Welcome to the world of your favorite teddy-bears and their friends. Follow the instructions, and, using unique flat circular origami technique, fold Teddy Floppy-ear, Paddington and Winnie the Pooh as well as Eeyore, Tiger, Kanga and Roo. Create compositions depicting heroes of your childhood and their various adventures and arrange some of them into paper theatre.
ABC of Origami is a book series that will introduce the art of paper folding to your child. It consists of more than ten books about folding origami from different shapes - circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and cut circular sheets, published as far mainly in Polish.
The author of books, Dorota Dziamska, is an experienced pedagogue and promoter of the art of origami. She runs an educational center in Poznan. She popularizes the art of origami in Poland and abroad as a way of supporting the child and youth development.
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Co ver design by Be ata Ku le sza -Da ma ziak
Photography by Nor bert Pi wo war czyk
Gra phics pro ject by Ka ran dasz
English translation by Ju lia Ba ran
Edited in English by B.A. Lato
Co py ri ght © by Do ro ta Dziam ska 2005, 2012
Co py ri ght © by Wydawnictwo BIS 2005, 2012
First published in Polish language under the title „Przygody papierowych misiów”
ISBN 978-83-7551-297-7
Wydawnictwo BIS
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Prefa ce
Ted dy be ars are one of our
most fa vo ri te toys. Pro ba bly
eve ry one of us used to
ha ve his or her be lo ved
cud dly toy, and they we re
in se pa ra ble. No won der
that ted dy be ars are ma in
cha rac ters of nu me ro us
bo oks, per for man ces and
mo vies; they al so in spi re
ori ga mi hob by ists.
Al most eve ry pa per fol ding
tech ni que pro vi des you
with ma ny dif fe rent mo dels
of be ars. The sim plest ones
can be fol ded from circ les.
You will find them in this
bo ok.
You will turn the ad ven tu res
of Ted dy Flop py -ear,
Win nie the Po oh or
Pad ding ton in to be au ti ful
com po si tions your self just
by using flat cir cu lar ori ga mi
tech ni que. The other bo oks
in „ABC of Ori ga mi” se ries
ma ke you fa mi liar with
va rio us po ssi bi li ties of pa per
fol ding star ting with dif fe rent
sha pes. In so me of our
cre ations we will use the
usu al ly flat back gro und as
a rec tan gle star ting sha pe
and fold it in to a sim ple
ori ga mi mo del. Ho we ver
the le ading tech ni que we
will use to fold be ars and
the ir friends is cir cu lar
ori ga mi. The bo ok pre sents
you with the most ba sic
and easiest folds, but al so
with so me mo re
com pli ca ted ones.
We will start from the
sim plest mo dels, in spi red
by a Po lish ani ma ted se ries
Ad ven tu res of Ted dy
Flop py -ear. Then we will
cre ate a lit tle bit mo re
dif fi cult mo dels of the
fa mo us Pad ding ton Be ar.
Fi nal ly we will the try to
fold com pli ca ted mul ti -pie ce
com po si tions sho wing
cha rac ters from Win nie the
Po oh sto ries.
I as su me that you al re ady
ha ve so me pre vio us
know led ge of ori ga mi and
you are fa mi liar with ba sic
ori ga mi terms and
tech ni qu es, so I didn’t
expla in them in de ta ils in
this bo ok. I en co ura ge you
to ma ke your own mo ves
and im pro ve mo dels
ac cor ding to your ta ste.
As a star ting form we will
use not on ly circ les, but in
so me mo dels al so
rec tan gles. They will add
a three -di men sio nal
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cha rac ter to your mo dels.
When you will le arn how to
fold a three -di men sio nal
back gro und, you will be
able to cre ate dy na mi cal
com po si tions de scri bed by
my pu pils as pa per the atre.
May be then you will fe el
li ke explo ring the other
bo oks of „ABC of Ori ga mi”
se ries and cre ating a pa per
the atre ba sed on ad ven tu res
of Har ry Pot ter or Pip pi
Long stoc king? Or may be
you will in vent your own
com po si tions de pic ting
your fa vo ri te fa iry -ta les or
mo vies? I am co nvin ced
you are al re ady able to
do this and your he ad is full
of won der ful ide as! I ho pe
play ing with co lor ful circ les
will be both fun and
in spi ra tion for you.
En joy your fol ding!
Origami sym bols
The li ne in di ca tes pla ce of fol ding.
This li ne me ans con ca ve pla ce of fol ding – val ley fold.
This li ne me ans co nvex pla ce of fol ding – mo un ta in fold.
The ar row in di ca tes di rec tion of fol ding.
A solid ar ro whe ad. Fold the vi si ble si de of a model or put one model
over another one at the vi si ble si de.
