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title: Origami Library Center, Part 1
description: Origami library center set up for elementary library
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# [Origami Library Center, Part 1](https://www.mrs-lodges-library.com/2014/06/origami-library-center-part-1)

 Written by [mrslodge](https://www.mrs-lodges-library.com/author/mrslodge) | Jun 16, 2014 4:00:00 AM

A few months ago, I asked my Twitter PLN if anyone was doing an origami center. A few people said they had tried it out. I had been thinking about it for a while because my origami books are ALWAYS out. I constantly had kids asking for them and even have an origami book basket in my nonfiction section so they're easier to find.

I decided to test out an [origami center](http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Origami-Library-Center-1222566) to see how it went and it ended up being my most popular center this spring! To set up, I grabbed the few origami books I could get my hands on and put them in a basket. Since most of the books were checked out, I also made folders of printed instructions from different origami websites. I chose very simple models for the folders - a dog, a ladybug, a sailboat, and a cat. I didn't have any origami paper, although if I can get a good deal on it over the summer, I'll probably get some. Instead, I used pages from books I was weeding. I cut the pages into squares and put the extra few inches of paper in my bookmark bin because those scraps were bookmark shaped.

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I only offered the center for 2-5 so I'm curious if anyone else has used something similar with first graders?

PS - Stay tuned for some cool, creative, unexpected things that came out of the origami center!

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