Amazing Origami

Learn the pocket fold: a mountain fold in the middle plus two flat folds at the edges. Read the symbol and follow 5 simple steps with photos.

Learn the pleat fold and crimp fold in 6 easy steps. The two origami basics behind snakes, worms and fans, explained with photos.

The squash fold is an easy origami technique: lift a flap, press it flat, done. Learn it in 3 simple steps with photos.

The outside reverse fold is an easy origami technique for shaping heads and tails. Follow 8 simple steps with photos to master this basic fold.

Learn the mountain fold and valley fold - the two basic folds every origami crease is built on, with step-by-step photos and simple diagrams.

Where did origami really begin? Archaeological finds and classical records trace the art of paper folding back to ancient China, long before it reached Japan and the West.

This slightly less common Petal Fold variation - the shape used in the Frog Base - in six clear steps from a Square Base.

Learn the inside reverse fold twice in one model - once for a bird's beak, once for an animal's tail, in nine clear steps.

Learn the crimp: a fold like a pleat but made on the outside of the paper - four easy steps starting from a square sheet.

Learn the stair fold, the technique for dividing paper into five equal parts, in ten exact measuring steps with photo guidance.

Learn the pleat, a two-crease fold that makes a Z-shaped zigzag in the paper - one of the simplest folds in origami.

A quick two-photo overview of origami's two basic folds: the mountain fold (paper bent down) and the valley fold (paper bent up).

Learn the swivel fold - a close cousin of the petal fold - in four photo-illustrated steps, starting from a square base with one squash-folded flap.

A quick three-step guide to the outside reverse fold, the fold that wraps paper outward to shape bird heads and animal feet or tails.

Learn the reverse swivel-fold, the mirror image of the swivel-fold technique, in six photo-illustrated steps - fold a valley, unfold it, then add a mountain and a flat fold.

Learn to read the two crease symbols found in every origami diagram - the valley fold (black dashed line) and the mountain fold (red dash-dot line) - in five easy steps.

Learn the origami square base - a named starting point behind countless models. Pre-crease the diagonals and edges, then collapse the square into its layered form in four steps.

The kite fold is one of origami's simplest moves - three folds turn a square into a kite shape. Learn how to bring diagonal edges to a central crease in six quick steps.

The swivel fold creates an asymmetric squash fold by pivoting one side of the paper around a point. Learn this valley-mountain-flat combination in six easy steps.

Shape a crisp beak for your money-folding birds. This six-step guide shows how the bird beak fold works on almost any bill.