Ordinary sheets of paper can be folded and cut into ships, animals, and flowers.
Great, educational fun for children. All you need to get started is a pair of scissors, a piece of paper, a Scissor Craft pattern, a few quick folds, and voilà you've got an envelope, a basket or an elephant!
Many of these beginning Kirigami/Oriami images originated from an old 1914-1923 publication entitled "Our Wonder World, A library of knowledge in ten volumes." Publisher was Geo L Shuman & Co.