Print and fold a Vampire Bat for Halloween!
Easy Butterfly OrigamiMy new book, Easy Butterfly Origami features 30 bold full-color patterns designed to accurately portray the dorsal and ventral sides of some of the most beautiful butterflies from around the world!
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Vampire Bat Origami
Print and fold a Vampire Bat for Halloween!
1. Print and cut out Vampire Bat Origami.
2. With printed side facing down, fold in half along diagonal line, as shown.
3. Fold down along Line A as shown.
4. Fold up along Line B as shown.
5. Fold down along Line C as shown, to reveal bat's head.
6. Fold wing back along diagonal line as shown, to reveal bat's ear, as shown.
7. Fold wing forward along diagonal line. You should be able to see both the bat's ear and its arm.
8. Repeat on other side.
10. Your Vampire Bat Origami is ready to fly!
©2011 Tammy Yee. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission.
1. Print and cut out Vampire Bat Origami.
2. With printed side facing down, fold in half along diagonal line, as shown.
8. Repeat on other side.
9. Crease back and forth along bat's fingers to create "accordion folds" as shown.
©2011 Tammy Yee. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission.
Conservation Success...Kakapo Baby Boom!
Finished my Kakapo origami for my upcoming book, "Easy Bird Origami," in time to learn of successful conservation efforts in New Zealand! There are only 125 Kakapos in the wild--thanks to an intensive breeding program, 33 fluffy chicks have hatched this season. Go Kakapo! http://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/success-stories/baby-boom-for-one-of-the-worlds-rarest-parrots
Monarch Butterfly
No single butterfly survives the journey. Instead, it takes four generations of butterflies to travel south to southern California and Mexico to winter in warmer climates. There, they roost by the thousands, sometimes covering trees. In the spring, they begin the long migration back up to the United States and Canada.
The monarch butterfly is the official state butterfly of Alabama, Minnesota, Vermont and West Virginia.
Print and Fold a Monarch Butterfly Origami:
Difficulty: Easy
Directions: Follow the same directions as below.
2a. With printed side facing down,
2b. Fold in half along diagonal line.
2c. Unfold and repeat the diagonal fold on other side.
3a. With printed side facing up,
3b. Fold in half along horizontal line.
3c. Unfold. Your paper should be creased as illustrated.
4. Carefully fold along creases, forming a "tent" as illustrated.
5a. Fold the right "tent" corner up along line A, as illustrated.
5b. Fold the left "tent" corner up along line B, as illustrated.
5b. Fold the left "tent" corner up along line B, as illustrated.
6a. Turn butterfly over, printed side down.
6b. Fold down along line C.
6c. Pinch or crease in center as illustrated.
6b. Fold down along line C.
6c. Pinch or crease in center as illustrated.
Your monarch butterfly is ready to fly!
©2010 Tammy Yee
All rights reserved.
All rights reserved.
McCully-Moiliili Library Mele Hua Author Event
Stop by and say hello at the McCully-Moiliili Library Mele Hua Author Event!
Saturday, May 21, 10am-2pm.
I'll be signing books, too!
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Friends of the Library.
Free Animated GIFs
Perusing through my old files, I found some crude, early GIFs...It's like opening a time capsule! Feel free to use them.
OCTOBER 31: Halloween Crafts, Origami and Fun Facts
What is it about this spooky holiday that inspires us to dress up as witches, ghouls and zombies? Americans love Halloween so much, we spend 2 billion dollars a year on costumes, candy and decorations, making it the second highest grossing holiday (after Christmas, of course).
And what about those crazy giant pumpkins, like the 1,500 pound monster grown by Jake van Kooten of British Columbia, who won $9,000 at California's Elk Grove Giant Pumpkin Harvest and Festival? Did he really ship his pumpkin all the way from Canada to California?
If Mr. Kooten's prize money doesn't cover shipping his gourd back to British Columbia, then perhaps he can paddle his pumpkin home, like the good folks at the world's largest pumpkin boat race at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival in Germany. Every year enthusiasts don their pumpkin hats and paddle across the moat of a 17th Century castle in 200lb hollowed-out gourds. Between races, visitors can check out the 450 varieties of pumpkins, admire the pumpkin sculptures, and partake in pumpkin pies, stews and curries. Yum. A boat you can eat.
History of Halloween
Save on Halloween decorations with these fun, printable Halloween origami and crafts.
©2015 Tammy Yee
If Mr. Kooten's prize money doesn't cover shipping his gourd back to British Columbia, then perhaps he can paddle his pumpkin home, like the good folks at the world's largest pumpkin boat race at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival in Germany. Every year enthusiasts don their pumpkin hats and paddle across the moat of a 17th Century castle in 200lb hollowed-out gourds. Between races, visitors can check out the 450 varieties of pumpkins, admire the pumpkin sculptures, and partake in pumpkin pies, stews and curries. Yum. A boat you can eat.
History of Halloween
Unnaturally large squashes aside, Halloween dates back some 2,000 years and in its current form is a mishmash of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals, and of course, modern commercialism. Long before Walmart, October 31 marked the Celtic holiday of Samhain, a harvest festival observing the end of summer, when ancient Celts disguised themselves in costumes and masks and lit bonfires to ward off evil spirits. The harvest holiday was especially important because it marked the seasonal transition between the warm "lighter half" of the year, or the growing season, and the cold, dreary "darker half". This transition from a time of bounty to impending austerity extended into the spiritual world; it was believed that the boundaries between the living and the "otherworld" became especially thin, allowing the dead to pass over into this world.
Samhain and its pagan rituals, and some elements of the Roman festival of Feralia, which honored the dead, became integrated into All Saint's Day and all Soul's Day. In medieval Ireland and Britain, the poor would go from door to door asking for food in return for prayers for the dead, giving rise to "guising", a tradition in which Scottish and Irish children disguised themselves in costumes and went door to door requesting food and coins.
Save on Halloween decorations with these fun, printable Halloween origami and crafts.
©2015 Tammy Yee
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