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 ORIGAMI BASKETS AND BOXES

WITH MAYUMI AMADA

Join Mayumi Amada as she demonstrates how to fold boxes and baskets out of paper!

To learn more about the history of origami, watch Mayumi’s video on Origami Fish Making!

Materials you’ll need:

The following Minnesota State Academic Standards apply to this lesson:

5.0.2.2.1 Explore ideas through the work of other artists.
5.0.2.4.1 Identify choices made in one's original artwork.
5.0.5.10.1 Recognize that all humans make art.
5.1.2.3.2 Practice safe use of art materials and tools while making art.
5.1.5.10.1 Recognize that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.
5.2.2.4.1 Describe choices made at different steps in an art making process.

  • origami paper or any square paper

  • glue