Learning to create origami may seem to be a daunting task but you have probably already created origami and not even realized it at all. There are plenty of things you have probably used in your life, especially as a child, without realizing that in the creation of that item, you were actually practicing the ancient art of paper folding.

The Paper Airplane

Yes, a simple paper airplane is considered origami because it is made from one sheet of paper that is folded over in different ways to make something, in this case, an airplane. Now, while the plane may not look like an actual real plane, it is origami. There are thousands of variations on paper airplanes and if you have even made one, you’ve done origami.

When it comes to origami airplanes, there is a Guinness Book of World Records standing for the longest origami airplane flight. There are also records for the largest origami, smallest origami and there are people all over the world pushing the envelope of origami making designs that grow more and more complex over time.

The Paper Football

Almost everyone has made one of these, especially out of napkins at a restaurant while waiting for your food to keep yourself occupied. This is a very simple fold that takes a piece of paper and turns it into a triangular shape used to play a game. While this may not seem impressive, it is, nonetheless, origami.

Paper Fortune Tellers

These may be better known by younger girls and is also known as a cootie catcher or chatterbox. It’s an origami device used to tell fortunes by children all over the world. It’s actually a rather elaborate piece of origami that can move in different directions using the fingers. Each triangular shape has either a number or color or name on it.

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