Mr. & Mrs. Cicada

I don't remember which is which...the polka-dotted one is probably Mrs. Cicada. Anyway...enjoy!

Rowboat and Gnashers (grrr)

Here we have a lovely couple of origamis which are basically the same thing, but one looks scarier. They're called "Rowboat" and "Gnashers"...enjoy!

Letters, Chickens, and Birds (Oh My!)

Today we have a lovely stand-up letter, which I guess is just a way of folding a piece of paper so it looks like a standing-up envelope, for writing notes to people and such (which I of course do not do). It's still cool though. We also have a pecking chicken (which sounds like a Chinese-food dish) and a kiwi bird (which sounds like an exotic drink). I must be hungry. Anyway, enjoy!

Angel Fish and Christmas Trees!

Well happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everybody! You're probably surprised to hear from me because I'm not working today and I usually do my folding at work. Well we had the kids' cousins spend the night last night and they wanted to make some Origami, so we downloaded some patterns off of the Internet and made some of our own...Here they are:

This is Emma's fish:

And my Christmas Tree:

And Everyone Else's Angel Fish:

Enjoy!

Mt. Fuji and The Peace Dove

Sounds like some Japanese romance movie, but it's not...it's my two latest Origami (Origamis? Origama?) Enjoy!

Pelican

Look at this cool pelican, I'm very excited about it. One of my favorites so far. Enjoy!

Peacock and Bathing Elephant

Today we have two very lovely animals for you, a Peacock and a Bathing Elephant. I think we're working on a specific fold because they look somewhat similar. But they're still cool...enjoy!

Panda

Well today we had kind of a fun one (and a little more difficult), the Panda Bear. The black part of the paper is the back and the white parts are the front, which used to be covered in yesterday's instructions. It didn't look very good so I taped some clean white paper over the writing and it looks better now (at least I think so...)

Billfold

Today I made a "billfold", which is kind of ironic because it's actually only big enough to carry around a couple quarters, but you can't tell from the picture. Maybe I'll take it home to my kids and they can make little play money to put it in. Anyway, enjoy!

Oh, and here's the paper plane from yesterday:

Another Plane?!?

Well today we have a blast from the past called the stunt plane. Having dabbled somewhat in paper planes myself (perhaps you didn't know that about me), let me just say that I am very unimpressed. But here it is anyway (it doesn't do stunts, by-the-way):

Well it's not letting me upload the picture for some reason, so you'll have to use your imagination (which I'm sure is better than the actual plane itself).

Elephant!!!

Today we made the body that went along with yesterday's elephant head, and here it is:

Pretty funny huh...(Elephants are the coolest animals in the world, by-the-way.)

My First Origami

Well, I made my very first origami today. The basics are the same as paper airplane folding, except there are trickier steps (like accordion folding). These are also trickier because there are no lines on the paper to follow, and no words in the instructions (just pictures). But I think I'll manage. Today I made a cup (wa-hoo) and a boat. I also made an elephant head, but we're making the bottom tomorrow, so you'll have to wait and see it all together. It's weird because some of my creations are 2-d and some are 3-d. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do...

New Look!

Welcome everyone, and welcome to the new ericsplanes.com, now entitled Eric's Origami! You may have noticed a new look and feel to the site, but the premise is still the same. Every day I'll try to make something exciting out of paper, take a picture of it, and post it here. You can still get here via www.ericsplanes.com, and still see all the old planes in the archives section. If you want to follow along with your own Origami calendar, here's what it looks like:

Stay tuned for today's folding (I think it's a cup).