Printable: Crossword-Puzzle Crane and Video Tutorial

This printable paper features a clue and an answer from a crossword puzzle, which makes reference to the origami crane. When you use it to fold a crane, both the clue and the answer are visible on the wings of the finished crane.
Download HERE this pattern created for Origamigos, the Origami Spirit Membership, by Leyla Torres. …READ MORE HERE…

Video Tutorial – Puffy Heart and Lion Head -Leyla Torres

In the series of videos presented here, you will learn how to fold three versions of an origami Puffy Heart, designed by Leyla Torres.
These hearts are perfect to make garlands for placement against a wall (Puffy Heart 1 and Lion Heart) or free-hanging when we want the hearts to be visible from both sides (Puffy Heart 2) …READ MORE HERE…

Video Tutorial – “Buffalo” designed by Yara Yagi

This charming origami buffalo, designed by Yara Yagi (Brasil) is an action model, a perfect little bovine to celebrate the Year of the Ox.

This origami Buffalo was created a few years back as part of a friendly competition to design a simple model using triangular shape paper. Yara’s use of a single square cut into two identical triangles is ingenious. As I wanted to share it here in Origamigos, I modified some angles and added minor folds to the body piece so that it is more stable to hold the head, and there is a suggestion of legs and rump. …READ MORE HERE…

Bonus Video Tutorial – “Mailing Stars”

These Mailing Stars are two variations of an origami figure called “Flor Leyla” designed by Guadalupe (Lupita) Martínez.
These stars are named “Mailing Stars” because they are flat and can be easily mailed in an envelope. To make all these Mailing Stars you need to… …READ MORE HERE…