It's Jabba!

Have you met Tom Angleberger's new character Jabba the Puppett?

I just folded a couple Jabbas to take to school. If you want to fold one, you may want to watch this video. It was terrifically helpful and made my night so much easier.

Here is what it looked like when I made my Jabbas.

If you haven't read it yet, run out and get The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett. 

It is filled with awesomeness!

It is so cool that the Origami Yoda series keeps coming around the beginning of school so I have some cool origami on the bulletin board for school. I hope Origami Yoda Guy keeps 'em coming.

Here are the ones I have made in the past:

Origami Yoda & Darth Paper

Fortune Wookiee

If you want to know how to fold any of his characters, you can check out his books, but you can also visit Origamiyoda.com for instructions, links to videos and tons of cool information. 

Have a great time reading and folding!

Origami Yoda

Tonight is an Origami Yoda night.  When the book first came out I made a little Origami Yoda finger puppet, because who can read the book without trying that?  But I decided I wanted to make a larger version for my library at school.  The first one I made tonight followed the instructions found in the book which I found on the author Tom Angleberger"s Blog.  There's even a video to show people how to fold that one at the Star Wars website.

Not content to do the easier version in a larger size, I felt the need to make the cover version in a larger size.  Yikes.  That one is not for the faint of heart.  I was getting just a little frustrated with all of the crazy folds.  I don't know if I he's correct, but Yoda is mostly recognizable, so to my mind, he is close to being done.  

When I finish my tweaking, Darth Paper will be coming to life.  I just read that book last night and of course had a blast.  

Okay, I just finished Darth Paper.  Wahooo!  I am not sure Darth is too pleased to be at our house.  He seemed a bit put out when my daughter said, "Oh, he's so cute.  I want to hug him."  He's about 2 feet tall and is probably pretty sensitive about that.  And on top of that, I forgot to bring home paper for his lightsaber.  He is likely feeling vulnerable.  Poor guy.