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Very easy origami - seed packets and a paper dress

  A couple of paper based ideas for you to try today, and neither is in any way tricky.  All you'll need are a few sheets of 6 inch square paper that's not too thick, not too flimsy.  Tissue paper would tear too easily but cardstock wouldn't fold easily enough.  You get the idea.  If you've a bone folder, that'll help make sharp creases, but a rule or a fingernail will do the job otherwise.   I won't try go through the instructions for the dress as there's an excellent video by Karen Elaine on YouTube which will demonstrate it much better than I ever could.  She turns the dresses into bookmarks, but you could add them to a journal page or a blank greetings card.   The other things I've been making today, also from 6 inch squares, are these origami seed packets.  I've made other seed packets lately, but those have involved using plenty of double sided tape.  This origami method will only require a small dab of glue or a single ...