The Guide to Hawaiian-Style Origami Charms [Spiral-bound]

Jodi Fukumoto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003

Find joy and luck in "The Guide to Hawaiian-Style Origami Charms." Each origami model in this unique book has a pocket or compartment in which to place a coin. Use these charms to create a special coin lei or present them individually for fun and luck. Include them in greeting cards, with monetary gifts and in goody bags. The charms range in subject from cranes and Chinese lions to luau pigs and shave ice. All are original designs of local treasures, native and adopted. So come along, the "Maneki Neko" (the good fortune cat) beckons you on a fun folding experience.

This book includes specially designed paper to create the Maneki Neko, Chinese Lion, Boy’s Day Carp, Girl’s Day Doll, Pineapple and Shave Ice models.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Jodi Fukumoto...has come up with a cute and whimsical way to give coins." -- Gwen Battad Ishikawa, The Hawaii Herald, December 19, 2003

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 92 pages
• Publisher: Island Heritage Publishing (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896108929
• ISBN-13: 978-0896108929
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #429,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!, August 9, 2007

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serendipity (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guide to Hawaiian-Style Origami Charms (Spiral-bound)

The projects in this book are easy enough for beginners, but beautiful and unique. I bought this book as a gift for my fiancé, who just recently got into origami - the lucky cat, and carp on the cover charmed me. This book was definitely worth every penny. This was his 3rd beginner book, and the day before we got it, he was struggling with the poorly written instructions, and badly illustrated drawings of the other books. Within a half hour of having this book, he was creating wonderful little characters to decorate our home. Absolutely delightful! The book comes with a small amount of paper for the specialty designs (lucky cat, doll, and a few others), but even without the special paper these projects are beautiful! The spiral binding is also a wonderful feature!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hawaiin Origami Book, August 19, 2006

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Carol L. Starelli "Carolee" (Palm Desert, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guide to Hawaiian-Style Origami Charms (Spiral-bound)

This book gives instructions to make wonderful Origami coin holders. I find it is a challenge for me to understand the instructions.