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We teach juggling, unicycling, stilt walking, and rola-bola skills.

Just some fun with currency. The smile/frown works with almost any face-on portrait. Lincoln is the best one.

• Lincoln Smile Frown

  The folds through Lincoln's eyes are mountain folds. The center fold is a valley fold.

  • The smile/frown thing is much more impressive "live"
  • The eyes really pop-out, especially when looking down
• Elephant
  • While on the subject of eyes - the elephant has one
  • Directions to make the elephant is a pdf file (48k)
• Butterfly
  • This is designed for a U.S. bill
  • The aspect ratio of the money should be about 2.4:1
  • Other currency will work if the ratio is between 2.6 & 2.2 to 1
  • Directions to make the butterfly is a normal web page
• Heart
  • The heart reverses - both are the same bill
  • Directions to make the heart is a normal web page

Tips

• If you get stuck on a step, look ahead to the next to see what it looks like folded.
• Reviewing the picture of the finished figure also helps.
• Increasing the moisture level in the bill makes it more pliable resulting in sharper folds.
  1. It is very much a guess to get the right moisture level.
  2. Place the bill on a flat surface with a dry paper towel over it.
  3. Now place a very lightly moistened cloth over that.
  4. Let stand for a few minutes then try folding the bill.
  5. When you hit the right moisture level it will make the figure much easier to get the difficult folds correctly done.