big 3D origami bear with 3D limbs

This is the bear I made for a 21st birthday present. 

I now have a video tutorial for the teddy bear! Tutorial here! BUT I havent shown how to make the ears or attach the limbs so you'll still have to look at the diagram and read the written instructions.

Heres the diagram, and extra notes/instructions on making it. Enjoy~ :-)

(diagram in blue and orange so you can see it better. Make them any colour you want)

LAST 3 ROWS of head:

row 17: [2 decreases, 2 normal] all the way around until you get to the end, there will only be space for 2 more decreases. so there will be 4 decreased pieces next to each other at the end. Start & end wherever you want. Preferably near the back of the head so you don't see the odd decreasing at the end.

row 18: Decrease all around. At the end there will only be room for 1 normal piece (going over 2 points)

row 19(last row): normal row. Each piece goes over 2 points

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EARS

make a 'stick' of 20 MINI pieces. So the pieces are made from half the size of the rectangle you used to make the head. Stack the pieces into a stick and bend/curve it. Snip slits along the bottom of the pieces, underneath the curve (NOT the bump of the pieces, which are on the top)

gluing ears- I think I put an inverted piece at the bottom part of the ear, so that it sticks into the head better (didnt include that in the diagram). figure out where you want to put the ear (no specific place), find a hole in the bear head, for the top and bottom points of the ears to fit into. glue in place

GLUING AMS & LEGS

Do your best to try and match the points of the legs to the holes of the body. It wont fit perfectly. (not every point of the legs can go into a hole). Once most of the points are aligned to a hole in the body, kind of shove it in/ push it in deeper to open the holes of the body a bit. 

Then take the leg out but remember how you fit it into the body/where the points go. Put PVA glue (the white glue that dries clear. There are other names too: wood glue, craft glue etc..) on the top of the legs where the points are, shove it back into the body, hold it until it dries (maybe for 30secs to a minute?)

ARMS- for the arms I just squeezed hot glue on the top part on the inside of the arm and stuck it to the body. Since its a flat panel it's easier. You can probably use PVA glue too. You may still have to hold the arm for a while for the glue to dry

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New 3D origami graduation bears + diagram

I recently got a request from a friend for graduation bears with coloured hoods (to match the degrees). She'll be giving them to her graduating friends which will be a cool gift since they're personalized, compared to a bought graduation teddy (which makes handmade gifts AWESOME since you can customize them^_^). 

These bears are slightly better than the old ones I made, there's no increasing on the mouth. I've made a new DIAGRAM  for you guys (at the bottom of the page).

(I'll add a link to a tutorial when I make one) 

-To make guy and girl bears, the girls have pink cheeks and different ears, while the guys don't have pink cheeks, and have rounded ears. 

-The colours of the tassels also make them more guy-ish/ girly (pink & yellow for girls, blue for guys)

-And 2 other special requests were to make a gangsta bear and a pedobear^_^

-And again, my fav part is that the hoods match the colour of the degrees^_^ LOVE personalized gifts!

Here's a vid of the bears, and some photos as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hna4gPUatic

Scroll down to the bottom for a diagram. (I'll add a link to a tutorial when I make one)

Special requests: Pedobear & gangsta bear

Refer to the old graduation bear page as it shows how to make the hat

http://jewellia7777.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/3d-origami-diagram-graduation-bears.html 

gift idea for 21st birthday present

Just wanted to share my recent handicraft works, which were for a 21st birthday present.

(Maybe this can give you some ideas for bday presents too! ^_^)

-Foam rose bouquet  (Foam rose tutorial here:  youtube.com/watch?v=q_l7Vu13wRU)

with amigurumi rabbit (holding a golden 21 key!)

-3D origami bear- diagram: http://jewellia7777.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/big-3d-origami-bear-with-3d-limbs.html

-3D origami cake

-Some origami flowers in the box for decoration. Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=guX77GmWFr4

 

 

3D origami diagram~ Graduation bears

I made these for these twin sisters that were graduating (Hence there are 2 of the same Graduation bears^_^)

Heres a diagram of them. I haven't had time to draw how to make the tassel yet, (you can just google it for now) but I'll upload the tassel instructions on here when I've drawn them.


This is a cute gift for friends/ family graduating. You can change the colour of the tassels to match the schools colours or colours of the degrees, and even the colour of the bears as well to match their fav colour. Maybe even add a scroll  to the bear's hand if you like^_^


(Sorry, the writing's hard to read, CLICK the pics to enlarge)


Enjoy~^_^
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PIECES



103 dark yellow
85 black
10 light peach
2 light pink

Buying 3D origami sticks

Buying 3D origami "sticks"

vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igzqfg-nw48 

The PIECES to make these paper sculptures

~Sticks (30 pieces) are priced in $USD. Postage is in $NZD (which is cheaper in $USD & most currencies)

~Payment: Paypal ONLY

~Shipping: worldwide  *Please read the note at the bottom of the page*

Read below for all info on buying

-Prices of groups of sticks

-Colours 

-Order template

-Postage info & postage price estimation

 

ORDER INFO

Send your order by email or message me on Youtube

~Email: jewelliaproducts@gmail.com

~Youtube channel: youtube.com/jewellia7777

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 Example of order

Hi

I want to buy 40 sticks ($20)         number of sticks you want ($__ price)

10 dark red                                    

10 yellow                                           list sticks of colours

5 bright yellow                                  so that they add up to the 

5 sky blue                                         number of sticks you want 

5 dark blue

2 light green

3 light pink

and 5 black ($5)                       black priced separately ($1 per stick)

TOTAL $25                                                            TOTAL

My paypal email is bob123@hotmail.com         include your paypal email

I live in america                                                      and country

Thanks

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POSTAGE INFO

~I send worldwide given that you give me a correct/valid address.

