Origami and Kirigami – Ways to keep your hands busy

Origami is an art that demands a sense for texture, symmetry and a great deal of dexterity. All of which you can better with consistent practice. Appu Series has enough materials to give your hands that much needed exercise.

Using your hands and making things with them improves your spatial intelligence while giving your fingers much specific roles so that you are not all ‘thumbs’.  Every bone and muscle in your wrists, knuckles, hands and fingers are coordinated.

Thanks to the Japanese, the world now has yet another art form that transcends arts, and finds its application in the most unimaginable human creations.

More than just the development of psychomotor skills, paper-folding in geometric patterns solves some of the most puzzling mathematical equations as the famous 19^th century Indian Mathematician, T. Sundara Row mentions  in his work ‘Geometric Exercises in Paper Folding’. The creases and folds on the sheet can derive many equations to perfection.

Origami which involves just folding is a great way to train your eyes and hands. It does advance to more technical forms of slitting and trimming paper.

The origami and kirigami modules on Appu Series’ site, aim at developing these core areas in children. Fans, paper-cranes and a lot of other stuff fashion out flat square sheets of paper. Want to try your hands at it? Visit

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