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Dollar Bill Animals in Origami (Dover Origami Papercraft)

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Skill Level: Simple to Intermediate

Models avaliable include sailboat, fish, starfish, seahorse, shark, duck, swan, owl, parrot, toucan, penguin, sparrow, crane, rooster, snake, turtle, apatosaurus, triceratops, pig, sitting cat, dog, mouse, rabbit, unicorn, horse, cow, kangaroo, elephant, rhinoceros, deer, camel and giraffe.

This book contains all the Montroll's typical subjects but with a twist. They are folded not using the usual square piece of paper but with a dollar bill which is a rectangle with the ratio of 1:2.35. Although the book teaches you how to approximately cut rectangles to the approximate size, this destroys the uniqueness of folding using money. The main problem is that not all paper money has that ratio. In Singapore, the paper money here has the ration of 1:2. Still despite the same boring Montroll's subjects, it is still very interesting and fun to fold using paper money. It is a subject worth pursuing since you can surprise people when you pay using origami animals made from paper money. Problem is the person collecting the money may want to unfold and ensure that your money is good.You can delight kids when you give them money in the form of origami models. Who knows it just might encourage them to save.

Overall, I like this book despite the same boring subjects. My favourites are the turtle and the penguin. The book surprise me by the range of topics that could be folded using paper money. I have quite a number of books on folding using paper money and I rate this the best one of all.

Strongly recommended for the potential fun it could generate and it is not that difficult to fold since there are various levels of difficulty.

Unlike others, dollar bill origami designs are apparently more challenging owing to small papers. In addition to beautiful or logical, It should be foldable-- after all, a dollar bill is so small. Montroll shows his readers here how versatile he is, and he is still a shining first-rate folder. How can he fold over 30 different animals in a tiny dollar bill. These vivid animals range from easy toucan, seahorse to intermediate tricertops, kangaroo to complex elephant, giraffe and camel. Some models need careful work, but the results are quite satisfying. Novice folders will have endless joy while veterans will find many surprises here. In my opinion, among all 32 models I like the turtle most. Neat,logical,3D,it is a masterpiece. Highly recommended .

Ever leave a tip for a waiter? Ever hand a hairdresser a couple bucks? Ever forget to get that "special gift" for someone's birthday?
This book is what you need. pull out a buck and fold one of these designs and impress all around. (Because some of these shapes are rather complicated, try what I do. I learn one shape a week and keep them foleded in my wallet as to be for quick and easy retrival. And when there is free time, fold some green!)
I have learned a Camel, Rooster, and Penguin so far and use them for almost any occasion.

I have a number of dollar bill folding books, it's a wonderful way to share your talent by giving a more unique money gift to friends and family. Most of the animals I've learned to fold are relatively simple, although they have the advantage of being able to be folded from memory, great for (as someone else mentioned) leaving tips. These models are considerably more difficult than that as a rule, but what fun to be able to fold such a variety of animals! This book is definitely best meant for someone with experience with origami folding, particularly if you are familiar with John's diagramming, as there are some places where you can get a little lost. But overall, a very delightful and enjoyable book.

Just got the book, it has 32 Folds, all of animals. 5 the author calls Easy. 24 Moderate. 3 Difficult. These instructions have a lot of detail but little text to explain the more difficult folds. I found myself stuck on a few folds not able to determine what I was supposed to do, usually I stumbled into it though. Most models are too difficult to memorize. Since I like to make folds to give as tips it's kind of a bummer. I think about 30% of each fold can be eliminated to simplify if you want to memorize them or just make it easier to do. I don't see how anyone can make such great detail out of a dollar, some of the smaller detail requires folding that for me is like folding a marble, I just can't do it. There are a few pages that explain what each type of fold is and specific types of lines explain most of what you need. I guess if I was a real Origami person this would be all I need. Well worth the Ten bucks or so. Wish I could find a book with all the cool stuff I have seen, or a web site. I recommend this book to anyone that likes to make Origami out of dollars for tips and such. There are a lot of web site that have Dollar Bill Folds, but it's difficult to find them. The folds in this book are far better and have better directions than any I found on the net. One simple thing I can suggest for all your Dollar Bill Folds is to get Crisp new dollars, or if you Iron your dollars that helps a lot too.

Hi; This is a book with a few simple bill-folds, but most are very complex. It's for advanced folders, and even then sometimes it takes a few tries to figure out how the fold developes by looking at the picture. (There is very little text) I have found that the best way to learn this kind of fold is to find some large money, perhaps at a novelty store, or else cut some plain white paper in the proportions of a dollar bill. Follow the directions using the larger paper makes some of the more difficult folds that Montroll uses easier to do. I often fold a bill into the starfish (one of the easier folds in this book) and leave it for a tip in a resturant.

Jim

There is a huge variety or animals, the models are not as hard as I thought they would be. I would recommend this book over any other I have purchased. There aren't any simple models thrown in to just fill the pages, they are all first class creations.

Maybe because we see money every day folding it into origami is very interesting, This book has clear instructions on how to make a variety of animals from dollar bills. (Use the Look Inside feature on Amazon to see the variety of origamis you can make.) The instructions have a clear diagram for every step of the folding.

That doesn't mean folding animals is easy. Dollars don't hold creases very well, and both sides of the dollar are the same color which makes following a diagram difficult. Also like in normal origami the cooler it looks the more frustrating it is to make it (usually). Duck Star and Fish are pretty easy to fold, but as for Unicorn- whew boy.

I recommend this to people who want to give money as a gift, but still make it personal, or to people who just think it would be cool to do origami with money. They patterns are cute, and there are not so many books on money folding out there.

Having mastered the Klutz book I wanted to move on to more diversified origami animals using dollar bills. This book is impossible to follow. The author does NOT show dollar bills (so you can judge where you are going)only shades of gray. He uses a variety of arrows which are explained elsewhere in the book, and he shows with an insufficient number of pictures how to create the folds.

Certain folds are impossible to figure out from the pictures and arrows. For example, in the "Swan", step 4 shows what looks like 3 folds... I think. And then a triangle like shape seems to be the result in step five. The step they show does not make any sense.

I had to figure it out from the picture of how it turned out. After twenty minutes, I got it, but with no help from the directions given.

Many other pictures show a fold that you later figure out, were supposed to leave part of the bill out of the fold (Did that make much sense... No? Now you know what the book is like.).

Yes, it is possible, but I'm thinking a video or personal instruction might be better for a first time origami guy like myself.