Ultimate Origami Challenge Kit for Kids 8-12 is a nice tutorial collection curated by Brian Soonho Yoon. Released 9th Sept 2025 by Penguin Random House on their Zeitgeist Kids imprint, it's 124 pages and is available in hardcover (bundled with origami paper as a kit) and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.
This is a well written and illustrated primer for beginners through advanced origamists. The tutorials are arranged thematically from easy to difficult and graded as: apprentice, whiz, pro, and specialist. Information is presented in
straightforward
easy to understand language and the format makes it easy to locate the
info needed quickly. The sections include basic classic
folds (kite, collapsed square, basic form, and collapsed triangle, crane, star, box, etc). Each
tutorial builds on the information in the prior tutorials and by working
through the book systematically, readers will build up enough of a
skill set to move on to intermediate folding guides.
The book is lavishly illustrated throughout and the drawings & photos are clear and in color. There is an included explanation key for the folding diagrams at the back of the book. New symbols and folds are introduced in highlighted text boxes throughout with clear and easy to understand captions.
The author/publisher has included a certificate of completion in the back of the book for folks who finish the challenge successfully.
This is a nice addition to the crafter's library. It would also make a good
choice for public or school library acquisition, makers' spaces, activity groups and the like.
Four and a half stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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