What's the difference is between Origami and Kirigami?
Kirigami is folding and cutting a piece of paper to get a snowflake (or other shape). Origami is folding a piece of paper to make a shape.
The word Kirigami is Japanese; Kiru means "to cut" and gami means "paper.". The word Origami is Japanese; oru means "to fold", and gami means "paper."
Ordinary sheets of paper can be folded and cut into ships, animals, and flowers.
Great, educational fun for children. All you need to get started is a pair of scissors, a piece of paper, a Scissor Craft pattern, a few quick folds, and voilà you've got an envelope, a basket or an elephant!
Many of these beginning Kirigami/Oriami images originated from an old 1914-1923 publication entitled "Our Wonder World, A library of knowledge in ten volumes." Publisher was Geo L Shuman & Co.
Print and color this game board (in pdf format) to make your personalized game!
game board (in ms word format)
Get back to the basics in education of paper folding with these easy and fun patterns specially made for children. Celebrate May Day, Easter, Christmas or any holiday with these elementary candy or flower basket designs. Children can learn basic math principles which have been used for thousands of years to create their very own pyramids, baskets, envelopes and more! Create a 3-D animal farm too! Print on card stock paper for best results.
Free Paper Space Ship Models Use Paper Models to build your own space exploration fleet. Model paper Spacecraft construction. Make paper models of the super tough robots out there exploring our solar system. NASA spacecraft. Mars polar lander and much more.
