Origami Magic Ebook: Amazing Paper Folding Tricks, Puzzles and Illusions: Origami Book with 17 Projects and Downloadable Video Instructions

By Steve Biddle and Megumi Biddle

Make fun and simple paper craft projects and them use them to perform magic tricks with this easy origami ebook.

Presto!--Before your eyes you have the Origami Magic Ebook! But don't wait too long, it may just disappear. Inspired by world famous magician and paper folder, Harry Houdini, the Origami Magic Ebook will demystify the hidden secrets of paper folding and teach you how to become a master of impossible illusion, amazing tricks and perplexing puzzles. Prepare to astound your friends and family in no time at all as you perform stunts like Houdini himself--all through the magic of origami!

Use it to craft eye-catching origami for your friends, to beautify your home--or as a wonderful gift for paper craft lovers. All of the folds are simple enough to be origami-for-kids projects and are a great way to learn origami. None of the projects require paint or glue so just grab some origami paper and start folding right away!

This origami ebook includes:

• 80 page, full-color origami book
• Step-by-step instructions
• Colorful diagrams and pictures
• Paper folding guide and tips
• 17 easy origami projects
• Videos with expert folding lessons

This exciting book is packed with paper folds to create mystifying puzzles, amazing tricks and fantastic illusions.

Origami projects Include:

• Zig-Zag Alien
• Magic Tipper
• The Magic Wallet
• Inside-Out Puzzle
• Lucky Stars
• And many more…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Release date: Mar 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781462919093

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To John Fisher, Peter Lane, Graham Reed and Chris Woodward, heroes of magic.

Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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This edition published in collaboration with Eddison Sadd Editions, London

Text copyright © 2012 Steve Biddle

Illustrations copyright © 2012 Megumi Biddle

Origami folds design copyright © 2012 Steve Biddle

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

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Contents

Introduction

Helpful Tips

Symbols and Folding Basics

How to Make A-sized Paper

AMAZING TRICKS

The Tumbler

Monkey Climbing Mount Fuji

Flapping Bird

Magic Tipper

PERPLEXING PUZZLES

The Tangram

The Pyramid

The Flexi-cube

Inside-out Puzzle

Lucky Stars

IMPOSSIBLE ILLUSIONS

The Magic Wallet

Zig-zag Alien

The Rabbit

Magic Tubes

MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATIONS

Circular Designs

The Möbius Strip

Roll Effects

Easy Troublewit

Useful Information

Resources

Acknowledgments

The Tuttle Story

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Contents

- Video Files (.mp4)

Disclaimer:

Please check the audio and video specifications of your ebook reader before downloading any additional content.

Welcome to the amazing world of origami magic—a world where the impossible is made to appear possible. Discover how, with just a few sheets of paper and one or two other everyday materials found around the home (or available from any good stationery store), you can create the kind of magic that will entertain, astound and truly bewilder your family and friends. This exciting book is packed with paper folds to create mystifying puzzles, amazing tricks and fantastic illusions. With wonders like these, you can enter the realms of magic.

The development of paper folding in the West can be traced back to a company of Japanese jugglers who visited Europe in the 1860s. The jugglers brought with them the method for folding a flapping bird, and soon directions on how to make this—along with other puzzling folds—were appearing in various European publications. Later, many famous magicians—including David Devant, Harry Houdini, Cy Endfield and Robert Harbin—became especially interested in paper folding, attesting to the link between origami and magic, which still continues to this day.

The Origami Projects

The projects in this kit are divided into four groups:

• Amazing Tricks—Prepare to be astonished as all kinds of things are made to happen from just a single sheet of paper. That in itself is quite a trick!

• Perplexing Puzzles—Make paper replicas of traditional puzzles that will tease, baffle and delight anyone who tries to solve them.

• Impossible Illusions—Discover paper illusions that appear to defy belief and will keep your audience guessing!

• Mysterious Transformations—Learn traditional cutting, tearing and folding techniques that have been impressing audiences for years.

With origami magic, presentation is key. Simply knowing the secret of a trick or puzzle won’t make you a good magician—you need to try it out in private, several times, before attempting your performance. Practice the moves until you can perform a trick sufficiently well without looking at your hands and disclosing its secret. Look at your audience with a warm smile on your face and make them believe, through your movements, words and