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Christmas Countdown 2023 Revisited


 My best intentions of blogging about my Advent paperfolding last month went awry ... a little like a New year's resolution, I suspect. However, I decided today to revisit the Christmas Countdown and create a summary of all of the Christmas themed  paperfolding I completed in December 2023. 

And here they are in no particular order... 

Day 15 - an eight pointed star ( which I think if folded in a different colour, would have made a great poinsettia flower) 

Day 14 - an owl ( perhaps Hedwig  from the Harry Potter series?) 

Day 12 - a  3D Christmas ornament 

Day 11 - a Christmas tree 

Day 10 - a swan  ( 7 swans a-swimming - the other 6 didn't materialise) 


Day 19 - an 8 point pin wheel ( I made this twice as a present decoration, instead of a ribbon) 

Day 18 - a Christmas wreath 

Day 17 - lots of folded hearts  so many that they were made into a   Christmas garland 

Day 13 - 4 calling birds ( the leader in black and white and the others in shades of blue!) 

Day 16 - a red woven heart


Day 24 - a peace crane 

Day 23 : My granddaughter made the reindeer I was trying to fold and I settled for an interlocking star 

Day 21 : another 3D ornament which slots together. 

Day 20 : my favourite 5 pointed Christmas stars. 

Day 22 : a dimensional  interlocking star - looks simple, but was difficult to get the elements to  fir together! 


Day 9 - the Bethlehem star 

Day 6- Christmas stocking with a candy cane

Day 4 - Summer cicada 

Day 7-  Lotus star 

Day 5- Santa Claus looking a little triangular 

Day 2 - Pendant ornament

Day 8 - "Home for Christmas " 

Day 3 - Green Cockatoo  

Day 1 - Simple pinwheel 


And here are some of the websites  which provided the inspiration for this series of paperfolding - Advent 2023. 

Diamond origami https://www.craftingdailydose.com/post/july-2021-instahop

Hearts https://www.origamiway.com/origami-heart.shtml

Woven heart https://youtu.be/Oni3nX9sYkw?si=MVKlDfvyvLezf36Z

Five ;pointed star https://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/5-pointed-origami-star.html

https://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/origami-star.html

Origami owl https://www.origamiway.com/origami-owl.shtml

Calling bird https://www.origamiway.com/origami-bird.shtml

Swan https://www.origamiway.com/origami-swan.shtml

3 d shapes https://www.allthingspaper.net/2015/12/origami-ornament-techniques-tips-for.html

http://www.atelierfeteunique.com/2016/04/26/diy-guirlande-de-diamant-origami/


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