Elephant

31 Origami Elephants to Fold

Origami elephants are a timeless favorite, blending creativity and craftsmanship into one of the most majestic creatures in the animal kingdom. Whether you’re a beginner looking for a simple fold or an expert searching for a more complex design, there’s an origami elephant for every skill level. If you’re looking for inspiration, this collection showcases…

Seashell

Can’t Make it to the Beach? Try Folding these Origami Seashells!

Pretty much anything you can think of can be folded with origami and that definitely includes seashells. Not only are there a lot of fantastic origami seashell designs but with all the amazing colours and patterns of origami paper available you can really make some beautiful and unique looking seashells that might even rival the…

Hummingbird

I’m Talon You that all these Origami Birds are Fantastic

Just like in real life there’s a huge and diverse amount of origami birds from all kinds of different species. This post has an assortment of different origami birds from all kinds of species and designers. Satoshi Kamiya’s rooster is probably the most famous paper rooster out there and it looks excellent. Rooster, Designed by Satoshi…

Qilin

Incredible Origami Models from Chinese Culture and Mythology

In addition to origami models inspired by Greek mythology and Japanese mythology there’s also some incredible origami inspired by Chinese mythology and culture. The first model this time is this beautiful origami Luosheng, the Goddess of Luo River. Luo Sheng was the daughter of the mythical emperor Mi Xi. She drowned when crossing a river and…

Owl

If You Give a Hoot about Origami then Check Out these Owls

There are definitely a ton of different origami birds out there but since starting this site I’ve been surprised to learn that there’s also a very large amount of different origami owl models and some of them are pretty incredible. This first owl is a pretty simple design but nevertheless it does look pretty fantastic….

Crab

26 Great Origami Models for When You’re Feeling a Bit Crabby

I’ve always thought origami crabs looked pretty cool. With their multiple legs, arms and claws they always look very impressive and difficult to fold although that’s not always the case which is awesome. This post will focus completely on different kinds of origami crabs because believe it or not there actually a ton of different…

Shibaraku

Amazing Origami Models from Japanese Culture and Mythology

Origami might technically not have originally been invented in Japan but Japan definitely made a huge contribution to the art so much that most people think of Japan when it comes to origami. It stands to reason that there would be some amazing looking origami designs based on Japanaese culture and mythology and that’s what…

Anime Character

25 Incredible Japanese Anime Characters in Origami Form

Last Updated September 13, 2016 When I started following a lot of origami artists on sites like Flickr I was quite surprised to see that so many people had developed origami models that were based on characters from Japanese anime. This post is a pretty diverse selection of origami anime characters from a really big…

African Hippo

Origami Safari: 26 Beautiful African Animals Made Out of Paper

Animals are probably the most common thing that people fold out of paper. Rather than just making posts featuring random origami animals I’m going to try to group them together into themes. This post will focus on African animals such as elephants, lions, giraffes and more. There’s a lot of awesome looking origami here so lets…

Nazgul

Fantasy Origami from the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit

The land of Middle Earth created by J.R.R. Tolkien and made famous through the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit books and later movies is full of fantastic characters and creatures. Therefore it makes sense that the origami community has created amazing works of origami based off of this world and it’s inhabitants. The…

Money Horse

22 Awesome Origami Models Folded Using Paper Money

Most traditional origami is done using a single square sheet of paper however certain models require that rectangular sheets of paper with certain proportions are used. Because the paper money of different countries are all different sizes this gives you a bunch of differently shaped rectangles to fold origami out of while also giving you…

Tekken Character

Tekken, Metal Gear, Minecraft and lots more Amazing Video Game Origami

Welcome to our final episode of video game themed origami.  In this post we’ll be covering an assortment of different games starting with this traveller from the incredible game Journey. Journey Traveller, Designed and Folded by Juston Crease Pattern available from Juston’s Flickr   Given the popularity of Minecraft it’s not surprise to find that there…

SNK 2.0

Awesome Origami Versions of League of Legends and DOTA 2 Heroes

Welcome to Part 3 of our video game origami series.  In this post we’ll explore two sort of similar type games League of Legends and DOTA 2. We’ll start off with League of Legends with this awesome origami Cho Gath. Cho Gath, Designed and Folded by Timothy Chang Instructions not available   Timothy Chang has also…

2016 Monkeys

Celebrate Chinese New Year 2016 with these Origami Monkeys

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!  This year is the year of the monkey and what better way to celebrate than by making origami monkeys! A lot of origami artists have folded different origami monkeys and here are some of the best ones I’ve seen starting with this monkey photographed in the wild by Folded Wilderness….

Christmas Tree

This Week in Origami, A Little Bit of Christmas Edition

Welcome to another edition of This Week in Origami featuring some of the best new origami uploaded to the Internet during the past week.  Christmas is almost here and it’s bringing with it a few great Christmas origami models. Let’s get started with this cute little Christmas tree scene by Peter Keller. Bascetta Star, Designed…

Jedi Master Yoda

Star Wars Origami Featuring Clone Troopers, Droids, Yoda and More!

Star Wars the Force Awakens is just a couple of days away so to celebrate that the wait is almost over here’s more Star Wars themed origami! Morisue Kei has designed a ton of excellent Star Wars models including these Clone Trooper helmets. Clone Trooper Helmet, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Eyal Diagrams…

Chicken

This Week in Origami, Everyone’s Folding Chickens Edition

Welcome to another edition of This Week in Origami where we feature some of the best new origami posted on the Internet during the past week. This week a lot of people decided to fold chickens and roosters.  We’ll start with these cute caged chickens by Sebastien Limet. Outdoor, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet Instructions…

Yveltal

Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from Diamond/Pearl, Black/White and X/Y

Welcome to the final edition of our Pokemon origami extravaganza.  This post covers all the Pokemon from the Diamond/Pearl generation, Black/White and X/Y. If you missed our previous posts here they are: Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 1 Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 2…

Suicune

Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from Gold/Silver and Ruby/Sapphire

While the Red and Blue generation of Pokemon is the first generation I played and will always have a special nostalgia factor, Gold and Silver I think were my favourite games. They added a lot of new features and some of my all time favourite Pokemon are from this generation. There’s some great origami Pokemon…