Origami Box

Easy Origami Box #1 Mrs. HurdArt Department

What is origami?Origami, (pronounced or-i-GA-me) is the Japanese art of paper folding. "Ori" is the Japanese word for folding and "kami" is the Japanese word for paper.

First Book on Origami

Pictured above are pages from The Secret of One Thousand Cranes Origami..The first known book on how to make an origami object was written in 1797 and is called The Secret of One Thousand Cranes Origami (Hiden Senbazuru Orikata)

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Magic of OrigamiSadako Sasaki- a twelve year old Japanese girl was suffering from leukemia due to radiation produced by atomic bombing on Hiroshima on 6th August, 1945. It is a belief in Japan that if any person makes 1000 paper cranes (senbazuru), god grants him/her a wish.She decided to make 1000 paper cranes and wished for world peace.But unfortunately, she passed away after making 644 paper cranes. Her friends and family members decided to make all thousand cranes in her honor. She was buried with all thousand cranes. In her memory, Japanese Government has developed her statue in Hiroshima Peace Park.

Sadako Sasaki and 1000 Origami Paper Cranes

Sadako Sasaki MemorialI shall write peace upon your wings, and you shall fly around the world so that children will no longer have to die this way.(Sadako Sasaki)

Japanese school children dedicate their contribution of Thousand origami cranes at the Sadako Sasaki memorial in Hiroshima.

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This is what we will be making today!

Step 1: Fold a Blintz Base. This is a commonly used base in origami

Step 2: Open up the paper.

Step 3: Fold in the 4 corners as indicated below.

Step 4: Fold the 4 corners in once again.

Step 5: FLIP paper over.

Step 6: Rotate paper slightly so that you see a square. Now fold both the top and bottom halves to the center. Crease well and unfold.

Step 7: Fold both the right and left sides to meet in the center.

Step 8: Bring the top flap over from the right to the left.

Step 9: Fold the top and bottom right corners on the diagonal as shown below.

Step 10: Now bring both flaps over from the left to the right.

Step 11: Fold in the top and bottom left corners on the diagonal as shown below.

Step 12: Bring only the top flap over from the right to the left.

Step 13: Here comes the fun part....shaping our origami box! Pry open the paper with your fingers.

Straighten the sides and like magic, you have your easy origami box.

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