5th grade is finishing up their Chinese New Year kites, so it's time for a new project! I thought we'd go in a more 3-d direction, and create some origami dragon eyes! The kids LOVE origami, and these aren't too complicated to do! I was cruising Pinterest, and found Krokotek's blog about creating origami eyes, and thought I'd try it too. & Sabrina Wingren, with A Space to Create Art, has this project for sale in her TPT store, if you'd like to purchase additional details of this project. There are also dozens of youtube videos, showing how to make similar reptile/dragon eyes, if my videos aren't sufficient. :) Here's how we made them and a sample of my students' work! Here's a closeup of the eye I colored in the time lapse above. We used oil pastels to color with, and those blend so well! It works a lot better than paint, IMO. I did go ahead and use black and my darkest purple to finish out the corners. We used the Crayola 28 packs to get such a wide array of colors. Here's how to fold one! After you fold your paper, you can start by creating the inner eye part. In my time lapse video, you can see how I layered and blended my oil pastels to create a shaded and shiny looking eye! After you color your inner eye, start on the outer! I chose colors that would blend well, started with the lightest color near the opening, and worked my way out with the darker colors. Then, I added dragon scales with a black pastel! Stay tuned for some awesome ART! Here are some extremely excellent eyes from Mrs. Rogers' class! A Boomerang of Mrs. Rogers' Dragon Eyes! Here's Mrs. Kilby's finished dragon eyes! DISCLOSURE: LINKS TO PRODUCTS ARE AFFILIATE LINKS, WHICH MEANS I GET A SMALL COMPENSATION FOR SALES. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR BLOG!