I always thought the kids who could make animals out of paper were so cool. I mean, it can’t be that hard, but every time I tried to make a crane or even a flower, I couldn’t. I always got almost there and then something would go drastically wrong, and my “animal” would turn into a giant crumbled ball of paper. People have tried to sit me down and teach me the ways of origami, but I am far too lazy and have way too short an attention span to sit through an entire paper folding lesson. So how am I supposed to impress my friends?

With the Origami Sticky Notepad (Nerd Seven, $3.95), of course! This notepad has 100 sticky notes in each pad, and 10 possible folding patterns on each note sheet. So basically, after writing 10 notes you can learn how to create 10 paper masterpieces. If you wanted to write a super cute note to your fiancée, you could use this notepad and then fold it into a butterfly. Or, you could just use the note sheets as a guideline and use different paper to make your origami creations, but then you have to make sure they’re a perfect square first (and that’s just sounds like a lot of work to me). You could send your note off, sans paper folding, to a friend and let them try their hand at origami art. Either way, I think you’re making the world a better place through your art.

Remember that story about the girl with cancer who wanted to make 1000 paper cranes before she died? Maybe you should start helping her out.

4 out of 5 stars.

Specs:

-100 sticky notes in each pad
-1 of 10 folding patterns on each sheet
-Turns old notes into desktop art