Holidays are some of the most creative times of the year. Young artists often want to celebrate using their creations. This high-interest book will allow readers and artists alike to start their festivities with the Japanese paper folding art of origami. Cute Easter chicks, spooky Halloween skulls, and clever Christmas stockings are some of the inventive projects they'll want to try. They'll learn the basic folds and techniques of paper folding and build upon their skills until they can complete the most challenging project. Origami is for everyone!

Holiday stories are used to help demonstrate how to do nine different origami projects; includes activities for Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

By following the instructions in this book, readers could have the best-wrapped Christmas presents in their family! A colorful gift box and gift bow are just two of the origami projects included in this fun crafting title. In addition to clear step-by-step instructions for each craft, this book includes fun facts about the history of Christmas and how its symbols are part of celebrations today. Full-color photographs show readers what the origami Santa hat, snowman, or star will look like once they've completed the project, helping prepare them for the most wonderful time of the year!

Turkeys, pumpkins, and apples are common sights on many Thanksgiving dinner tables, and they’re also fun things to make with paper! In this guide to Thanksgiving origami, readers are presented with cool crafts to make by folding paper—from a Pilgrim to an ear of Thanksgiving corn. Clear steps, visual examples, materials lists, and useful tips help readers master each project. Along the way, historical information and other fun facts give readers more insight into the story of Thanksgiving. The encouraging tone takes the stress out of crafts, creating an experience readers are sure to be thankful for.

With step-by-step diagrams, this book presents projects, such as Santas and snowmen for Christmas, a dreidel for Hanukkah, hearts and paper candy for Valentine's Day, an Easter bunny, and ghosts and witches for Halloween.

Origami is a Japanese art that’s been practiced for hundreds of years. Origami figures, such as paper cranes, windmills, and butterflies, are known throughout the world. Readers learn to make these traditional origami projects and more as they follow sets of simple instructions accompanied by helpful visual aids. Each step in the process is clearly presented to readers, and each finished product is shown to them in colorful detail. Along the way, readers discover fun facts about each piece of traditional origami, learning about Japanese history and culture in a creative way.

Describes and illustrates the basic folds of origami, and features step-by-step instructions for eighteen simple origami projects. Includes a packet of paper.

Easter usually happens right at the beginning of spring. Flowers are just beginning to bloom, grass and trees start to get greener, and baby animals are just about ready to be born. The beauty of spring and the historic Christian meaning of Easter make wonderful origami projects for readers to try! Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs guide them through each fold of little Easter bunnies, egg baskets, and spring flowers. Fact boxes add interesting information about Easter's origins and symbols as readers create them to decorate their home for the holiday.

Even though for many kids Halloween is most associated with trick-or-treating, this holiday hasn't always been about candy! In fact, it's a very old holiday, and a lot of its traditions have lasted many years. Readers will enjoy learning about Halloween's roots while making origami projects to decorate for today's celebrations. A ghost, witch's hat, bat, and jack -o'-lantern are just some of the great paper-folding crafts readers can try by following clear, concise instructions. Full-color photographs guide them through each step and show off the spooky, completed origami!

Diwali is the Hindu festival of light and the start to the new year, so there's a lot to celebrate! Origami lamps and lanterns would fit right in with other decorations for Diwali, as lamps are put out to welcome the dead back to their families. Readers can find out all about other traditional Diwali celebrations through fact boxes as they learn to fold a coin purse, flowers for garlands, a vase, and more. A step-by-step guide aids readers through each origami project, including full-color photographs of each step.