Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Day 346: Leap frog anyone?

Bored at the office? Spare time waiting for your doctor's appointment? Why not spend quality time with the kids and play some leap frog?

Learn to fold an origami frog.

  1. Start with a sheet of paper. You can use ordinary computer paper, colored paper, or origami paper.
  2. Fold one corner diagonally down to the opposite edge.
  3. Open it back up and fold the paper on the other diagonal.
  4. Trim any extra paper outside of the square you just made, as shown. Skip this step if you are already using square (origami) paper. True origami only uses folding to create shapes--that means no cutting or tearing.
  5. Open the square back up and fold it backwards, across the intersection of the two diagonal lines.
  6. Open the paper again and push in the sides.
  7. Form a triangle.
  8. Fold the outside corner up to the top point.
  9. Fold the other corner up.
  10. Fold the new corner in, towards the center line.
  11. Fold the other corner in towards the center.
  12. Now fold the top corners back out, until the edge is even with the edge underneath.
  13. Repeat folding the top corners, as shown above, except on the other side.
  14. Turn the paper over.
  15. Fold the outer corners towards you, into the center.
  16. Fold the outer corners back out, so that they're even with the outside edges. You're almost done.
  17. Fold the frog down in the middle.
  18. Fold the frog up, about halfway along the "legs".
  19. Ribbit! (Not literally, of course)


[edit] Things You'll Need

    • Paper
    • Scissors
    • Time


**This article is from: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Jumping-Frog**

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