Djeco Toys Origami for Kids Paper Aeroplane Set

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Djeco Toys Origami for Kids Paper Aeroplane Set

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Origami magic for kids to make super Paper Aeroplanes with this fun Origami set from Djeco.

A lovely little kit, which uses traditional Origami techniques to create the old favourite paper aeroplanes. Great gift for boys - super stocking filler idea for Christmas too!

Featuring beautiful illustrated papers, your planes will look special.
This set is suitable from age 7-15 years

Made by DJECO

Origami has been used to entertain children in the Orient for centuries. Origami (pronounced or-i-GA-me) is the Japanese art of paperfolding. "Ori" is the Japanese word for folding and "kami" is the Japanese word for paper.

That is how origami got its name. However, origami did not start in Japan. It began in China in the first or second century and then spread to Japan sometime during the sixth century.

At first, there was very little paper available so only the rich could afford to do paperfolding. The Japanese found useful purposes for their origami. For example, the Samurai (sa-MURE-ay) would exchange gifts with a form known as a noshi
(NO-shee). This was a paper folded with a strip of dried fish or meat. It was considered a good luck token. Also, the Shinto Noblemen would celebrate weddings by wrapping glasses of sake or rice wine in butterfly forms that had been folded to represent the bride and groom.

As easier papermaking methods were developed, paper became less expensive. Origami became a popular art for everyone, no matter if they were rich or poor. However, the Japanese people have always been very careful not to waste anything. They have always saved even the tiniest scraps of paper and used them for folding origami models.

For centuries there were no written directions for folding origami models. The directions were taught to each generation and then handed down to the next. This form of art became part of the cultural heritage of the Japanese people. In 1797, How to Fold 1000 Cranes was published. This book contained the first written set of origami instructions which told how to fold a crane. The crane was considered a sacred bird in Japan. It was a Japanese custom that if a person folded 1000 cranes, they would be granted one wish.

Not only were the Japanese folding paper, but the Moors, who were from Africa, brought paperfolding with them to Spain when they invaded that country in the eighth century. The Moors used paperfolding to create geometric figures because their religion prohibited them from creating animal forms. From Spain it spread to South America. As trade routes were developed, the art of origami was introduced to Europe and later the US.

The interest in origami continues to increase today. Just as the ancient Japanese found useful purposes for their origami models, so do we today.

Djeco make the most amazing art sets that continue to impress us and our customers here at Ptolemy Toys.
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