the results were fantastic, especially with the addition of some gold leaves, and…

  • Origami Pyramid Passover Centerpiece

    Origami Pyramid Passover Centerpiece

    Origami and geometric shapes are all the rage as the moment, so origami pyramids for your Passover table seem oh so perfect! Since the Passover seder recounts the story of Jewish slavery and redemption in Egypt these colorful origami pyramid reminders are so fitting— an interesting combination of solemn and cheerful! 

  • Simple Origami Fruit Is The Perfect Last Minute Tu B’Shevat Craft

    Simple Origami Fruit Is The Perfect Last Minute Tu B’Shevat Craft

    I'm really not sure how Tu B'Shevat managed to sneak up on me just like that, but that aside, with the holiday coming tomorrow night now would be the time to whip up a few fun crafts and then run to the store and buy as many kinds of fruit (and nuts) as you possibly…

  • Paper Boats Make Perfect Birthday Party Decorations!

    Paper Boats Make Perfect Birthday Party Decorations!

    A few evenening ago I was reading a Curious George story to a little family member, and when we came upon the part where he folds up the newspapers into boats, well we just had to make some paper boats of our own. As it turns out this simple origami paper boat activity kept this…

  • Giant Origami Giraffe DIY

    Giant Origami Giraffe DIY

    Remember the giraffe themed birthday party that I threw for my 11 year old son? Well, while I shared with you a bunch of giraffe birthday crafts, I didn't actually get around to sharing the biggest giraffe statement of them all: giant origami giraffes snacking on branches with paper leaves! I have to say, these…

  • Giant Origami Clown With Wings For The Front Door!

    Giant Origami Clown With Wings For The Front Door!

    A giant origami clown makes a great decoration for the front door especially for the Jewish month of Adar and the holiday of Purim, and also of course anytime you're expecting guests for a festive occassion of any kind! And just in case you were wondering, my clown also happens to either be a bird…

  • How To Fold Origami Clowns

    How To Fold Origami Clowns

    Origami clowns in a variety of sizes are simple to make and make perfect decorations for birthdays, childrens rooms, circus themed parties and of course the Jewish holiday of Purim. Use them to make giant wall decorations or small cake or cupcake toppers that will make your party special! I made giant origami clowns as…

  • Giant Origami Clowns

    Giant Origami Clowns

    Giant origami clowns are really quite simple to make and make amazing party decorations, not to mention that they make perfect Purim decorations! I used squares of wrapping paper to make origami clowns that are about 70 cm tall, and just a few of these clowns are enough to add a fun touch to any…

  • Origami Tree Centerpiece Using 3D Modules

    Origami Tree Centerpiece Using 3D Modules

      If you are having a forrest themed birthday party, or are looking for a cute little decoration for your chlld's room, a fun origami tree made may be just the answer. And yes, I am aware that this tree may look too much like decorations made for Dec. 25th, but I figured that pine…

  • Modular Origami Stars

    Modular Origami Stars

      We have been making lots of origami lately, the origami hearts wall hanging, and the origami pull out drawers, for example, and now I'd like to introduce you to another kind or origami altogether, modular origami.Modular or 3D origami is made from lots of little double pointed pieces that fit into one another, and…