Easy Origami with Eleni: Master the Basics of Paper Folding

Learn to create valley folds and mountain folds in origami by folding paper with the color side up and then the white side up, unfolding to reveal each form.

Learn to make your first origami flower by practicing mountain and valley folds, corner-to-corner folds, rotating the paper, marking a fold as an anchor, and shaping the petals.

Learn to perform inside and outside reverse folds, from precreasing and creasing to tucking the tip, refining speed and neatness for origami models.

Learn to fold a leaf for a flower using a kite base, mountain folds, and inside reverse folds. Attach the stem with glue to complete your first origami model.

Explore essential origami tools, including a bone folder for creasing and scoring, a gel pen for decorating, scissors for cutting, and your hands for folding versatile paper models.

Learn to use a bone folder to score and crease paper for sharper folds. See how scoring with a ruler and folding away from the score creates neat, layered creases.

Master origami folding with tips like folding away from yourself, anchoring folds, and keeping space to align perpendicular creases for clean bird bases and inside reverse folds.

Explore essential origami bases as foundations for many models, including helmet, water bomb, kite, bird, square, cupboard, and blintz bases, unlocking versatile folding possibilities.

Master two simple origami models: the drinking cup and its transformation into a cowboy hat, with easy folding steps. Build beginner-friendly origami skills with clear instructions.

Learn to fold a traditional paper hat that fits a human head using a large sheet of paper, practicing hamburger and hotdog folds and the final open-flap step.

Learn to make a paper banger from printer paper by folding in half, corners to middle, then folding each point to the middle line and snapping to produce a bang.

Learn to fold a traditional origami heart from a single sheet, using squash folds and precise edges to create a gift-ready decoration for cards and decor.

Learn to fold a masu box from a blintz base, shaping a small box with a lid, using precise creases and edge folds to create a three-dimensional, lockable container.

Learn to make an easy origami parrot using scissors to cut and optional pen for eyes, folding corners, feet, wings, head and beak with reverse folds.

Learn to fold an origami sailboat that stands on a table, starting with color side up, using diagonal folds, inner reverse folds, and a pocket tuck to form sails.

Learn to fold a jumping frog with origami, starting with the white side up, making creases, folding edges to the middle, collapsing layers, and pressing to make it jump.

Learn how to make a cupboard base using a folding technique, starting with white side up, creating a book base, then folding edges to the middle and rotating to repeat.

Learn to fold two contrasting papers into a cupboard-based base and mirrored ninja star, then tuck points to form a complete throwing ninja star.

Learn to form the origami kite base by folding a square diagonally, rotating 90 degrees, and bringing both sides to the center to create a sharp bottom point.

Learn to make a tree with a kite base, folds from the white side up, and a trunk formed by a top-layer fold for a forest or holiday tree.

Learn to fold a simple origami swan using a kite base, edge-to-middle folds, an outside reverse fold for the head and neck, and a final mountain fold for the body.

Learn to fold a simple origami peacock from a kite base, then shape the neck and head with inside reverse folds to make a standing bird.

Learn to fold origami using a kite base from paper with scissors to create a cute bunny rabbit, shaping ears, tail, and feet through careful creasing and folding.

Learn to build a bird origami from a kite base, using inside and outside reverse folds, legs, feet, and a tail to create a standing model.

Learn to fold an origami elephant from a kite base, perform valley and mountain folds, then execute inside reverse folds to shape the trunk and ears.

Learn to build a helmet base in origami by folding diagonally, rotating for a better angle, creasing the lines, folding in half, and securing the folds with precise creases.

Learn to make a cat or dog finger puppet through easy origami. Build a helmet base, fold to create ears, shape the face, and finish with a finger pocket.

Learn to craft an easy cicada origami by building a helmet base from corner to corner folds. Fold to the top point, crease well, and shape the wings.

Learn to make a traditional samurai helmet using an origami base, mountain and valley folds, and squash and reverse folds to finish and customize the look.

Learn to fold a goldfish in origami using an outside reverse fold, building on the samurai helmet from the video with precise folding and cutting steps to complete the model.

Learn to create a blintz base, or cushion base, in origami by folding sides to the center or corners to the center to form a symmetrical four-corner fold.

Learn to make a snapper toy by folding a blintz base twice, creasing corners to the middle and along diagonals, then rotating 90 degrees, shaping, and snapping.

Learn to make a square base in origami, opposite of a water bomb base, by folding in half in both directions, rotating, flipping, folding corners, and collapsing to form base.

Learn to fold an origami star box from a square base, using squash folds and symmetrical folds to create a finished box that you can fill with small items.

Learn to construct the waterbomb base in origami by folding diagonals, collapsing into a star, and flattening folds to shape the waterbomb.

Master the waterbomb origami by forming the waterbomb base, performing valley and mountain folds, tucking flaps into pockets, and inflating into a balloon cube.