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hi,

im taking part in an event at my school which includes origami
i was wondering if anyone had any impressive simple origami diagrams that they can recommend preferably on the net

thnx in advance

check out http://www.origami.com

If you need the models for teaching, then you can find some hints in this thread:
viewtopic.php?t=870

If you just need to show off, I'd suggest a Kawasaky rose. They are not that difficult and the final result is quite impressive

the kawasaki rose is very complex. maybe not for you or me, but I know a lot of good folders that have big problems with the whole folding process. the kawasaki rose is definitely not the best model to teach, but it's a very nice model to show

Action models, action models- they always impress.
I personally like the Radlett/Jackson flapping bird from a water bomb base- or the traditional one- from a bird base
There is also a simple fox head somewhere from a "house" base.
But best of all and and guaranteed to cause havoc amongst the best behaved groups- the jumping frog (from business cards)!!!

I am sure all of these models are available on the web.

Oh and when you are teaching- make it fun, and make sure everyone finishes the model, or at least goes away with one.

David

The Fumiaki Kawahata bunny from Tanteidan 6, one of the easiest models to fold and it even has a little trick (it can be standing up or ready to run depending on how you stand it).

It also has four legs and 2 ears... and with a small modification can even have a fluffy white tail.

is it this one ?

Thats the bunny!

Its one of my favorite models because it can be taught to anyone and has only one complicated (relatively) fold.

I have taught my 5 year old cousin to fold this one.

http://www.fishgoth.com/origami/diagrams/water_bomb.pdf

The waterbomb... it's very easy to do, but people are always impressed when you blow it up and toss it around a bit, then collapse it and stick it in your pocket or something. I tend to make them out of notebook paper in class when I'm bored and play catch across the room when the teacher isn't looking =P.

I agree, the waterbomb is always great, but I prefer an equal model by Sam Cuilla, that looks like a star when blown up and is easier to fold than the waterbomb (yes that´s posssible). I know the model from the book "Pfiffiges Origami" bei Paulo Mulatinho, where it is listed as "Dekoration", I don´t know if it is published elsewhere.

Other easy and impressive models I like to fold are the simple flapping butterfly, the Kawasaki Rose (old one after the precreasing method of Kevin Hines), Kunihiko Kasahara´s jumping grasshoper, the traditional turtle, Francis Ow´s double hearts, Gerwin Sturm´s diamond rose square jumper, Christian Weinert´s Irgendeine Blume, David Collier´s Flower with Stem and Leaves, different kinds of flexagons like the fireworks model, Thoki Yenn´s magic rings, my bat and in the last days Artur Biernacki´s crab.

Another very impressive but easy model is the troublewitt. It looks like a small crisscross folded paper that you can easily put into every pocket and that can be turned in many many different models. After showing all possibilities, you can put it back into your pocket for the next time...

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Hi islandmassive,

Here's one website filled with very simple diagrams. Each diagram has an animation option (quite helpful). The 'blinking eye model' in the 'Fun Origami' section is particularly recommended

http://www.origami-club.com/en/

Hope this helps.

Regards,

I just remembered Michael Lafosse's butterfly (from his book... as far as there are different ones). it's pretty easy to fold but looks amazing.

thnx to everyone who had an imput i tried the bunny and it worked great i had a lucky find in a charity shop couple of months bck and found 1-10 of the taintedan convention books does any one know how many there are?,
thnx again
ps: found the smile on deviantart.com

Wow, that's a great find, since the Tanteidan Convention Books 1-6 are already out of print and not easy to get.
At the moment there are 11, the 12th one should be coming this year.
Look here for more info: http://www.origamihouse.jp/book/original/house.html