5 Crafty Things to Do with ..... Square Pieces of Paper

This weeks 5 crafty things features a simple square piece of paper. Most of the things shown is origami, but who doesn't love a bit of origami, and you can create such beautiful things with it.

1. Paper Wall Art.

I found this on Pinterest, it's from marthastewart.com. It's similar to the paper snowflakes that everyone's familiar with except the paper is square. I think it's cute and would make some interesting wall art. The tutorial for this wall art is available here: http://www.marthastewart.com/272167/rice-paper-wall-art?czone=crafts/crafting-tools-center/crafting-tools-projects&center=276982&gallery=275000&slide=272167 .







2. Origami Crane

 This is one of the most popular origami models and they're super fast and easy to make. You can find an easy diagram tutorial here: http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-crane.html. There are loads of things you can do with these cranes like this below.

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3. Origami Butterfly

 This is another easy but beautiful origami piece. Simple diagram tutorial can be found here: http://goorigami.com/single-sheet-origami/origami-butterfly/3006
 They can be used in similar ways to the crane and would look lovely displayed in a way like the picture above.







4. Origami Heart

 These are very easy to make and as Valentine's Day is coming up they can be used for a variety of things. They can be attached to handmade cards, used as valentine's decorations, write a letter then fold it into this heart shape, whatever you can think of. An easy to follow tutorial can be found here: http://www.origami-instructions.com/easy-origami-heart.html.





5. Origami Star

Last but not least, a square piece of paper can be used to make an origami star. Mine looks very rough in the picture but that's because I was using slightly thick paper that was not very easy to fold (note to self: next time buy origami paper or something besides card!). There is a tutorial here that's easy to follow and shows how nice they look if you make them with patterned paper: http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-8-pointed-star.html





Thanks for reading this 5 Crafty Things. Coming next week is ....... I haven't quite thought of anything yet, I'll have to put my thinking cap on and get back to you! If you have any ideas, let me know.

Jen x