week 6

Year 5 Art

Origami

The art of paper folding is a form of Japanese art and is known as ‘Origami’. In Japanese ‘Ori’ stands for ‘folding’ and ‘gami’ stands for ‘paper’.

Click here to find out more about origami:

Origami website

Examples of origami

Your task

You will need:

Paper
A ruler
Scissors
Pencil

See instructions of how to make a 1)cat, (2) rabbit, (3) boat, (4) frog hopper or (5) crane.

1 is the easiest and 5 is the hardest to make.

There’s either a video or a weblink to a set of picture instructions for you to follow for each one.
Enjoy folding paper in lots of creative ways! We can’t wait to see what you’ve made. Why not take a photo of your work and upload it on the blog.

1. The Cat.

Learn how to make an origami paper cat face step by step online. [ Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding ] Things required to make a paper...