Ready to blow off some steam after a very productive week? Sure you are. It's Friday, which means it's time to whip a handmade origami star at your cubicle mate just to wish him or her a happy weekend ...

Laura Overdeck from Bedtime Math and young friends demonstrate how to fold origami stars. Laura Overdeck from Bedtime Math and young friends demonstrate how to fold and fling origami stars.

They share a love for paper and an even greater love for what their dexterous fingers can make that paper become: an elegant pink rhododendron, a sleek golden dragon, a wide gray elephant's behind.