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    Festival

    $ Double Tenth
    Description Symbol for Double Tenth National Day
    From 3x7 (or US dollar bill)
    Design Date 3/7/2001
    Inspiration Fold a 'Taiwan National Day' from a 'Taiwan National Bill'
    $ Dragon Boat
    From 3x7 (or US dollar bill)
    Design Date 3/6/2001
    Inspiration Racing at Dragon Boat Festival
    Diagram(s)
  • Green Origami Gifts by Sy Chen, 2011. :
  • Flying Santa
    Description Santa attached to airplane
    From Red/White square
    Design Date 1/2012
    Diagram Date 1/2012
    Inspiration Base on Gabriel Bailey's Santa design
    Diagram(s)
  • Youtube by Ed Reinhardt
  • Pumpkin Face
    From Duo-color square
    Design Date 10/1996
    Inspiration After a pumpkin field trip with my daughter
    Diagram(s)
  • gif
  • pdf
  • Pureland Pumpkin Face
    From Duo-color square
    Design Date 7/6/2002
    Diagram Date 9/2002
    Diagram(s)
  • OrigamiUSA 2003 Origami Collection by OrigamiUSA 2003.
  • Pureland Santa Card
    From Red/White square
    Design Date 12/7/2011
    Diagram Date 12/2011
    Inspiration After seeing many Santa models in Gilad Aharoni's website
    Diagram(s)
  • pdf
  • Red Envelope
    From Square
    Design Date 6/1997
    Inspiration Chinese new year
    Diagram(s)
  • pdf
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQJF9dTqBgg by thebigbluevan , 2012. :
  • Santa
    Description I could not make it simpler so it turned out to be double sided
    From Red/White square
    Design Date 5/23/2003
    Inspiration Two-Fold Santa by Paula Versnick
    Diagram(s)
  • OrigamiUSA 2009 Annual Collection by OrigamiUSA, 2009. 40:
  • ORISON by NOA, 6, 2012. 24: