Happy Monday!

Every now and then, I like to surprise my family with a Happy Monday gift on the kitchen table on a Monday morning. I think the most memorable was an origami koala climbing a pencil tree, after we heard a story on NPR about a koala who escaped a zoo in California, climbed a tree, and promptly fell asleep.

This Happy Monday gift is an origami penguin. We have been enjoying watching the penguins and puffins at our local zoo. He is sitting on a paper ice floe. I love how three-dimensional he is!

I worked from a pattern in the book, Origami Treasure Chest.  I added an eye with a Sakura white pen, and used ordinary origami paper.

It would have been better to post this yesterday, but... have a wonderful Tuesday!