It seems that origami money t-shirts are one of most popular objects to fold. I found this great video on youtube that shows how to a t-shirt with money. Best of all is that you can do it with paper money in any currency. I just did this with a South African Ten Rand note, and it worked!

Enjoy the video.

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What is Origami Money folding? Well, as the name suggest it is simply the folding of money using origami techniques. Origami Money folding is very popular in the USA, but you can do it in any country and use any note.

It is believed that origami money folding started in the early 1800’s and was made popular by magicians and bar men in the 1950’s.

Why do people still fold money?

• Paper money is always available.
• It makes for neat party tricks.
• The paper quality is excellent for folding.
• Folded money makes for excellent tips.
• You are presented with an interesting dilemma. Do you keep the model (and loose the value of the money) or unfold the banknote (and loose the model). Hey, this might be an excellent idea for a savings program. I think I will try this at home.

Origami money folding is a great way to learn how to do origami. It is fun, different and you can make a lot of different models using money.

It makes for excellent tips and wedding gifts.

Ok, back to the video.

The video is short and very easy to follow. It shows you some of the basic origami folding techniques and you can actually use the origami model. A $100 bill is used in this video, but you can also use a $1 note.

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