Origami Pocket
September 13, 2010
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As this is the beginning of the new school year, I am dedicating some posts on how to make an origami pocket. This is a great first project to make with students. It is a crowd pleaser, which is important to me because it can get a classroom of students happy to be readily on board with paper and book arts. When I begin with paper that is about 15 inch square the resulting pocket can be a handy storage folder for on-going projects.
Before I go any further with this I want to clarify that this is not the traditional origami cup that one often sees. For great directions on how to make an origami cup I recommend looking at the Kids Web Japan/Cup site. The noteworthy difference between the classic cup and my pocket is the width of the base of the structure. I prefer the wider base as it is more suitable for storing books than the narrower, taller origami cup. Just for the record, I was introduced to the origami pocket about a decade ago by a young boy, who learned it from a TV program called Zoom.
I have have available a black and white copy of directions on how to make an Origami Pocket.
November 24, 2010 at 5:15 pm
[...] the left side of the spread the students pasted in an origami pocket. This pocket is the home of a little book which contains information about Brazil. The book is [...]
June 30, 2011 at 8:10 am
I am searching for the directions on how to make a Jacob’s Ladder pocket book with several pages on one side; close book; reopen other side which would again have several pages. Any help you might have would be greatly appreciated. ellen
June 30, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Hi Ellen,
I’m not sure that what you are looking for is called a jacob’s ladder. Here’s a couple of good how-to links for Jacobs Ladder: http://www.woodcraftarts.com/jacob.htm
http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/jacob.htm
and here’s an awesome Utube video on how to make a jacob’s ladder with folding paper http://www.youtube.com/user/jonakashima#p/search/0/ykL0Tt7jdYY which is work looking at just because it is so magical.
But from your description, I think you want something different. ??
June 2, 2012 at 5:01 am
Very nice, brief and helpful for a critical moment for me!!
thank you
June 2, 2012 at 6:57 am
thanks for your comment…web contend has sooo often helped me at critical moments, so it’s a great that this blog can give back in the same way.