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Tag: origami

Troxes

Kickstarter Alert: Troxes—Origami Building Blocks

May 18, 2017December 13, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

Here’s a Kickstarter project that was pitched to me as “Origami meets LEGO”: Troxes are paper forms that you can use to assemble solid shapes that then interlock with each other.

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Make and Move Animals

Stack Overflow: Arts & Crafts

March 7, 2016December 14, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

Today’s Stack Overflow is all about arts and crafts: coloring books, dot-to-dot books, and other fun activities. Over the past few months I’ve gotten a flood of coloring books, many of them designed for adults. If you’ve visited a bookstore or even an art supplies store lately, you’ve probably seen them: mandalas, cityscapes, animals, and […]

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Geeky Valentine's Day DIY Gifts

January 21, 2016Tesla Doty

Want to give your sweetheart something totally awesome, unique, and affordable? Check out these do-it-yourself geeky valentine’s gifts! From cards to decor, there’s a project for everyone!

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Make Paper Folding Your Superpower With ‘DC Super Heroes Origami’

October 2, 2015Kelly Knox

There’s something a little bit magical about turning a piece of paper into a crane, bear, or dragon through the practice of origami. But turning a piece of paper into Batman? That’s being a flat-out origami superhero.

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Daily #DadJoke for August 25, 2015

August 25, 2015Judd Schorr

My cousin started an origami business…

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Daily #DadJoke for June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015Judd Schorr

There were several Japanese banks that had difficulty this past week…

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Math: All You Need Is Games

May 5, 2015Rebecca Angel2

When math is just a part of the fun, learning is fun too!

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Folding A Galaxy Far, Far Away With Star Wars Origami

September 24, 2012Ruth Suehle

Fold all your favorite ships and characters with Star Wars Origami: 36 Amazing Paper-folding Projects from a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

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Catch up on Origami Yoda’s Adventures in Darth Paper Strikes Back Before the Fortune Wookiee Comes

April 26, 2012Ruth Suehle2

If you have young Star Wars fans in your house, and they haven’t read Tom Angelberger’s pair of origami-novel love letters to the franchise, I highly recommend you pick them both up now. And if you don’t have young Star Wars fans, but you are yourself perhaps a less-young Star Wars fan, you’ll enjoy them […]

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OCD Geek: Things To Do With Empty Crisp Packets (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)

August 6, 2011Admin

I have a problem: I have a mild case of OCD, causing me to hate untidiness. This is obviously a much bigger problem with little nippers running around constantly leaving clothes lying about and never putting toys away when they’ve …

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OCD Geek: Things To Do With Empty Crisp Packets

July 31, 2011Nathan Barry

The pentagon For the pentagon, you’ll need the thinner, longer starting point again, so fold the edges of your packet into the middle and then fold it half again. (this was a ‘family’ bag, so it will end up bigger …

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OMGami! Awesome Origami by Brian Chan

January 8, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

Brian Chan of the MIT Hobby Shop can fold a pretty mean square of paper. He has a lot of intricate insect origami on his website, but what caught my eye especially were some of his geeky designs, like this …

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Haiku Meets Origami Meets Gaming

February 2, 2010Andy Robertson

Maybe it’s my parenting instinct to try and get the best out of my writers, like I do my kids, but I’ve really enjoyed sharing their talents with a wider audience (the writers rather than the kids) Whereas I restrain …

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