~I send mostly to America. Sometimes Canada, England and Australia

( Sending to Australia is cheaper since it's closer to NewZealand^_^ (I live in NZ) )

~I've also sent to (once or a few times) Netherlands, France, Brazil, Austria, South Africa, Belgium, India, Bermuda, Saudi arabia, Cyprus & Singapore

Below is a list to give you an idea of postage prices. (Postage depends on weight of package)

Minimum postage is $11.50NZD which is around $9.63USD (conversion rate changes everyday), for up to 200 grams (weight of package) which is about 10-30 sticks. 

So it's better to get at least 20-30 sticks because some people buy 10 sticks and the postage is more than the sticks and not really worth it.

The more the package weighs, it goes up by a couple of dollars

 up to 200g = 12.94NZD/ $10.67USD (10-30 sticks)

250g = 14.14NZD/ $11.65USD (40 sticks)

300g = 15.34NZD/ $12.64USD

350g = 16.55NZD/ $13.64USD

400g = 17.75NZD/ $14.63USD

450g = 18.96NZD/ $15.63USD

500g = 20.16NZD/ $16.62USD

550g = 21.36NZD/ $17.60USD (100 sticks)

...etc

It may be a bit more expensive to certain countries. But the main countries I send to (america, canada, england...) are the prices above
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Disclaimer: Parcels from New Zealand to overseas do not have a tracking number (Unless you choose that option, but it's expensive, over $80) therefore I can not do anything if a package is not received, which rarely happens. 

You must provide a valid/ correct address and let me know if your address is different to the one on the Paypal account.

I am not responsible for the package once it is sent. I will give a refund (for the sticks only) if the package is sent back to me.

4-10 working days (not counting weekends or public holidays) is the target amount of days it takes to get there. In a few cases it has taken a month even with the target of 4-10 days.

bigger diamond pattern swan

Hey people! If you want to make a bigger diamond pattern swan, here are some written instructions sent in by spelcika1990 on Youtube:

(If you haven't seed the video for the normal sized diamond pattern swan, watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWEbFTdPhpk)

 spelcika1990's instructions:

Normal sized swan & Bigger swan

PIECES
770 white pieces (+48 for the neck)
494 colored pieces (+23 for the neck)
1 black

1. Start with 9 white 'mountains' (4,3,2,1) and 9 diamonds.  (as shown in the normal sized swan vid linked above)
2. Outline the diamonds 3 times
3. Add another row of diamonds
4. Outline the diamonds 1 time
5. Add another row of diamonds

CHEST:
6. 2 white outlines on 2 diamonds
7. between 2 outlines (between the mountains) make a diamond
8. Around the diamond make 1 white outline
9. Add color outline
10. And add another white outline until the last colored piece (leave it for the neck)
11. Fill out the spaces between the diamonds with white

TAIL (inverted)
12. On top of the last diamond color piece put 2 color pieces
13. Continue with 1 white, 1 color, 4 white, 1 color, 4 white, 1 color, 4 white, 1 color, 4 white, 1 color, 4 white, 1 color, 1 white, 2 color pieces
14. At 4 white pieces build up mountains - you end up with 5 mountains
15. Between mountain spaces add diamonds - you end up with 4 diamonds
16. Make 2 outlines around all 4 diamonds
17. Between mountain spaces add 3 diamonds
18. Outline 3 diamonds twice
19. Between mountiain spaces add 2 diamonds
20. Outline 2 diamonds twice
21. Now you can make the last diamond and make 1 outline around that diamond
21. Now outline the whole tail with color pieces
22. Next outline is white
23. Finish with 2 color outlines around the whole tail.

NECK
I'm sure I don't need to have to explain you, it's the same, I used 48 white pieces and 23 colored pieces.

I added another black piece to make it realistic and another orange at the end.

kawaii rabbit plush pattern

Here's a basic pattern for a kawaii rabbit plush. ~Enjoy ^_^

(Click on the image to see the measurements more clearly)

Video tutorial on just the head here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C60darz-HE&feature=relmfu

NOTES:

-The measurements are there as a guide so you can draw the shapes the same size as mine, but you can make it any size. They're simple shapes to draw so you can roughly copy this, and it doesn't matter if it's a little bit different. 

-You can modify it to be another animal. Change the shape and position of ears to make a monkey, bear etc...

-Cut the head &; body shapes (2 each, front & back) with a SEAM ALLOWANCE (GAP around the outline) because you will sew around and turn inside out later on.

- The shapes in the blue box (on the right side) don't need a seam allowance cos you'll sew them straight onto the plushie. There's no turning inside out or anything.

-The green lines at the neck of the head & body shapes show that you leave a gap there when sewing so you can turn it inside out later.