The Hands-on Museum
Paper folding
Foto: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Dora Carstensen
Various paper-folding techniques come from Asia, the birthplace of paper. A magical world of paper figures can be created using skill and with an eye for attractive shapes. What is unique about paper folding is that it allows you to create fantastic works of art with just a few simple folds – and there is no need for scissors or glue. Two or three-dimensional structures can be created simply by folding a sheet of paper.
Activity: Participants can try out techniques such as origami, tangrami, fleurogami and zengami. Tangrami is child's play. Squares of paper are folded into triangles and then slotted into each other in different ways. This creates a very diverse range of shapes, animals and flowers. Fans of paper folding can use square or round sheets to create beautiful petals and impressive flower cups using the fleurogami technique. Zengami-Tangle and Zengami-Colour combine different shapes and types of paper to create various designs: printed or self-designed and decorated papers are folded to make fascinating origami figures.
Age: from pre-school
Curriculum link: Art
Information and reservation:
Phone: +49 341 2271-324
Information German Museum of Books and Writing
- Clay tablets - Scrolls - Codices: How old are our books?
- Children's books throughout history
- Paper folding
- Matchstick men and flip books: a serious guide to a fun topic
- Child's play with paper: Paper and papier-mâché
- The art of calligraphy
- From papyrus to paper
- Nature printing
- Home-made decorated paper
- From pages to books: A step-by-step guide to bookbinding
- 24 dots and dashes: Chinese script
- Black on white: book printing
- The Book of Books: The Bible
- The medieval book
- The book city of Leipzig
- Screen-printing
- Short history of handwriting
- Typography: The ABC of typefaces
- How are book illustrations made?
- Family Sunday
- DIY
- Creative workshop
- Holiday programme
- Museum Trunk
- Welcome! The Hands-on Museum
- Creative programme for the over-60s
- Guided tours for children
Last update: 23.6.2017