What do Frogs do with Paper? Rip-it!
As promised last week, this week I thought I’d try folding an origami frog. I wanted to try this one because I liked that it can hop. In last week’s post I said I would pick random pieces of paper going forward but I just had to find a nice green piece for my frog.
I found a video on YouTube that was from a different user than last week. This week I tried a tutorial by Jo Nakashima. Similar to last week, I thought this was a really great video. It had a clear closeup of the folder’s hands as well as an illustration in the corner that showed the folds.
This one did not have any narration but due to the simplicity of the folds, I didn’t think it really needed it. I liked this video because it was short (only four minutes) and easy to follow along. The final product looked pretty similar to the final frog in the video so I think I did an okay job. My youngest kiddo loved that it jumped and added it to his collection of paper cranes that he has claimed.
So once I completed the frog I felt like I needed to try another folded piece because the frog was about the same difficulty level as last week’s cranes. I want to get better and better each week which I know won’t happen unless I try progressively harder and harder shapes. I decided to try folding an origami butterfly as it looked like it might be a bit more difficult. This time I tried following a YouTube tutorial posted by Basteln mit Papier (I think it’s a German user). As with the other two tutorials I watched, this video was a closeup of the folder’s hands. However, this video did not have the illustration of the folds which I think hindered the process. Although the folder completed the folds at a nice, slow pace, due to the complexity of some of the folds, I think an illustration would have been useful. I had to pause and rewind the video a few times to understand what the fold was. I appreciated the length of this video at four and a half minutes.
My final butterfly was not as pretty as the one in the video.
I believe I’ve mentioned it before but I think I might need to get bigger paper for some of the more complicated shapes. Next week I’m going to try to fold a shark as it looks like it might be a step up in difficulty. I’m also going to see if I can find any tutorials for the following week that are not on YouTube just to see what else is out there.
Lauren Carlson 
Hi Lauren,
I definitely learned something new with your blogpost! I had no idea you could make origami’s jump! I can see that being a really cool activity to do with students. I am amazed that you have learned how to make origami’s so quickly. Your post peaked my interest in learning more about origami’s so I looked into the history of it. It is quite fascinating. It started off as a ceremonial purpose but now it has evolved into a recreational activity.
I look forward to your next blog post and learning about your adventures of creating a shark origami.
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Hey Lauren! I found your blog posy so interesting. I have never looked into origami before or tried it! I had no idea you could do so many different things with it! I found it extremely cool that you were able to make the frog jump. I am very interested to see what else you create throughout the semester!
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Wow Lauren, this is awesome! I have tried origami in school before and I always struggled with it, but thought it was super cool. I really like how you posted your progress of each one and a short clip of the frog jumping. There is some really unique ideas out there and I can’t wait to see what else you create.
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Lauren,
Your origami game is strong! Where did you buy the papers from? This was actually one of my considerations for the learning project and although I did not conclude on it, I think it is something that would be great to learn nonetheless. Especially in a classroom, I think this could be a cross curricular activity; like art and mathematics with shapes and angles.
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