APRIL 13-17
Welcome to paper folding week! We are going to explore the art of paper folding, also known as origami. Have you ever folded a paper airplane? Yes? Then you've done origami! Have you never made a paper airplane? WHAT?! Here, quick go make one, follow this link for some airplane options. I wonder which one flies the fastest?
Anyway, now that you've made an airplane, let's make some other stuff.
Goal: Accomplish one or more paper folding and origami activities.
Please turn in a photo at www.artsonia.com/class using our secret school code and project title "At Home - Paper Folding". Or hey! Turning in a video making one of these would be awesome too.
Easiest: Abstract Paper Sculpture, Paper Fan
Medium: Emoji Face Changer, Paper Crane
Challenge: Transforming Star, Sonobe Module Cube
You might think the easy paper folding is actually challenging and maybe the challenging origami is actually pretty easy. It's all up to you and what you think you are able to accomplish. You can always search for your own origami too, like maybe a little hopping frog? Those are also fun. It's your life, choose how you want to be creative! Scroll down for options and instructions.
Abstract Paper Sculpture
Materials: Paper strips. Tape or Glue. Base (Bottom) Can be cardboard, paper, etc. Coloring supplies if you have it.
Instructions: Use 10 or more paper strips to create a line sculpture. Can you include a zig zag, arch, loop, spiral, and more? Fold it. Stick it. Stack it. Make it interesting.
Paper Fan
Materials: Regular sheet of paper. Coloring supplies. Tape.
Instructions: Design and fold your piece of paper into a decorative fan.
1000 Paper Cranes
Materials: Square paper.
Can we create 1000 paper cranes by the end of the school year? Search for your own tutorials, or follow this link for an easy to follow video. Videos will be easier than written instructions. Make as many cranes as you possibly can.
Sadako and the One Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Sadako is an energetic eleven year old girl who lives in Hiroshima, Japan. She becomes ill with leukemia from the effects of the atom bomb nine years earlier. There is a Japanese legend that anyone who folds 1000 paper cranes will receive any one wish. Sadako starts her journey to fold 1000 cranes in hopes that she can become healthy again.
Questions to think about:
1. If you made 1000 paper cranes, what would you wish for?
2. Where you hang your 1000 paper cranes?
3. Do the math: If one crane takes 5 minutes to make, how many hours would it take to make 1000 cranes?
Emoji Face Changer
I did not make my own videos for this just-for-fun activity. Here are a couple options to follow along and try it out.
Face Changer #2https://youtu.be/5ckOJkwS1Aw
Transforming Star
Materials: 8 paper squares
Some people call this a ninja star, but I like to think of it as a color wheel star. This is an extra fun activity and it can honestly take the place of a fidget spinner any day.
Sonobe Modular Cube
Materials: 6 paper squares
This is another puzzle type of origami. Forget rubick's cubes, make your own sonobe cube!
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