The Origami Giftbox: Tools, Techniques, and Materials -- Everything You Need to Start Folding Today

The perfect beginner's kit for the ancient art of origami.

This handsome box contains everything needed to get started in the popular craft of paper folding. A handy bone folder and 20 sheets of decorative origami papers are beautifully presented in a giftbox, together with a 64-page guide to making 22 imaginative origami creations.

The core origami techniques, from the most basic mountain and valley creases to more complex folds, are explained clearly with step-by-step illustrations. The author describes in detail how to work with origami paper to make classic origami bases. He also explains origami symbols such as "inflate" and "X-ray."

With this knowledge, the folder can easily follow the instructions for the 30 origami projects in this book, which include:

• Waterbomb fish
• CD cover
• Classic dart
• Rhombic unit
• Working cup
• Six-leafed iris
• Dog
• Jet plane
• Gondola

With this new kit, beginners of all ages will get a head start on this engaging handcraft.