Origami Frogs & Mini Games

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Origami Frogs & Mini Games

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You like origami? Then these games are made for you!

Fold your frogs, customise them and make them compete against each other across all the mini games we are proposing you!

Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Obstacle course, Skills games et even Darts!

With only tools that everyone has at home you can do amazing things with ease. Do it for your children or even better: do it with them! They'll be thrilled and it won't cost you anything! We all know that we can offer them a lot of beautiful things, but in the end they prefer to have fun with a paper towel...

And remember: just have fun!

Supplies

  • Color paper
  • Pencils
  • Fingers
  • Patience

Frogs Playing Sports

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Cut, fold, glue and play !


Number of players: 1 to 2 players

Recommended age: 1 to 120 years old

Construction time: 1 hour

Difficulty of construction: medium (requires adult assistance at certain stages)

You are a Michael Jordan fan? You love the movie Space Jam? Then we offer you a new concept to turn your little sportsmen into basketball pros! Make baskets to score points.

The goal of the game? To get the frog into the basket. Place the frog at the end of the field and adjust the height of the basket.

Multiplayer: Each one takes a turn at making a free throw. The further you score, the more points you score. Whoever has the most points wins!

Solo: Make a series of free throws at a desired distance. Try to get the frog into the basket as much as possible. Practice. To start the tutorial proceed to step 1, have fun!

Supplies:

  • 2 rolls of empty toilet paper (or one roll of household paper)
  • Tape (ideally a paper tape)
  • Glue (good glue!)
  • A pair of scissors
  • 4 tweezers
  • Some string
  • Colored paper
  • A white wine glass (or any other small heavy object)

Want to try it? Go check it out!
Link to instructable: https://www.instructables.com/Frogs-Playing-Sports/

Frog Obstacle Course

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Cut, fold, glue and play!


Number of players: 2 to several

Age: 6 to 99 years old

Duration of the game: 30 mins


This obstacle course can be played with 2 players or 2 teams. Each team creates its own obstacles, and hides a water lily pad. In turn, the teams make their frogs jump over the obstacles in search of this water lily. The first team to reach its water lily has won. In addition, if a frog manages to jump on the back of an opposing frog, the frog is eliminated.

Supplies

  • white sheets of paper
  • 270gr colored cardboard sheets
  • 1 chisel
  • 1 pencil
  • pens of colors
  • glue
  • double-sided tape

Want to try it? Go check it out!
Link to instructable: https://www.instructables.com/Frog-Obstacle-Course...

Throw Frogs

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Print, cut, glue, fold and play !


Number of players: 1 to several

Age : 6 to 99 years old

Construction time: 30 minutes

Difficulty of construction: easy


The possibilities of having fun with folded frogs are endless. Everyone can imagine a way to adapt this game of frogs. This frog eating game is inspired by the heads to aim at in fairs.

The goal? To make the frog jump into the animal's mouth as quickly as possible, with as few jump attempts as possible!

Multiple players: Count how many tries it takes to get the frog in, the one who does it the fastest wins!

Solo: Try to retract the frog as quickly as possible! Repeat as many times as you like!

Supplies :

  • 1 printer (if you don't have one, you can draw)
  • 1 A4 sheet with the head of your choice printed
  • 1 sheet of 270gr (something thicker than sheet, but not as thick as cardboard to be cut easily)
  • 1 scissors
  • 1 pencil
  • Glue
  • Tape (option to solidify)

Want to try it? Go check it out!

Link to instructable: https://www.instructables.com/Eat-Frogs/

Dart Frogs

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Cut, fold, glue and play


Number of players: 2 to several

Age: 5 to 99 years old

Difficulty of build: medium (requires adult assistance at certain stages)

Time to build: 45 min


Do you like skill and competition? Then this game is for you! Throw your 5 frogs into the targets and win points! Destabilizing your opponents is of course allowed! The first one to win 700 points wins! Beware however of mistakes, they could cost you a lot of money!

Materials required :

  • Colored paper (suggested colors: red, yellow and blue)
  • Classic A4 paper
  • 1 pair of scissors
  • 1 cutter (or sharp knife)
  • 1 compass
  • 1 graduated ruler
  • 1 thick black indelible marker (optional)
  • 1 black pen (or other writing medium)
  • 1 flat cardboard (minimum size 80x40cm)
  • Glue stick
  • 1 roll of tape

Want to try it? Go check it out!

Link to instructable: https://www.instructables.com/Dart-Frogs/