Instructions for Making Origami Polyhedra
Instructions for Making Other Origami Figures
Mathematics in Origami
Using Origami to Teach Standard Mathematics Topics
Origami as a Field of Mathematics
Applications of Mathematical Origami
History of the Sonobe Module

Instructions for Making Other Origami Figures

• The orizuru, or crane, is one of the classic folds in origami. The Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Film Project web page has folding instructions for making paper cranes.
• Tying a simple overhand knot in a strip of paper results in a perfectly regular pentagon, as Alexander Bogomolny proves on his web page. Meenakshi Mukerji gives directions for using this fact to create lucky stars.
• Making origami figures that look like something is nice, but it can be very satisfying to contemplate the beauty of folded paper in an abstract design. Paul Haeberli's web page offers a lesson in abstract origami sculpture. His interview with David Huffman shows how to create sculptures with curved folds and geometric paper folding.
• Alex Bateman's origami page offers lessons and free software for making origami tessellations. He also includes tessellated templates that you can copy onto thin paper and fold.
• The Origami Resource Center offers free folding instructions and lots of information about folding simple figures and tessellations.
• Origami USA also has a number of folding instructions for beginning folders. My personal favorite for beginning folders is the jumping frog that actually jumps! More advanced folders might like to try the butterfly.
• Glenda Scott's Fabric Origami web page features folding instructions for many origami boxes and ornaments.
• Helena Verrill gives instructions for creating an origami hyperbolic parabola.

This work placed into the public domain by the Riverbend Community Math Center.