Spinning Top (Manpei Arai): Old Instructions

Submitted by Sara on 21 July 2008 - 5:32am
Designer: 
Arai, Manpei
Folder: 
Adams, Sara
Related video: 
Spinning Top (Manpei Arai): Instructions
Related image: 
Spinning Top (Manpei Arai)
Spinning Top (Manpei Arai)
Difficulty Level: 
Low intermediate
Model type: 
Action models
Objects
Paper ratio: 
Square
New, higher quality instructions are available here.

Recommended paper size: 20cm square (8in square)

Comments

Submitted by DM (not verified) on 24 July 2008 - 6:29pm

Man, that thing is amazing. I found the diagrams online, but it was totally confusing(and I had to do lots of reading). SO i waited for a video and here it is on your website. Keep on posting stuff!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 3 August 2008 - 10:38am

I always wanted to make that model, and now I did. Appreciate it a lot, since I love action models:) Thank you.

Submitted by charlin (not verified) on 19 August 2008 - 11:57am

That's so nice. I allways loved paper work!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 20 September 2008 - 10:23pm

i love this website there are so many great models and this is one of my favorite,
keep posting!

Submitted by arman (not verified) on 18 December 2008 - 10:18am

this rocks

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 22 December 2008 - 4:02am

sara can you send me a downloaded video of these:
Double star
wedge flexicube
Unimus rectangium
Spinning top
plus tell me what size you reccommend for each origami? thanks! xD

Submitted by mpcoc (not verified) on 4 February 2009 - 8:17pm

i love this website there are so many great models and this is one of my favorite,
keep posting!

Submitted by Manny (not verified) on 9 May 2009 - 10:45pm

sara i love u. u r sooooooooooo good at origami. i am only a 12 year old boy, and i have made nearly everything that u have made. thanks soooo much.

Submitted by parker (not verified) on 23 August 2009 - 11:23am

i love origami as well and yet im only 12 i guess it goes without saying origami is not for the old and weak. thanks Sara!

Submitted by Noah (not verified) on 4 April 2010 - 2:56pm

I'm also a 12 year old boy and I'm an origami addict! A couple of my favourite of my models are my Unicorn(Montroll), my Maple Leaf (Jassu), and my Eastern Dragon (Joseph Wu).

Submitted by dave (not verified) on 27 August 2010 - 5:18pm

13! WOOOO! man, i never knew there were so many teens that do origami! my parents are like how can a thirteen yerar old stay and fold paper for an hour? HA! im not alone! hahahaha

Submitted by Arshman (not verified) on 20 October 2010 - 4:03am

loooks like ur not the only 13 i turned 13 in september anyway ive been folding origami since i was 10 i love origami i have made som many creations e.g snobie icosaheadro several drags nina osurian santiago flower ball cheeck out my Facebook page fro more or my creation and Sara ur soo gud at origami how much do u pratice??

Submitted by florigami (not verified) on 24 June 2011 - 6:00pm

hey i am ten years old too and i started christmas 2010

Submitted by foldmaina (not verified) on 17 August 2011 - 10:47pm

I'm 11 and I started when I was 7
I LOVE ORIGAMI!!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 15 May 2013 - 11:37am

Hi Sara! I'm an Indian too and i'm 12! Your site is very neat and has lots if easy models to fold.
I had made origami models from almost all of the diagram and videos from your site when i was 10. Oh, and can you post a diagram/or video for the origami flasher spinner hat tent? Its uite awesome and I bet many people will like it!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 16 May 2013 - 10:41am

Hi, I'm not born yet and I love origami! -_-

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 23 September 2011 - 9:59pm

hey i'm 10 and i love origami. i fold 20 easy models in a day and 5 difficult in a day (average). (fireworks, by Yami Yamauchi, it's difficult to me. i can do 1 firework in a hour) i started when i'm 8

Submitted by hamster stiwart (not verified) on 6 June 2009 - 7:59pm

Hello Sara :)
I'm from Morocco, and I'm a big fan of your creations and models, I'm very pleased to watch you doing those beautiful things.

Submitted by NIK (not verified) on 6 September 2009 - 2:44pm

i love all of your creations.i'm from oltenita and i'm 12 years old.you're the best.another thing.can you post a vid on youtube on how to make kamya satoshi's dragon ??if you are not busy of course.

Submitted by juan felipe (not verified) on 22 September 2009 - 10:48pm

you are a excelent origami master, congratulations i coming soon upload videos of origami on youtube

Submitted by sharvin (not verified) on 14 May 2010 - 11:08am

im from india and oim 12 years old your site is a boon for origamists who want interimmideate origami all other sites are atleast too difficult or just too easy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 3 June 2010 - 1:41am

Yeah, great comment, but if you want to come on here, please use correct grammar, you're really destroying the web page's look and feel...

Submitted by dave (not verified) on 27 August 2010 - 5:14pm

shes from india... and origami is a national art maybe in india that is correct grammar. like in latin, the verb usually comes before the subject. eg. jump bob did.

really cool spinner i made a different origami spinner and now i can .... BEYBLADES!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 14 April 2012 - 5:01am

Definitely this site is not about grammar, but origami. Have you, at the age of 12, ever been totally fluent in any language, whether English, origami, Indian, music, math... ? I could go on but I hope you have realized that life is easier for everyone with a bit of give and take.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 8 August 2010 - 12:34pm

I bet you could cut these videos down at least two minutes, if you didn't trace each fold with your finger twenty times.

Submitted by cool guy (not verified) on 30 December 2010 - 5:33pm

you are absulutley cool , your origami is amazing and you can do loads of designs thanks

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 16 February 2011 - 2:50am

have more easy cool unit origami from pieces

Submitted by Zoe kanska (not verified) on 19 April 2011 - 2:43am

I made the box and lid before attempting this. And this spinning top just fits into the box made with the same size paper!. Thanks so much for your videos.

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