Dollar bill origami

[AlP]

I've recently taken to folding dollar bills into butterflies to give as tips in bars and restaurants and suchlike. I think of it as a sort of random and unnecessary act of kindness. It makes me feel good. The reception varies. Some servers clearly appreciate my effort. One even made me a stork out of a napkin once. Others politely accept but seem not to care.

I suspect my paper folding skills are poor. I actually need to tell people my bills are folded as butterflies. I had one server guess it was vampire teeth! I've searched for resources on and for books on amazon and found some useful stuff. I wonder if anyone here knows about origami and could point my to some good resources?

Also, what do you think, is someone working in a bar or restaurant more likely to appreciate a dollar bill folded into a butterfly than a regular unfolded one?

There's another somewhat embarassing issue I've run into. I start folding a bill because I'm being served by a girl. A guy working behind the bar sees I'm doing it so no turning back. Then I end up having to pay him for whatever reason. I feel like a dumbass giving the guy a butterfly. I'd rather give him a regular bill and being a guy I'm pretty sure he would too (but you never know). I think what I really need is to have a more stereotypically masculine folded dollar bill stashed in my pocket that I can give him instead. Any ideas what it could be? And where do I learn how to fold it?

[Whitney]

More "manly" options:


http://sebastien.deviantart.com/art/Dol ... -114434517
[youtube:38608efw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBgBc0efns[/youtube:38608efw]


http://b0oren.deviantart.com/art/the-shirt-113833992
[youtube:38608efw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ubDIhjOOC0[/youtube:38608efw]

There are quite a few other dollar bill origami videos if you do a google or you tube search.

[AlP]

Wow you're awesome Whitney! I should have thought of youtube. Lol.

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I've made these:
http://lyno.org/origami/eagle&pyramid1.jpg  (It is a link because of an error that said "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image.".... Whitney?

I've given out the pyramids, but the balancing eagle is too involved to leave as a tip.

Design by Jeremy Schaffer

Published in the book Origami to Astonish and Amuse

I also made his "Dollar Bill Cuboid"
I couldn't find an image of it, but it was very difficult and can be described as a chain of 6 cubes attached to each other at the edges.

[Whitney]

I've made these:
http://lyno.org/origami/eagle&pyramid1.jpg  (It is a link because of an error that said "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image.".... Whitney?

It seems to do that with images that have symbols in their name such as the &.

[Nulono]

Dollar bill orgy? Dollar bill orgasm?

[EbonyTaylor]

What do you mean Nulono? Why dollar orgy?







Regards,

Ebony Taylor Carter
Pret immobilier

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