Fun with money...and you get to keep it too!
Have some free time? Have a dollar? Any bill will do, and we even accept Canadian. These fun money origami patterns will keep you entertained for hours. Or at least until you rub a hole in that $20.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Thomas_Hawk.
What does dollar origami look like?
dollar double crane
Dollar Baby Dragon
Dollar Shirt with Ti...
Loose Origami Tippin...
paper memories
Dollar Bow Tie
Elephant
Dollar Bill Snail
Lang-modified Sonobe...
$3 Origami Flower
$3 Origami Flower
Dollar Shirt
May 10th, 2007
090606twentydollarsh...
Dollar Heart
Paper Elephant
dollar butterfly (2)
dollar butterfly
change of heart
shuriken
Dragonfly
Bird in Flight
Peacock
Origami tips at Hot...
Tiny Origami Zoo
My Desk
What do you want to learn to make?
A shirt
If you prefer, see static step-by-step screenshots here.
Money Origami Shirt Folding Instructions
These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami shirt. Perfect for beginners. LisaShea.com has many more photos of origami and origami folding instructions. Money origami is great for presents and tips!
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Pants
A bowtie
Money Origami Bowtie Folding Instructions
These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami bowtie. Perfect for beginners. LisaShea.com has many more photos of origami and origami folding instructions. Money origami is great for presents and tips!
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Get her attention with a dollar bill!
Money Origami. Romantic Folds Volume I "How to win someone's attention with a dollar" (romanticfolds.com)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/01/2009)
A heart
Money Origami Heart Folding Instructions
These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami heart. Perfect for beginners. LisaShea.com has many more photos of origami and origami folding instructions. Money origami is great for presents and tips!
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A ring
Money Origami Ring Folding Instructions
These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami ring. Perfect for beginners. LisaShea.com has many more photos of origami and origami folding instructions. Money origami is great for presents and tips!
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Money origami roses
Christmas Bling!
The color of money. No gift receipt required.
Used under Creative Commons from darkmatter.
A butterfly
This printer-friendly PDF shows you how to fold a butterfly, or check out the video below.
Money Origami Butterfly Folding Instructions
These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami butterfly. Perfect for beginners. LisaShea.com has many more photos of origami and origami folding instructions. Money origami is great for presents and tips!
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A puffy star
Easy money origami instruction books
Dollar Bill Origami
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/01/2009)
The Buck Book: All Sorts of Things to do with a Dollar Bill-Besides Spend It
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/01/2009)
Origami with Dollar Bills: Another Way to Impress People with Your Money!
Amazon Price: $5.95 (as of 12/01/2009)
The Guide to American Money Folds
Amazon Price: $18.95 (as of 12/01/2009)
Dollar Bill Animals in Origami
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/01/2009)
A duck
Money Origami Duck Folding Instructions
These step by step instructions help you to fold your own money origami duck. Perfect for beginners. LisaShea.com has many more photos of origami and origami folding instructions. Money origami is great for presents and tips!
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A peacock
Double Your Money
Design Originals Bks-Money Fol
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/01/2009)
For every fan of paper folding money is a sure winner! Turn bills of any denomination into practical gifts that are really fun to receive. From photo corners to flowers pinwheels to party hats all the projects are quick and oh so easy!
A $5 Euro Frog in its Natural Habitat
Courtesy of judi.licious through Creative Commons.
An elephant
A spider
A horseshoe crab
Origami Models : Origami Horseshoe Crab
An origami horseshoe crab is an intricate design that can be created using a dollar bill. Learn more about creating an origami horseshoe crab out of a dollar bill from an origami expert in this free craft video. Expert: Justina P. Danielson Contact: www.justbeautifulorigami.com Bio: Justina Danielson is a member of Origami USA and is one of the founders of a regional group of the New York Capital Region Origami Society. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
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Awesome Gift Idea for Kids!
Funny Money Folds for Kids
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 12/01/2009)
Kids will have a blast turning a few bucks into dozens of animals and silly shapes. Better yet, they might be more tempted to save all that money they get for birthdays and Christmas!
A space ship
Little hang glider man
How awesome is this!
[Used under Creative Commons from j0nb0n.]
