In this Chinese New Year crafts tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a turtle 龜 [龟] from Chinese New Year red envelopes (or: Hong Pao, Lai See, Ang Pau, 紅包; there are so many ways to say it). 🙂 If you don’t have red envelopes, you may also cut regular paper to make the…
In this Chinese New Year crafts tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a star lantern from Chinese New Year red envelopes (or: Hong Pao, Lai See, Ang Pau, 紅包; there are so many ways to say it). 🙂 If you don’t have red envelopes, you may also cut regular paper to the appropriate size…
Chinese New Year is almost here! To celebrate the year of the rooster, here is an easy origami / paper rooster tutorial. This easy paper craft is ideal for kids, teachers, classrooms, parents, and homeschooling. It’s quick, fun, and allows for creativity. Plus, it stands, and we all love standing paper models, right? Happy Chinese…
In this tutorial, learn to make a DIY party popper! Pull the end of the popper to create a “pop” sound and an explosion of shredded shiny fun! I used shred in my confetti popper, but you can use confetti, ribbon, sequins, and even glitter to make a glitter bomb! You’ll need a toilet paper…
This paper crafts tutorial will show you how to make a paper gift box, or origami box. This is a creative DIY idea to wrap presents with. The gift box collapses and expands, and is held together with ribbon or string. I tied a bow at the top of the paper gift box to seal…
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make paper lanterns from Chinese New Year red envelopes (or: Hong Pao, Lai See, Ang Pau, 紅包; there are so many ways to say it). 🙂 Use regular paper cut to size to create paper lanterns appropriate all year round, especially since summer is rolling along. Tape…
This is a tutorial for the CHINESE NEW YEAR RED PACKET FOR MONKEY YEAR 2016 (猴年紅包). In this origami tutorial, I’ll show you how to fold a paper monkey envelope that is the perfect for the Lunar New Year 2016! This origami monkey envelope can also be a “Red Envelope Packet” to store lucky money.…
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to fold an origami monkey face, a fun paper craft for kids. This origami monkey face requires 1 square sheet of paper. I used a 3″ x 3″ square sheet of origami paper that is colored on one side, and white on the other side. Design & Tutorial…
In this video, I’ll teach you how to make a paper fish from Red Envelopes / Hong Pao / Lai See / Ang Pau / 紅包 (so many ways to spell it, haha). All is requires is one red envelope, a pair of scissors, and a stapler with staples to secure the tail. You can…
I’ve been meaning to do a tutorial for an origami lotus for a while now. Finally got to it, yay! It’s super pretty and much easier than it looks. It also doesn’t take too much time since the folds are relatively simple. I’m not sure if it floats or not. Will have to test it…