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(Formerly "Jasper's Guide to Paperfolding Instructions on the Web".)
If you follow along with these handy guides,
you can make your own beautiful models in just a few minutes.

Simple Models

Pureland Skills: Valley fold, mountain fold, turn over, rotate,
book fold, pleat, radial pleat, cupboard fold, blintz fold.
Simple Skills: Inside reverse fold, outside reverse fold, prayer fold, waterbomb base, preliminary fold.

LEFT: The pirate takes 1-3 minutes. (Presented by John Smith.)
(It is not meant to turn out the same way twice.)
CENTER: This simple heart takes 2-4 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Francis Ow.)
RIGHT: The dollar bill valentine takes 2-5 minutes. (Presented by Clay Randall.)

LEFT: This jumping frog takes 2-5 minutes. (Presented by Sandra Loosemore.)
CEN. LT.: The pleated egg-crate takes 5-10 minutes. (Published by Grafica Obscura.)
CEN. RT.: The traditional shuriken is a two-piece throwing star. It takes 2-10 minutes. (Presented by FOLDS.NET.)
RIGHT: The egress is a dollar bill door. It takes 5-10 minutes. (Presented by FOLDS.NET.)

Low-Intermediate Models

Low-Intermediate Skills: Squash fold, petal fold, bird base, frog base, rabbit ear, kite base.

LEFT: This heart badge takes 1-3 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Francis Ow.)
CEN. LT.: The heart with stand takes 5-10 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Francis Ow.)
CEN. RT.: The traditional bow-tie takes 3-10 minutes. (Presented by FOLDS.NET.)
RIGHT: The Jack-O-Lantern takes 5-10 minutes. (Designed by Louise Cooper.
Diagrams by Terry Hall, Phyllis Snyder, and Jasper Paulsen. Presented by FOLDS.NET.)

LEFT: The pocket heart takes 3-5 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CEN. LT.: The crane takes 3-10 minutes. (Presented by NetGuides.)
CENTER: The lover's ring takes 4-8 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Francis Ow. Hosted by bilet.go.ro)
CEN. RT.: The dollar bill bow-tie takes 3-6 minutes. (Presented by Clay Randall .)
RIGHT: The yakko takes 3-10 minutes. (Also presented by NetGuides.)

LEFT: The panda takes 5-10 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CENTER: The puffin takes 10-20 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
RIGHT: The sloth takes 15-25 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)

Intermediate Models

Intermediate Skills: Crimp, swivel fold, spread-squash, pentagon.

LEFT: The seahorse takes 5-10 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CEN. LT.: The "Prize Heart" takes 6-15 minutes. (Designed by Ian Mitchell.
Presented by the Centro Diffusione Origami.)
CEN. RT.: The clam takes 5-10 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
RIGHT: Nessie takes 10-20 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)

LEFT: The owl takes 6-12 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CEN. LT.: The dragonfly takes 7-15 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CEN. RT.: Frans Faase has text-only instructions for this cube.
(The cube takes 5-20 minutes, if you label all 16 key points on your square.)
RIGHT: The horseshoe crab takes 10-20 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)

LEFT: Jasper's Box takes 10-20 minutes. (Presented by FOLDS.NET.)
CEN. LT.: The proud dragon takes 15-30 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CEN. RT.: The crowned crane takes 20-30 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
RIGHT: The 4-Leaf Clover takes 20-40 minutes. (Designed by Marie Tessier.
Diagrams by Marie Tessier and Jasper Paulsen. Presented by FOLDS.NET.)

High-Intermediate Models

High-Intermediate Skills: Stretched bird base, open-sink, open double-sink, closed sink.

LEFT: The running rabbit takes 12-25 minutes. (Designed and diagrammed by Anita Barbour.)
CEN. LT.: Jasper's Star takes 20-40 minutes. (Presented by FOLDS.NET.)
CEN. & CEN. RT: The cherry blossom takes 20-40 minutes. (Dedicated to Cherry Ogata.)
RIGHT: Marie's Rose takes 30-60 minutes. (Designed by Marie Tessier.
Diagrams by Jasper Paulsen. Presented by FOLDS.NET.)

Complex Models

Complex Skills: Closed unsink.

LEFT: Eeyore takes 30-60 minutes.
(Designed by Y. Greenberg, and presented by FOLDS.NET.)
RIGHT: Robert Lang's praying mantis takes 2-4 hours.

More Models

Are you looking for on-line (browsable) diagrams and folding instructions?

The Origami Sociëteit Nederland's archives include the PostScript Diagram Archives.
Francis Ow has created many heart, modular, and geometric models.
Anita Barbour has created many intermediate animals, including Winnie-the-Pooh and friends!
Alex Bateman's Origami Page.
Clay Randall's dollar bill folds.
The British Origami Society has text-only folding instructions.

Are you looking for help with a diagram?
Some diagrams have errors. There is an on-line list of corrections.

Techniques

The following methods are used over and over again in many different models.

LEFT: The rectangular valley fold is the simplest fold.
CEN. LEFT: The diagonal valley fold.
CEN. RIGHT: The mountain fold is an upside down valley fold.
RIGHT: The waterbomb base is an inside-out preliminary fold.

For Your Amusement: Some Origami Jokes

LEFT: If only the rabbit were as easy as the "instructions" say it is...
(Designed by Fred Rohm, and presented by Richard Clegg.)
CENTER: The emperor's new clothes take no time at all to fold.
(Exclusive to FOLDS.NET: You just can't see them anywhere else ;-)
RIGHT: The level minus one Menger Sponge also takes no time at all;-)

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