Origami Club: Make a Crab
Snip-snip, snap-snap! These crabs don’t pinch, but you can make them walk sideways like a real crab. Watch as Amy demonstrates how to make a crab using traditional paper folding techniques.
Origami Club: Make a Camel
This weel, learn how to make a ship! The ship of the desert, that is. Amy demonstrates how to make an origami camel. It’s much less stubborn than the real thing.
Origami Club: Make a Frog
Summer Reading is over, but we still have plenty of origami craft projects for you and your family to try. This week, Amy demonstrates how to make a hopping frog. Try and set a new long jump record! For more information about Britney Gallivan (mentioned at the end of the video) and her paper-folding exploits, check out this bonus video.
Summer Reading Origami Bonus: Make a Heron
In a special extra Origami Club video, Amy demonstrates how to make a long-legged origami heron. This project is a little tricky, but if you’ve made a crane or practiced with some of our other origami videos, we’re sure you can do it.
Summer Reading Story & Craft: Bedtime for Sweet Creatures
For the last of our Summer Reading Story & Craft videos, Amy reads Bedtime for Sweet Creatures, written by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon, and published by Sourcebooks. This is an adorable bedtime story about a young boy who doesn’t want to go to bed. He growls like a bear, slithers like a snake, roars like a lion, clings like a koala, and more. Will his mother ever manage to get the boy and his menagerie to sleep? Afterwards, … Read More
Summer Origami Club: Make a Duck
Practice the traditional art of origami paper folding with Amy. This week, make way for ducklings. They look like they’re floating in the water but don’t try to put them in the bath or they’ll get all soggy.