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Origami

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. It can be the basis of a stand-alone program, or serve as an activity in a more general session involving anime, manga, or Japanese culture. Though a wide variety of special papers are available online, actual materials needed for a program are minimal. Check your local sources for advice and assistance: museums, Japanese language instructors, school art departments, Japanese consulates and bookstores, etc. If you can't locate an expert to lead the session, anyone with just a little expertise anyone can show beginners the basics

Two excellent sites for getting an origami overview are:

Paperfolding.com
http://www.paperfolding.com/

Joseph Wu Origami
http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/

An excellent source for materials, books, and such is:

Origami Supplies by Kim's Crane
http://www.kimscrane.com/

Some nice sites with online diagrams:

How to Make an Origami Crane
http://monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/

Origami Interest Group
http://origami.kvi.nl/

Here are some origami for anime characters:

Robin Glynn's Origami Page
http://www.keme.net/~rglynn/
(Includes diagrams for Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro and JiJi the cat from Kiki's Delivery Service)

Hamtaro Origami Book
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/shop/ham/bks/activity/PGW09HAM00785.01.html

Pokemon Origami
http://www.reimeika.ca/marco/origami/pikachu/pikachu.html