Dinosaur Origami (Dover Crafts: Origami & Papercrafts)

I'm not an origami expert, but I've been really impressed with Mr. Montroll's diagrams. I've used other origami books (not written by him) where the instructions were ambiguous, and this always left me feeling very frustrated when I got stuck. The diagrams in this book are easy to understand and they follow a consistent notation. It's also nice that, for many of the models, Mr. Montroll has the reader fold pre-creases that help make later steps easier to complete. I haven't tried the 'four star' (the hardest) models yet, but I've folded several of the two and three star models and have had great success. (The book includes instructions for 25 models, only 3 or 4 are labeled as 'four star'.) I bought this book because I was looking to create some origami models for my dinosaur-loving two year old daughter. I've been very happy with this purchase and would highly recommend it to others.

Wonderful book, of course most of the origami is for more experienced readers but still informative and fun. My nephew loved the book.

This book has all the dinosaurs you could want, but these patterns are hard to do! I don't think I was successful at doing even one!! My nephew had one that was targeted at younger origami enthusiasts and I could do one with his, not this one, for sure. The instructions should be easier to follow.

We purchased this book as a summer activity and my 13 year old son completed the most of them in the summer and the remaining few after the school started. The four star dinosaurs are definitely complicated and folds get very thick towards the end. But they are all doable.

This book says it has 25 models on the front cover but it actually has 31. Most of the models are directly from the previously released Prehistoric Origami book. There are 9 new models in this book along with a few redesigned models. Only 2 models were left out of the previous book. The models are from extremely simple to very complex. As in all of Montroll's books, the models are very detailed and the instructions are very clear and well diagramed.

Easy dinosaurs IF you are already versed at origami. If you're a beginner I believe even though it starts with easy pieces it will be difficult quickly. I wouldn't use this as a starter origami book is what I'm saying. That said, Since I've got a lot of origami books and have experience sorting out designs, I think these are fairly straight forward and made good dinosaurs.

The diagrams and folding instructions are quite detailed, though the amount of prefolding can be a bit intimidating at times. The book establishes it's own set of bases to fold from, although none of them are traditional. (kite, diamond, water balloon, etc.) I found using larger-than-average (9"+) origami paper made things much easier, since the area around the arms of the bipedal dinosaurs and hind legs of the quadrupeds gets pretty compact and difficult to fold when nearing completion.

My young teen grandson loved this.

An excellent book with a great selection of origami dinosaurs. The book contains instructions for 27 dinosaurs and 3 pieces of scenery. You might be hard pressed to tell the T-rex from the Allosaurus or the Sphaerotholus, but there are differences. Most of the models are of medium challenge to fold, and you'll probably need some experience before they'll look the part. There's a quick intro explaining how to read diagrams to get you started, so a beginner could probably manage with some practice. The diagrams themselves are well presented and easy to follow (at least for an enthusiast with some experience). A lot of the models turned out nice using standard office paper (80 g/sq m), although the more advanced ones became too fat in the folds nearing the end of the instructions, needing thinner paper to get the layers in the right places. The more advanced models here will challenge even the advanced origami enthusiast. Excellent book if you want to go beyond flapping birds and paper cranes!

istruzioni chiare e dettagliate modelli stupendi di facile/media difficoltà regalato a mio nipote che è in piena fase "dinosauri" un capolavoro di Montroll. Consigliatissimo

本自体はとても使い心地がよく見ながら折りやすいように工夫 されていると思いました。ただ本を開いた瞬間、眼鏡が欲しくなりました。 平面を空間を切り裂くように折り目を入れ３Dの立体を作っていく、コンピューター 技術者が興味を持つ理由が分かりました。ただ幾つか作りましたが、折り紙は 芸術とまではいかず高等な遊びだという思いが込み上げてきて、そこらへんが 自分の求めていたものとは違いました。ただ自分の知らない世界を教えてくれた 本とアマゾンさんに感謝します。

Auf der Suche nach Origamianleitungen vor allem für Tierfiguren stößt man immer wieder auf Bücher von John Montroll. Dies ist mein erstes Buch von ihm - und ich hätte mir fast ein bisschen mehr erwartet. Manche der Modelle schauen sich ziemlich ähnlich, andere wirken etwas lieblos. Andererseits gibt es natürlich auch so einige, die einzigartig sind und für die man sonst keine Anleitung findet. Sehr gut gefällt mir der Aufbau des Buches. Am Beginn gibt es eine Modell-Übersicht und einen Einführungstext allgemein über Dinosaurier, danach werden noch kurz die Symbole und die Basisfaltungen erklärt. (Für Origami-Anfänger vermutlich zu rudimentär dargestellt, für Fortgeschrittene aber gut zur Auffrischung und zum schnellen Nachschlagen.) Ab Seite 12 geht es los mit den Modellen, wobei netterweise zu jedem Dinosaurier ein paar einführende Sätze stehen. Die Modelle sind in Schwierigkeitsstufen eingeteilt und gehen von mittel über komplex zu sehr kompliziert. Für reine Anfänger würde ich das Buch daher nicht empfehlen, außer man bringt entweder viel Geduld mit oder hat jemanden, der mit Tips zur Seite stehen kann. Die Faltanleitungen sind im großen und ganzen recht übersichtlich und Schritt für Schritt. Nur hin und wieder gibt es auch Stellen, wo nicht sofort offensichtlich ist, wie etwas gemeint ist. Das Buch ist zwar in Englisch, die Anleitungen beschränken sich aber auf 3-Wort-Sätze mit recht beschränktem Vokabular. Origamifreunde und Dinosaurier-Fans sollten sich davon nicht zu sehr abschrecken lassen.

This was an unusual and impulse buy as a christmas present but I liked it so much, I bought two- one as a present and one for myself! There's loads of different dinosaurs you can make and I look forward to having my own little collection soon! Service was great and arrived very quickly. Thanks again!