Jewish Origami

Jewish origami: isn't that an awkward mix of cultures? It doesn't matter because there is a large proportion of people who enjoy folding paper into Jewish-themed object. It may be because origami is fun for children of all nations. Yes, you can fold a menorah out of a square piece of paper! Particularly popular are dreidels and the Star of David.

Unfortunately, there are very few online instruction on how to make this type of origami. Below is a list of various paper craft, some involve cutting and glue. There are 3 books dedicated to Jewish origami.

Diagrams Dreidel: pg 1, 2 (Y Yamauchi ) Dreidle Garland Hanukkah Dreidel (F Temko) Paper Dreidel Craft (enchanted learning.com) Dreidel Decoration (akhlah.com) Paper Dreidel Pop-Up Card (kaboose.com) kirigami Star of David Six Pointed Star Shepard's Star (noel.qc.ca) $Star of David $Star of David (F Rohm) video $Star of David (J Shafer) Star of David Decoration (akhlah.com) Star tessellation (E Gjerde) Purim Origami Basket 1 Purim Origami Basket 2

Books

see these books in: USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France

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