Can’t get to D.C.’s Tidal Basin this year? Just follow these steps to fold a blossom that will always be in peak bloom.

Origami, which dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, is the act of folding paper into decorative shapes and objects. Paper was very expensive to produce back then, so this was ...

However, researchers at Carnegie Mellon have found a way to harness that tendency to warp with heat to make self-folding structures like those seen in the video below. There’s a paper about how ...

When you think of origami, the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes ... single crane for yourself, here are the step-by-step instructions for how to make a paper crane.

Step 1: Get an A4 piece of paper, origami paper can help make things ... put your paper in front of you so that it looks like a diamond. Now fold the diamond in half to create a triangle shape.

Also, our origami expert "Dr. Origami" will teach you how to make an easy-to-fold "flapping crane." Welcome to the magical world of origami!