Foldly: Origami for Kids

Foldly is not a game to tap at. It is an app you use with a square of paper in your hand. A fold happens slowly on screen. You pause it, rewind it, slow it down, and make the same fold in real paper. Then you tap Next. There is no score, no timer and nothing to collect — just a child, a piece of paper, and something that did not exist ten minutes ago. WHAT IS IN IT Twenty-six projects, from a four-fold envelope to a lotus with three rings of petals. A paper cup you can actually drink from. A butterfly, a ladybug with seven spots, a sailboat, a fortune teller, a sailor hat. A dart and a glider, to race against each other. A penguin, a fish, a duck and a whale. A paper balloon you blow up into a box, a heart to give away, a boat that floats, a swan that stands up, a masu box to keep things in, and a samurai helmet you can wear. A corner bookmark that lives in a real book. Three of them…