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Dollar Bill Animals in Origami

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Ever leave a tip for a waiter? Ever hand a hairdresser a couple bucks? Ever forget to get that "special gift" for someone's birthday?
This book is what you need. pull out a buck and fold one of these designs and impress all around. (Because some of these shapes are rather complicated, try what I do. I learn one shape a week and keep them foleded in my wallet as to be for quick and easy retrival. And when there is free time, fold some green!)
I have learned a Camel, Rooster, and Penguin so far and use them for almost any occasion.

This book has a terrific variety of animals that can be made out of dollar bills, assuming you already have some knowledge of origami

Finally you can whip out a bill at a bar and produce a realistic-looking rendition of your favorite horse, rabbit, gazelle or dinosaur.

This book is a must!

I received the Dollar Bill Animals in Origami by John Montroll as a gift and its one of the finest books in my collection. I want to make all the animals shown in the book and display them. I tried the elephant and found the instructions to be crisp and clear. I am sure the kangaroo, camel and the giraffe will take some more effort. But the trick is in doing a few steps at a time and repeating them over a few times and then proceeding. That way the steps are automatically memorized too!

Skill Level: Simple to Intermediate

Models avaliable include sailboat, fish, starfish, seahorse, shark, duck, swan, owl, parrot, toucan, penguin, sparrow, crane, rooster, snake, turtle, apatosaurus, triceratops, pig, sitting cat, dog, mouse, rabbit, unicorn, horse, cow, kangaroo, elephant, rhinoceros, deer, camel and giraffe.

This book contains all the Montroll's typical subjects but with a twist. They are folded not using the usual square piece of paper but with a dollar bill which is a rectangle with the ratio of 1:2.35. Although the book teaches you how to approximately cut rectangles to the approximate size, this destroys the uniqueness of folding using money. The main problem is that not all paper money has that ratio. In Singapore, the paper money here has the ration of 1:2. Still despite the same boring Montroll's subjects, it is still very interesting and fun to fold using paper money. It is a subject worth pursuing since you can surprise people when you pay using origami animals made from paper money. Problem is the person collecting the money may want to unfold and ensure that your money is good.You can delight kids when you give them money in the form of origami models. Who knows it just might encourage them to save.

Overall, I like this book despite the same boring subjects. My favourites are the turtle and the penguin. The book surprise me by the range of topics that could be folded using paper money. I have quite a number of books on folding using paper money and I rate this the best one of all.

Strongly recommended for the potential fun it could generate and it is not that difficult to fold since there are various levels of difficulty.

Unlike others, dollar bill origami designs are apparently more challenging owing to small papers. In addition to beautiful or logical, It should be foldable-- after all, a dollar bill is so small. Montroll shows his readers here how versatile he is, and he is still a shining first-rate folder. How can he fold over 30 different animals in a tiny dollar bill. These vivid animals range from easy toucan, seahorse to intermediate tricertops, kangaroo to complex elephant, giraffe and camel. Some models need careful work, but the results are quite satisfying. Novice folders will have endless joy while veterans will find many surprises here. In my opinion, among all 32 models I like the turtle most. Neat,logical,3D,it is a masterpiece. Highly recommended .

Having mastered the Klutz book I wanted to move on to more diversified origami animals using dollar bills. This book is impossible to follow. The author does NOT show dollar bills (so you can judge where you are going)only shades of gray. He uses a variety of arrows which are explained elsewhere in the book, and he shows with an insufficient number of pictures how to create the folds.

This book is great! Some of the folds are quite difficult but he has a good mix of easy and difficult in this book.

The problem with many money folds is that they are pretty much impossible to do with ordinary U.S. currency, Peter Engel's "Dollar Bill Crab" is a good example. Montroll does not fall into that trap. Each of these models are quite "foldable" with a bit of practice, and many of them are quite easy to memorize. If you want something different besides traditional origami, this book is a good choice.

I have a number of dollar bill folding books, it's a wonderful way to share your talent by giving a more unique money gift to friends and family. Most of the animals I've learned to fold are relatively simple, although they have the advantage of being able to be folded from memory, great for (as someone else mentioned) leaving tips. These models are considerably more difficult than that as a rule, but what fun to be able to fold such a variety of animals! This book is definitely best meant for someone with experience with origami folding, particularly if you are familiar with John's diagramming, as there are some places where you can get a little lost. But overall, a very delightful and enjoyable book.

If you're new to folding and unfamilar with the Randlett-Yoshizawa notation, you're in for frustration, but puzzling through the diagrams and training with oversized paper will be worth it. And this book is better than most of Montroll's for crossing that vast gap between simple and complex folding: the restrictions on paper size and weight dictated by a dollar bill have forced Montroll into high-elegance gear. And the results are wonderful: highly foldable, beautifully detailed models that are still doable by real human beings. Even old-time Montroll fans will have a great time, seeing how he's modified and rethought many of his past models (the turtle is completely distinct from the one in Animal Origami for the Enthusiast, and just as wonderful). A must for any folding fan.