Super Cute Origami Ebook: Kawaii Paper Projects You Can Decorate in Thousands of Ways!

By Yuki Martin

**Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award Bronze Medal**

Kids ages 6 to 11 will love this adorably cute collection of easy origami crafts that can be customized in endless ways.

Follow chibi manga mascots Kami Kami and Orihime as they show you how to fold up the models, and then how to personalize them in thousands of ways. The possibilities are limitless!

Surprise your friends with your creativity! Create adorable kawaii figures and learn fascinating facts about the countries and cultures that have inspired the designs.

Origami projects include:

• The Cupcake: Cute, sweet, and almost good enough to eat
• The Crown: Dazzle your subjects with a wearable tiara
• The Daruma Doll:Fold up this lucky Japanese character and make a wish as you color in one eye. Color the other eye when your wish is granted!
• Maneki Neko: An auspicious Japanese cat who brings good fortune. Fold and decorate a personalized kitty for each of your friends!
• A Pair of Matryoshka Dolls: The famously adorable Russian nesting dolls
• And many more fascinating projects!

This origami book will keep kids busy for hours as they let their imaginations go wild. They can even decorate their finished products with glitter, rhinestones, washi tape and more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Release date: Apr 9, 2019
• ISBN: 9781462920686

Book preview

WELCOME TO MY ORIGAMI KIT!

If you combine the words decorate and origami, you get decorigami! Decorigami is a made-up word to describe projects that are to be embellished, doodled, or colored. Origami purists may call this cheating, but decorating a model doubles the fun!

This booklet is a collection of decorigami projects, accompanied by paper and embellishments. We designed this kit for crafty and curious kids, who love to not only fold and decorate paper, but also explore other cultures through many of the included projects.

I hope you enjoy this kit! —Yuki Martin

MEET YOUR GUIDES: KAMI KAMI AND ORIHIME

These two fictional characters will appear throughout the book as your friendly guides.

KAMI KAMI

Kami means at least two things in Japanese: paper and god. Kami Kami is the Paper God, who governs all things that have to do with paper. He has traveled throughout the world with paper and is an expert at all paper art forms. His exact age is not clear, but he’s estimated to be around 2,100 years old, which is roughly how long ago paper was invented in China.

ORIHIME

Ori means to fold, and hime (pronounced hee-may) means princess in Japanese. Orihime is the Folding Princess. She is learning all about the art form from Kami Kami. Once she becomes an origami expert, she will become an ambassador; demonstrating, displaying, and teaching origami all over the world.

HOW TO USE THIS KIT

I designed this kit to be on-the-go, and you can do most projects with the items provided in the box. However, a paper cutting tool, glue, and drawing materials may come in handy.