"Orgami"

Have you tried organmi? well, its quite fun to do and can certainly be of great help when teaching kids to do art. Save you from having having to run behingd them all day. lol!

Origam from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper"; is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami.

The number of basic orgami folds is small, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. The best known origami model is probably the Japanese paper crane. In general, these designs begin with a  square sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors or prints. Traditional Japanese origami, which has been practiced since the Edo era (1603–1867), has often been less strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper or using nonsquare shapes to start with.Paper Heart

 

Step 1

Fold top right hand corner, so that its edge aligns with the paper.

Repeat previous step with left corner

Step 2

Fold the paperback, at center crease.

Fold at the center crease, pressing inward

Step 3

Fold the right hand corner upward, aligning it with the top point (creating a diamond shape).

Repeat previous step with the left hand corner, completing the diamond

Step 4

Fold the right hand side of the paper, aligning the edge with the bottom point of the diamond

Fold the left hand side

Step 5

Turn the paper over then flip the bottom part approx. an inch and a half of paper

Step 6

Flip down the triangular section at the top, making sure it folds all the way, at the original crease

Step 7

Fold the bottom right hand corner, creating a triangle that aligns at the bottom center of the paper.

Make sure you insert the triangle from the previous step in between the slot created by the larger triangle.

Repeat the previous two steps with the left bottom corner

Step 8

Fold the top right point toward the center right, to form the top shape of the heart and insert the remaining paper inside the slot created by the larger triangle, to hold the top in place

Step 9

Fold the left hand side and insert the remaining portion of the previous triangle into the slot created by the larger triangle

Step 10

Flip the paper over, and will you look at that???
You have created a paper heart!

 Its fun!...................................................................................:)