A dog
Money Origami | Dollar Bill Origami Dog - Made from a one Dollar Bill Note
Click for more http://www.orikane.com for Money Origami. In this great dollar bill origami tutorial from Orikane, you learn how to make a fantastic dollar bill origami dog inspired by Tien Nguyen. Learn money origami
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Money Folding, from the expert
Money Folding 2 (My Favorite Origami , No 2)
Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 12/01/2009)
A starfish
More money origami
Paper Elephant
dollar butterfly (2)
dollar butterfly
dollar double crane
Dollar Bow Tie
change of heart
shuriken
tiny frog
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Dollar Bill Snail
Anatomy of a bag
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Money Shirt
Nesting Crane Diagra...
Gathering paper mone...
Turning money into c...
Benten money laundry...
money is the root
The value of money
Letztes Hemd
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Computer Love rev-2
Computer Love
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A Hawaiian lei
Hawaiian Money Lei Tutorial-Dollar Origami
#38 - Top Favorites (7/28) - Howto & Style (7P) #46 - Most Viewed (Today) - Howto & Style - New Zealand (7/29 @ 1:30P) It's craft day! Not "crap day", haha. Crap day is tomorrow, Monday. Blooper reel featured at end :) A basic tutorial on how to make a money lei. There are several variations on how to "origami" the money--I've seen butterflies done too but didn't have enough time to get that intricate. Music: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" medly by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
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Money Lei Making
Money Lei Making in Hawaii 2: A Step-by-step Guide
Amazon Price: $12.96 (as of 11/30/2009)
Mega huge money origami how-to sites
- Money Origami from Clay
- A few of my favs here are the gift box, Christmas tree, and spider.
- The Origami Resource Center
- This site truly has too many money origami patterns to mention, but besides being able to create that ark full of animals, you will also find instructions for a basket, a koi fish, a four-leaf clover, and a flower.
- Dollar Bill Origami by Bob Nienhuis
- Notable designs here include a dolphin and a Christmas tree.
- Money Origami by Lisa Shea
- Lisa created many of the videos featured here and has more designs on her site.
Visual collections of money origami
- Dollar Bill Origami
- I especially love the Abraham Lincoln character on this gallery!
- Moneygami
- A super fun gallery of money origami, and this one is my favorite!
- The All American Business Shirt
- A cute origami shirt with a twist.
- Nice Packaging
- Who wouldn't love to get this present!
- The Sweedish Leisure Shirt
- Another shirt with a thoughtful saying.
- Money Laundering
- A creative display of her folding talents!
- Shopaholic
- A nicely framed shot for a guy who claims to spend too much on his clothes!
- Dollar Camera
- A picture perfect shot. If only they were this cheap!
- More Money Origami
- A fun sea-creature scene.
- $Dollar Bill Origami
- Another fun collection of images, with a cute piggy bank.
- The Canadian Hockey Shirt
- Made from a Canadian $5 bill.
But...what if I don't want to use money?
- 11" x 4.7"
This is just over half the width of a piece of standard printer paper. - 8.5" x 3.6"
You can get three of these out of a standard piece of printer paper, with just a tiny sliver left. - 5" x 2 1/8"
You can get six of these out of a standard piece of printer paper. - 12" x 5 1/8"
You can get two of these out of a sheet of scrapbook paper, which is cool if you find a double-sided money pattern! - 5 7/8" x 2.5"
This is close to real size, and you can get eight of these from a 12"x12" sheet of scrapbook paper. - 2 3/8" x 1"
This isn't truly realistic, but it comes very close to the ratio of a dollar's length to width. So if you want your paper to be 4" wide, the long side should be 4 x 2 3/8, or 9.5". - 1" x 3/8"
This is another close approximation you can use. If you want your long side to be 7" long, you would multiply 7 x 3/8 to get your short side of 3".
What say you?
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- RollingLuggage RollingLuggage Nov 9, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
- Wonderful lens & Great information
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- dmf32835 dmf32835 Oct 28, 2009 @ 8:16 pm
- Making the heart for your sweetheart would be a smooth move.
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- ashleebarnes ashleebarnes Oct 14, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
- This is just too freakin cool! These would be great to put in treat bags for kids birthday parties.
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- gravityx9 gravityx9 Oct 3, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
- wow, so many things that can be made! thx for the info! this will be fun to do
as I LOVE to play with money!! :D
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- lasertek lasertek Sep 23, 2009 @ 9:01 pm
- Interesting lens! I've tried to make the butterfly. Pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing what you know.
Btw, if you got the time.. maybe you could visit my lens. Thanks.
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