Hey there tiktakers! We recently asked you
in a previous video if you would like to see
an origami tutorial here on the channel, and
you unanimously decided that… yep, you do!
Ok, there were some "no"s here and there,
but you get the point. We didn't want to make
you wait, so get ready to work with paper!
Because… you already know what origami is
all about, right? No? Ok, if you don't, then
don't worry – we'll go over it real quick
:
Origami is a technique that consists in folding
paper to create shapes and figures, without
using any scissors or glue. The name comes
from the Japanese terms "ori" (which means
to fold) and "kami" (which means paper) – however,
the practice itself originated in China around
the 2nd century A.D., and arrived to Japan
many years later, integrating into Japan's
culture.
Origami originated in ceremonies held by the
nobility, given that back then paper was a
luxury that not everyone could afford. Nowadays
origami has become so popular that an entire
art was built around it. And the awesome thing
is that you can create very complex figures
, such as dragons and unicorns!
But don't worry, we are not starting with
something so difficult. Instead, we'll get
started with a beautiful butterfly and a jumping
frog. We can build them in a few minutes,
with just a few sheets of paper! Are you ready,
tiktakers? Then let's go for it!
As we mentioned, the only materials we are
going to need are a few sheets of paper – however,
if your sheets are actually colored instead
of just being plain white, your origami figures
will end up looking even prettier!
First, the butterfly. We'll need to use a
sheet in the form of a square. It's usually
better to use a small paper square, but we'll
use a bigger one so you can see it better.
Here's a trick you can follow to get your
paper square: We fold diagonally an A4 sheet
of paper so we can get our square, and then
we fold the remainder of the sheet following
the line that forms. Then we fold again on
the other side, pressing our fold very well,
and then we carefully tear out the remaining
rectangle. At this point, you can use your
scissors, but very careful.
Ok, now that we have our paper square, we
turn it around and make four folds: One horizontally,
one vertically, and two diagonally, so that
the square is folded in all of its borders.
We fold it in half once again, and bring inwards
one of its corners. Can you see it's already
starting to take shape?
Now we do the same on the other side. The
final result should be a triangle, such as
this one. Then we take one of the corners
inwards, and repeat this process on the other
side, until we form a rhombus.
Now we turn it around, and with the point
of the triangle pointing towards us, we do
a little fold upwards so that a little tip
sticks out. We then fold that little tip to
the other side. You need to press it very
well, and always carefully. At last we press
with our finger and fold inwards, making sure
we do it carefully as to not tear out our
paper… and there it is! We now have our
first origami figure: A nice butterfly. Isn't
it super cute??
Ok, now that we know the basics let's take
things up a notch. We are now going to build
a frog that can actually jump! For this one
we'll need half of a paper square. After cutting
it we fold the resulting rectangle in half,
we open it, and we fold one of its corners
diagonally. We do the same thing on the other
side, and we'll end up forming a paper triangle
like this one. We then open this side and
fold the upper corner downwards, and do the
same on the other side.
Now we open the paper and turn it around.
We fold the two sides inwards so we end up
having a square. We open it, and turn it around
again. The following step is a bit tricky
tiktakers, so pay attention: With our fingers
we fold these flaps inwards until we form
a small triangle, and we repeat this same
step on the other side. Do it carefully and
without rushing!
Now we turn the paper and fold one of the
tips upwards – first one and then the other
one. With the flap we have left we fold inwards,
like this. See? Now this tip goes to the opposite
side, and we repeat this process with the
other flaps. Once we reach the edge we fold
inwards just like we did before. We turn the
flaps back to their place, and we'll end up
with this shape below. How cool! Ok, now we
take this corner and we fold it upwards, and
do the same thing on the other side. If you
turn it around it looks like an airplane!
Now we fold this tip towards the center, pressing
well. We suggest that you mark your flaps
well so that folding is easier later. Now
we keep folding inwards; first one side, then
the other, and we'll end up with these protruding
tips. We fold half of those tips pressing
well. If we turn it around, we can see how
cool it's turning out!
Now we're at the most difficult step, tiktakers:
We need to carefully grab this part, and fold
it a little bit more than half, carefully
but pressing strongly. Now we fold backwards,
pressing with more strength… and we'll end
up with something like this.
Now we just need to turn it around and…
TADA! We now have our little frog! Let's see
if we followed correctly all of the steps…
let's see, if we press here… wow, our frog
can really jump! That's awesome!
Look at how many butterflies and froggies
we built, tiktakers! We had a very fun time
doing origami. What about you? Have you tried
it yourselves? Remember to share with us your
final results in our social media accounts.
We'd love to see your origami figures! And
if you want a second part, or you want us
to do more arts and crafts projects, let us
know in the comments. Weeeeeeeeeeee!
