How to do Origami

There is just not enough clear and concise instructions available for beginners that want learn how to do origami.

I am an avid student of origami. I love learning new techniques and different uses of origami.

The most important place to start is to learn how to do the basic folds and origami directions.

Once you have learn the basics of how to do origami you can start to tackle interesting projects like money folding, paper note folding and plane folding. You even get an origami calendar that gives you one piece to fold everyday. You can use origami techniques to promote a product of yours that makes you stand out and that people will start identifying you with.

Origami plays a very important role in science today, especially in the field of physics and aerodynamics. Did you know that there is no difference between the flight principles of real planes and paper planes?

There is an annual world competition in Japan, where students come from all over the world to see whose origami plane can stay the longest in air. The goal of the competition is to promote science (physics and aerodynamics) to young children through the use origami paper plane folding. This reminds me of the when I used to fold paper planes as a toddler, unaware of the fact that I was already doing origami at an early age.

The longest flying time for a paper plane is currently a staggering 22.48 seconds. Very impressive!

The two most famous paper airplane styles are the Sky King and Heso-Plane with the Sky King model being able to stay the longest in air. Don't panic. This is probably not something that you will start out with as a beginner. I wanted to make you aware what you can do with origami.

The best way to learn the basics of origami is to get the book "Easy Origami" by John Montroll. This book will show you how to do origami in the quickest possible way and focuses on the basic folding techniques. I hope to share with you all that I have learned about how to do origami. So pick up that piece of paper and start folding!