Origami and paper folding

In short: Origami is the Japanese art of folding figures from a single sheet of paper without scissors or glue. It trains patience, fine motor skills and spatial thinking.

In more detail: Traditionally square paper is used, which yields basic forms such as the crane or boat.

In detail

• Material: Square origami paper, ordinary paper works too.
• Basic folds: Valley fold and mountain fold, from which all models arise.
• Base forms: Kite, fish, bird and waterbomb bases.
• Diagrams: Instructions use arrows and lines that one must learn to read.
• Getting started: Paper boat, jumping frog and crane.
• Mathematics: Folds can be described geometrically (perspektive-zeichnen-grundlagen).
• Tip: Sharpen creases with a fingernail (stress-abbauen-und-entspannen).