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This year for summer school, we are traveling to a different place in the world. This week we went to Japan! We have been planning a fun art project each week. I decided what better chance to teach the kiddos a little origami! I did do this with small groups. I would recommend this because Ms. Nuckles ended up doing a lot of helping! My advice would be to pull small groups to a table or have a helper (or 2) help out if doing this in whole group. Let’s just say if I had a dollar for every time I had a 1st grader say, “Like this? Like this Ms. Nuckles”! It was fun! We talked about what we would name the dogs. They had a lot of fun with it and so did I!
![Start out with a piece of construction paper.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_02121.jpg)
![Fold one corner over to make a giant triangle.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0213.jpg)
![Cut out the triangle. (We had some extra time after we were finished and I let the kiddos make some bookmarks out of the piece we cut off)](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0214.jpg)
![Point the triangle towards you like shown in the picture.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0215.jpg)
![Fold down one side to make the first ear.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0217.jpg)
![Do the same to the other side.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_02181.jpg)
![Flip the paper over and fold the tip back](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_02201.jpg)
![There is your dog! Have the kids make a face on their dog.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_02211.jpg)
![I named mine Spot! The kids had fun.](https://www.savoreachsecond.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0222.jpg)