Origami: Paper

Origami Paper

Included in Daily Life box, Visual Arts box

• Description: Origami is best-known as one of Japan’s favorite pastimes. Since it usually only involves one piece of paper, this hobby can be enjoyed anywhere. To make origami, one will fold a single square piece of paper in various ways to create shapes resembling items and animals such as cranes, frogs, boxes, and samurai helmets. Many children often learn how to make origami from their parents and grandparents, and usually begin with the crane. Because of this, the most well-known origami shape is the crane. Legend has it that if someone creates a chain of 1,000 cranes, a crane will grant that person a single wish.
  For more information, visit: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami

• Links
  • Overview of Origami
  • History of Origami
  • Trivia/Fun Facts
  • Origami Gallery
  • “How to Make Origami” Examples
  • Origami Airplane to be Flown through Space
  • Articles on Origami
  • The Science of Origami
  • Largest Crane Made, 1998
  • Print Your Own Origami Paper

• Lesson Plans
  • Art of Japan
  • How to Fold a Samurai Helmet “Kabuto” – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Mt. Fuji – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Origami – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Movable Origami – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Origami Animals – Ohio Delegation Group (YJT)
  • Thousand Cranes and Japanese Tea Ceremony – NCTA Ohio

• Standard Reference
  (If you know of another standard that may link to this item, please add it to the comment box below.)
  • English Language Arts:
    • Grades K: Speaking and Listening – #1a, #5, #6
    • Grades K-10: Reading Standards – #10
  • Social Studies:
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #3
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #4
    • Grade K: A Child’s Place in Time – #12
    • Grade 1: Families Now and Long Ago, Near and Far – #2