Origami Baby Buggy!

Baby Buggy

Sugar and Spice
And all things nice.
That’s what little girls are made of.
-19th century nursery rhyme.

About the Origami Baby Buggy

I decided to focus on this model this week as a friend has just had a baby, and it’s Mother’s Day in America this weekend. I’ve made this origami baby buggy from a one dollar bill, with using one cent pieces for the wheels.

As the wheels are not paper and they are stuck on with double-sided tape, it’s only partly an origami model. I tend to be quite purist about what I fold, but I wanted to include the origami stroller anyway because it’s cute! It’s designed by Dominik Meissner.

Folding the Origami Stroller Model

I’m giving this an intermediate rating – not because it is difficult to fold (it isn’t), but because it should ideally be made out of a banknote. It’s pretty easy to make out of an ordinary piece of paper, but banknotes don’t fold well and the patterns on the paper make it difficult to see the creaselines, even though they do look good in the end. If you think about it, this isn’t surprising. Currency is designed to be hard wearing and it has to be reasonably resistant to creasing. In a way, bank notes behave more like fabric than paper when you fold them.

Although I’ve made this Origami Baby Buggy from a one dollar bill,  you can make it from just about any currency note that has sides with a rough ratio of 2:1, in other words, half a square. The only thing that changes is the length of the body of the buggy or the length of the handle. As a dollar is quite a long shape, I folded the handle in half so that the proportions didn’t look odd. The finished model is about 7cm (just under 3in) long. It is a good idea to try making this from ordinary paper before moving onto using money.

Origami Baby Buggy Instructions

Sara Adams has an excellent video showing how to make this model. As usual for the tutorials on her site, the video is clear, well explained and assume no prior knowledge of origami.

There are diagrams for the origami buggy and other bank note models designed by Dominik Meissner on his website. Please note that this site is in German, although it can be translated in a web browser. I’d encourage everyone to give this origami buggy model a go.

Get Involved

I’d love to hear your views on this origami stroller or other money origami models. If you are looking to fold other money origami models, you can also try the money origami frog, money origami duck, dollar cross, or money origami clothes.  Feel free to let me know what you think in the comments below, or you find can me on Instagram or Twitter. Check out my Pinterest boards too!

Oh, and Happy Mother’s Day this weekend to all those American Mom’s out there!

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About the Author

Russell

Russell has been folding origami since he was 8 years old and has recently written the book, Origami Made Simple. He is on the Council for the British Origami Society and a member of OrigamiUSA. When he is not folding, he enjoys photography and traveling.

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