Week Eight: Make an origami animal

Welcome to week eight.

This is our last week of Tech Time Station.  Hope you have enjoyed our time together.

This week you can make an origami animal using origami paper or colored paper which you can decorate with crayons or markers.  Below are instructions for simple origami, but if you want more of a challenge there will be a link you can use to find more complex designs.  Don't forget to check out some of the books for even more ideas. 

The following instructions are from the website origami-fun.com.

The first pattern is for a very simple talking dog.  You will need to add the eyes, nose, and tongue with crayon or marker.

1. Start with your paper white side up.

Fold in half then open.

2. Fold the top corner down to the bottom corner.

3. Fold the two top corners down to the
points shown

4. Fold the uppermost layer of the bottom corner up a little way	5. Fold this layer up again, from the top of the triangle as shown

6. Add eyes and a nose to the dog’s face. If you like you can even add a tongue!	Finished Talking Dog! To make your dog talk, hold the model by the ears and move back and forwards shown by the arrows. 

Next you can make a twirling bird:

The origami twirling bird is one of the easiest models to make,
and its so much fun! Try using different types of paper to see
which one will twirl the best.




1. Start with your paper white side up.
Fold in half, as shown.






2. Fold in half again, crease and open.






 3. Now fold top of model down past the
baseline of the model.





4. Fold whole model in half.                                       
5. Rotate model so it is now standing up.





6. Fold down the top flap along the line shown.
Then repeat the same thing on the flap behind.

7. Now fold the wings back upwards so they sit horizontally, as shown 8. Twirling bird is complete! To make the  Twirling Bird fly, throw it like a paper plane. It will tumble in circles!

If you would like to explore more paper folding techniques visit the link below:
http://www.origami-fun.com/

This site has a great selection of diagrams to choose from with instructions that range from simple to more complex.  So have fun turning a plain piece of paper into a 3D object.


Thanks for visiting Tech Time Station this Summer.  Have a great Fall.