Modular origami is just right for me. You make many small pieces and then slip them together to make your shape (no tape - no glue). Give me a folding diagram for a panda and you'll get a very wrinkly piece of paper that is vaguely anthropomorphic and perhaps could be a panda, if pandas constantly tipped forwards to rest on their faces. But give me a simple Sonobe module to fold - have me fold thirty of them - and have me slip them together into a stellated icosahedron - and you get one neato ball of fun.

An icosahedron is a twenty sided polyhedron. Stellated refers to the pyramids that are on each of the twenty faces. It took me about a week to be able to say the word icosahedron without stuttering. Here is a great webpage that talks about them and how to make them. I didn't use his version of the module - the one I used was even simpler to fold.

It takes me almost an hour to make one of these. Perfect for lunch breaks where I want to unwind a little. I have four of these lovely polyhedra in black and blue that sit on either side of candles in our guest bathroom. Someday I would like to make a bazillion in big and little sizes and hang them from the ceiling over the bed. Four is a good start. :)