Origami For Kids: Easy Japanese Origami Instruction Book For Kids

This book is a practical guide for learning the ancient art of origami, Japanese art of paper folding. I like the fact that the author takes the time to go into the history of paper and the art of paper folding. Mikaelson proceeds to give instructions on how to make fourteen separate origami projects. He begins with simple symbols and shapes like the heart, a cup, and a letter. Then he progresses to a cicada, bird, and a little boat. As one becomes more accomplished, the finished projects evidence a growing sophistication with the art form. If the budding artist keeps practicing, he will be fashioning a peacock, a whale, and a dinosaur before finishing the book.Readers will learn how to create Japanese letters and how Akira Yoshizawa popularized origami in Japan and throughout the world. He created more than 50,000 unique origami designs. Today the principles of origami are used in building cars, microscopes, robots, and even heart surgery.I would recommend this book for children and adults of any age. Perfect activity for families and siblings to share or art teachers to introduce to their students.

my granddaughter had a book report due that had an origami figure and this helped to get her a A

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I liked it because my 7 year old Grandson loved it!

Excellent book. For kids

Pretty average origami book except that the models are not arranged in order from the easiest to the hardest. Some of these models are very easy, most would take a bit of folding experience to master. There's a bit of origami history included and the author has printed the diagrams for each model and then broken the steps down but he's used heaps of words between each step and that's a bit overwhelming.Most good origami books are more succinct and direct in their instructions than this book. And I think the instructions for the crane made the crane more difficult than it has to be - there are easier ways to learn how to fold this model.

This book is so lovely written. I have to take my time in reading this book.I'm glad that I got a chance to read this book.

Great packing, great shipping time... great gift for my little one who loves origami. I'm very happy with the purchase.