Product Description

The Origami Calendar is on a roll! From Margaret Van Sicklen, "Origami Swami" and author of the bestselling book The Joy of Origami, this is a colorful tribute to the pleasures and possibilities of the craft. Fold an adorable Panda, a scorching SST Plane, a groovy Kaleido-Coaster. Plus birds of every feather, boats, flowers, handy boxes, and a ring folded from a dollar bill. For every level of hobbyist, the models in this calendar are organized by theme rather than skill, and the decorated, perfectly square pages double as folding paper. includes weekend folding Fun Facts and an "Origami Key" with base folds, symbols, and helpful hints.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #595356 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Calendar
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover
Fold a flapping butterfly, a tulip, a stunt plane, a five-tier pagoda. Plus Valentine’s Day hearts, boxes galore, birds of every feather, and a snazzy dollar bill bow tie.
Featuring instructions for hundreds of models, colorful pages that double as folding paper, and a 16-page origami key with basic folds and techniques, this lively calendar from folding guru Margaret Van Sicklen brings the joy of origami to novices and experienced folders alike.

About the Author
Margaret Van Sicklen, self-described "origami swami," is the author of Joy of Origami and the bestselling Origami Page-A-Day calendar. She lives in New York City and Santa Barbara, California.

Customer Reviews

Lots of fun
What's great about the calendar: You use yesterday's page to fold today's origami. The paper is colored and has the correct size. I love it. The variety of models is wide.
What's poor: There's nothing to fold on weekends. You only get some helpful advice or basic stuff about origami. So I have nothing to do on the weekends when I'd have tons of time to try difficult folds. My husband has the paper plane calendar and he got two (!) planes to fold last weekend.
Nevertheless I'd buy the calendar again.

Repetitious from prebious years
So, about four years ago I needed a page-a-day calendar at work and it was three weeks into the new year. So, when I went to the closest (over-priced) bookstore to see what they had, it was Origami or the Bible verse of the day...not being very religious I went with the Origami. I bought it thinking I'd never do the models and just have it on my day to know which date it is...then I started doing the models and before long the whole office was fighting over who got to do the daily models. They were fun, and helped me to entertain my young nieces once. I rate it lower because I just bought this again, and it seems like the exact same models just in a slightly different order. So, if you've never bought one of these, it's cool but if you've already worked through one it gets repetitious unless you had some sort of brain injury in the intervening years and can't remember what you did.

Fun, but paper is cheap quality and not square
I have used a different origami desk calendar the past few years and wanted a change as they had become repetitive so I bought this version. To date, the folds have been fun but the paper is not your typical smooth origami-style and is not fully square. Instructions and folding techniques are very good though.