Magic Diamonds

Hello! My name is Frank Schroeder.  I would like to introduce you to my new interactive coloring book called “ Magic Diamonds.”  Now you are probably thinking this is just another coloring book.  If you are you are in for a surprise!

Most all coloring books on the market today have the same thing in common.  Once you color the page the activity is over and there is nothing left to do.

With my book the picture on the page is colored, then it is folded up and an action area is cut out and then the picture is animated by rubbing the paper.  You animate the colored page!  It becomes a paper video toy and You animate the colored page!  It becomes a paper video toy and You are the animators!  But the fun is just beginning!

The next series of pages in the book after you color them can be inflated and blown up like a balloon.  Then when you look inside your paper balloon your 2 dimensional picture has magically turned into a 3 dimensional scene!

That’s what is intriguing about “Magic Diamonds.”  They are a simple combination of origami, coloring and animation.  It’s “origami with a twist.”  Kids and adults can have the fun of coloring it and then animating it into a “colorigami toy.”

Mr. Frank Schroeder is a Louisville (KY) area artist.  He has created the first single page animation toy.  He has created the concept of drawing a scene or character on a paper square and creating a folded up 3 dimensional picture paper balloon.  He has created the concept of combining animation and origami together to create moving scenes and playable paper video games.  In 1995 he created paper balloons with 3D scenes inside.  In 1998 he taught origami classes in Louisville (KY).  He has entertained at Dream Factory parties for terminally ill children.  He has taught and entertained at WHAS 11 (Louisville, Kentucky television) Crusade for Children.  He placed one of 2 people in Indiana South in Make a Difference Volunteer Charity.