How to Fold an Easy Origami Jumping Frog (2024)

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What are the easy folds for origami? ›

There are a foundation of 10-12 basic folds / maneuvers that are essential to build origami: Rabbit Ear Fold, Reverse Fold (Inside & Outside), Squash Fold, Swivel Fold, Pleat Fold, Crimp Fold, Petal Fold, Sink Fold (Open, Closed, Spread).

Pressing down on the back of the frog increases the elastic potential energy of the frog because the paper is deformed into a different shape.

As the name implies, the frog base is used in making the traditional origami frog. If you fold down the small flap (right image), then the model can be made into the traditional iris flower.

Pumpkin toadlets are very bad at jumping, often losing balance mid-air and crash landing awkwardly. Researchers have determined that this is due to the size of their inner ear canals, the area of the body that regulates balance and orientation: their semicircular ear canals are the smallest recorded in vertebrates.

When they jump, they are actually not getting that high off the ground, maybe around 1.5 feet high, at max. The same goes for other frogs, the majority of them don't jump straight up, but more like jump straight forward.

Origami (from Japanese oru, to fold and kami, paper), is the ancient art of paperfolding. Traditional origami usually involves only straight folds on a (square) planar piece of paper; tearing, cutting or gluing are not allowed.

In particular, Ryu-zin 3.5 (created in 2005), considered to be one of Kamiya's most intricate creations, is a major work that took around one month to complete, using only a single sheet of paper measuring two meters on each side. Ryu-zin 3.5 is widely regarded as the one of most intricate origami pieces ever created.

The absolute easiest and best origami animal to start with is the origami cat face. This is because it only has a few steps, you can customise it be a dog, bear, rabbit or other animal face too!

Dr. Porro said: “Some jumps were nearly horizontal, with animals skimming over the ground; in other trials, the frogs rocketed upwards almost vertically. Their capacity to jump at such a wide range of angles and distances is amazing.”

A jump that starts from a squatting position with palms on the ground in front of the body (or, in some cases, from a standing position, with legs spread wide and palms on a raised platform in front), where much the momentum comes from pushing off with the hands.

Is frog jumping or hopping? ›

That's right – frogs have longer legs and take big long jumps. Toads take shorter hops. Head outside (or stay inside if you prefer), and try jumping like a frog using your strong hind legs. Take short little hops like a toad.

Origami folds are where things begin. For the top origami folds master the: valley fold, mountain fold, squash fold, inside reverse fold, outside reverse fold, petal fold, book fold, petal fold, sink fold, triangle fold and the pleat and crimp.

Origami is derived from two Japanese words, Ori (folded) and Kami (paper). The transition from the term orikata to origami came into use in 1880. This ancient Japanese art of folding paper has become increasingly complex over the years.