A hollow ar ro whe ad. Fold the in vi si ble si de of a model.
A hol low ar ro whe ad with a do uble li ne. If it in di ca tes the in ner si de of
a mo del, put the fol ded part of she et in to your mo del, eg. in to
a pre vio usly cre ated po cket. If it in di ca tes the outer si de of a mo del, pull
out, crimp out si de.
An ar row with two solid ar ro whe ads. Fold and unfold.
An ar row with lo op. Turn the model over to see its hidden.
Blow air into the model.
Scale increase.
Glue this part of pa per.
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TEDDY FLOPPY-EAR
Teddy Floppy-ear
Pre pa re 22 circ les
11 brown ones (2 x ø 57 mm, 3 x ø 47 mm, 6 x ø 20 mm),
8 gray ones (1 x ø 57 mm, 5 x ø 30 mm, 2 x ø 20 mm),
3 pieces of confetti.
• Use circles without creases to create the head, muzzle and the ri ght ear.
• Use circles folded in half to create the collar, both feet and hands.
Shirt
Shorts / sle eves
Legs / paws
Floppy ear
8
TEDDY FLOPPY-EAR
Teddy Floppy-ear sitting
Pre pa re 22 circ les
11 brown ones (3 x ø 57 mm, 2 x ø 47 mm, 4 x ø 30 mm,
2 x ø 20 mm),
7 pink ones (1 x ø 57 mm, 4 x ø 30 mm, 2 x ø 20 mm),
1 gray one ø 30 mm,
3 pieces of confetti.
• Form bear’s head, legs, shorts, sleeves, paws and collar following the instructions from
page 8.
• The way of forming the shirt slightly differs this time.
Shirt
Arm
• Arms of be ar sli gh tly nar ro wed.
10
TEDDY FLOPPY-EAR
Portrait of the helper
bear
Pre pa re 14 circ les
3 brown ones (1 x ø 100 mm, 2 x ø 47 mm),
1 blue one ø 100 mm,
4 gray ones (1 x ø 47 mm, 3 x ø 30 mm),
3 black ones ø 20 mm,
2 whi te ones ø 20 mm,
1 red one ø 30 mm.
Ear
• Use circles folded in half to create the mouth and pupils.
Cap
12
Be ar’s eye
TEDDY FLOPPY-EAR
Teddy Floppy-ear
un der um brel la
Pre pa re 22 circ les
4 blue ones (2 x ø 100 mm, 2 x ø 57 mm),
7 brown ones (2 x ø 57 mm, 1 x ø 47 mm, 2 x ø 30 mm,
2 x ø 20 mm),
4 yel low ones ø 30 mm,
1 whi te one ø 47 mm,
6 black ones ø 20 mm.
Shirt
Col lar
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Co at with col lar
Sle eve
• Use circles folded in half to create the umbrella, its handle, bear’s hands, legs and
wellingtons.
Han dle of um brel la
Ear
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TEDDY FLOPPY-EAR
Bim -Bam -Bom Pup pet
Pre pa re 30 circ les
2 li ght gre en ones (2 x ø 100 mm),
7 spot ted dark gre en ones (3 x ø 57 mm, 4 x ø 47 mm),
1 oran ge one ø 57 mm,
12 red ones (6 x ø 30 mm, 4 x ø 20 mm, 2 pieces of confetti),
5 gre en ones ø 30 mm,
3 whi te ones (1 x ø 30 mm, 2 x ø 20 mm).
• Use circles without creases to create the head, nose buttons and pu pil.
• Use circles folded in half to create hair, parts of cap and collar, overall, arms and legs.
Parts of cap
Hair
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Overall
Mo uth
Ey es
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TEDDY FLOPPY-EAR
Teddy Floppy-ear
enters the fo rest
Pre pa re 29 circ les
4 gre en ones (2 x ø 100 mm, 1 x ø 47 mm, 1 x ø 30 mm),
2 li ght gre en ones (1 x ø 57 mm, 1 x ø 47 mm),
6 yel low ones (1 x ø 47 mm, 5 x ø 30 mm),
8 black ones (2 x ø 100 mm, 2 x ø 30 mm, 4 x ø 20 mm),
3 brown ones (1 x ø 30 mm, 2 x ø 20 mm),
3 blue ones (1 x ø 47 mm, 2 x ø 30 mm),
1 whi te one ø 30 mm.
•Use circles folded in half to create the colud, grass, shorts, shoes, owl’s wings and paws.
• Use circles without creases to create the sun, bear’s head and the right ear.
Tree crown
20
Tree trunk
Be ar’s shirt
Sleeves
Floppy ear
Owl’s body
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