Horrorgami: Spooky Paper Folding for Children with Other [Paperback]

Steve Biddle (Author), Megumi Biddle (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Horrorgami is origami papercrafting with a special Halloween flavor. Kids can scare their friends with a fiendish monster mask, a set of bloody Dracula fangs, or a gruesome skull. The only supplies they need are colored paper, scissors, and a glue stick. Includes easy-to-follow instructions for 22 projects and 24 sheets of origami paper.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Forget about tacky store-bought Halloween decorations--fashion your own with the help of this clever book. Along with full instructions for eerie origami projects are 24 sheets of brightly colored origami paper. Try a grimacing monster, a wailing ghost, a flying witch, a glowering owl, a creepy caterpillar, a set of vampire fangs, or another of the 22 ideas. Sometimes a bit of "cheating" is called for (a glue stick, scissors, or magic marker in addition to the folding techniques), but the kids won't mind. They will probably need a bit of adult help with these, but the creations are fun enough that the grown-ups will enjoy them too. --Amy Handy

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812097718
• ISBN-13: 978-0812097719
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,633,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cut here and glue there, October 29, 2002

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Bryan W. Kornele (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horrorgami: Spooky Paper Folding for Children with Other (Paperback)

This book has some cute ideas but there is a lot of cutting and gluing involved. The authors do have a couple of pretty good origami books "Essential Origami" and "The New Origami" but unfortunately this is not one of them. I do not mind models made from more than one square but please, no cutting and gluing. Maybe the origami world needs a good halloween themed book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Halloween origami that I had never seen before., February 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Horrorgami: Spooky Paper Folding for Children with Other (Paperback)

I had a lot of fun making the origami in this book for Halloween decorations. I especially liked the fangs and the spider. I think the Biddles have come up with some creative origami designs that I have never seen elsewhere. The book come with enough paper to make all the designs. My only complaint is that although the paper was nicely preforated, it wasn't exactly square. Still, it was a fun way to introduce origami to the kids.

2.0 out of 5 stars flat origami, October 29, 2002

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Mnemosine "mnemosine" (Forest Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Horrorgami: Spooky Paper Folding for Children with Other (Paperback)

I got this book so I could review it for a present, but I found that the most interesting models are flat. This may be ok for some, but I like origami to be three dimensional. I am trying to improve the bat design for halloween to use it as decoration right now. This can be done by folding lines that converge in the upper angle of the wings. Maybe I will try and make an origami head too... as it is cut in the book.