Origami helps fight Anxiety #Lumia @MicrosoftSA

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Our busy lives can lead to us experiencing high levels of anxiety, suffering from memory loss or even a decrease in cognitive function. But adding a simple hobby to your life can help you in focusing your mind away from the stress in your day and letting you learn a new skill. One such hobby is the ancient art of paper folding, Origami.

Why Origami?

Learning origami has great benefits for both your mental and creative capabilities. Often used in therapeutic settings, Origami is also regarded as a great treatment for anxiety. People who take up the hobby also report that their hand-eye coordination has improved and, for children, it can help teach sequencing skills. Importantly too, learning Origami helps all of us to analyze and carefully follow instructions.

The fun stuff

But it’s not just a hobby for the mind, as it can also be used to create a wide range of beautiful things. From birthday party decorations to décor items you can use for your home, the products of your new found hobby can be used in a number of ways. Your child is turning three and loves animals? Decorate their party venue with a bunch of paper-folded animals for a cute touch.

How to learn Origami

Because it’s an ancient art, many books, resources & youtube videos have been created to teach this delicate skill. But, with your trusty Lumia in your hand, you don’t need them. Head on over to the Windows Phone store on your handset to discover funky tutorial apps that will help you get folding.

Origami on your Lumia

To start you off with learning how to fold basic shapes, Origami (Free) has easy lessons and schematics for you to follow, as you work towards acing more complex shapes and folds.

And when you’re feeling confident enough to try more complex shapes, check out Origami 3D. Listing more than one hundred shapes and forms to set your fingers folding, this app includes 3-D animations to help you learn as you fold and check that you’re on the right path to creating your paper masterpiece.

Origami Book (Free) gives you step-by-step instructions on how to create cute animals using just a single sheet of paper. Learn how to fold a crane, dog or even a frog, and get the kids to colour in your creations.

Or if your children would prefer to paper-fold for themselves, check out Origami for Kids (Free). With cute illustrations and great guidelines, your kids will be folding away like they were born to do it in no time.

No paper? No problem. Paperama 2015 (Free) lets you get your Origami game on without needing a sheet. With 3-D folding effects and more than seventy puzzles to choose from, Paperama challenges you to create shapes using a set number of folds.

So grab your paper, open your Lumia and let’s get folding. You can do it during a lunch break or during a rainy afternoon with the kids. And mind it. it's not as easy as it seems as sometimes you will be stuck at some of the folds that you need to do but with more practice you will become a master of the same. 

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It's HULK time on #Robosphere @MadmadRob #Superhero

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May is the month of Superheroes who gives us hope and courage to take on anything that comes as a obstacle or struggle in our lives. They help us rise above ourselves and think of others to create a better world. In all of these Superheroes movies, comics and characters the truth always wins in the end and gives you a hope that you too will be alright if you keep working towards creating a better you. Mad Rob is giving us a chance to be a superhero like him by teaching/guiding/mentoring us to learn arts and crafts in a fun entertaining way.

#SUPERHERO month in the Robosphere so Hulk Smash is coming to you in a great way. Get your green thumb into monster mode with this super cool Hulk Pot Head. It’s a simply MARVELlous holiday activity as it will make your small garden look great and attractive. Help Hulk lose his head, plant a crazy fern in there, water it and watch his hair grow all summer! You can also think of other #superhero characters and make your small nursery of flowers look cool in your balcony.

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This will really make your balcony looks cool as well as full of #Superheroes as this channel will have more videos on arts and crafts related to them in May. Who doesn't want a personal #Superhero models created by himself in his/her room or house? Then don't waste any time and start doing this activity today as it's Sunday and you will have your Hulk by evening ready to be sowed as he turns from bald to crazy green hairs by next sunday! Don't forget to post your pictures after making the stuff at any of these channels by making MAD ROB and who knows you can be famous if he shows your pics on his channel and gives you some encouragement on one of his channels by liking your posts.

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Scare your friends with pranks from #Robosphere @MadmadRob

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Scare or sudden attack of fright is also a necessity as important as laughter because it keeps your reflexes strong, makes you competitive, gives you adrenalin rush and also gives you courage to face fearful things in life. Rob is turning into a prankster and teaching you for the coming month all kinds of cool ways to freak your family and friends. Let me warn you to do it within the limitations so that no one gets hurt. After all, it's all about having fun while you learn some arts & crafts.

Let Rob teach you how to get your friends to absolutely lose their minds when they see this super creepy, uber cool Head In A Jar! in this cool video and many more to come in this year -

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Rob is inviting a lot of celebrities from all walks of life to have fun on his channel. I am sure he must be getting a lot of requests from stars also to be on this show to learn and relive their childhood. Kiran Manral is an author and also has a parenting blog "Karmic Kids" which is very useful for parents. One of my blogposts was selected to be published on her Parle-G blog. She is on Rob's channel with her son Krish. You can subscribe to the Mad Stuff with Rob channel at - http://bit.ly/1OOr1x3

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We all love pranks and when pranks are so easy where we can use ourselves to scare others are awesome to do. Remember all those Halloween costumes available in the market where you wear masks of frankenstein or someone else but now you are making your own face looks dangerous. I hope there will be many more simple pranks you can learn in the next episodes on the channel. Hit the subscribe button and get email notification once any new video gets uploaded on Youtube channel of MadStuffWithRob.

I will try this one myself as I would love to know how I look as a dangerous dead version in a jar with hairs and blood all around. Keep learning and exploring kids as this is the time when you can as you are not bonded by any responsibilities. Enjoy your childhood!

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@MadmadRob - RobCycling Tips for #EarthDay #Robosphere

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We live on this planet Earth which provides us everything to sustain ourselves all our lives. Human have created a lot of stuff which can't be recycled which is leading to a lot of destruction for the Planet Earth and it's environment. This Earth Day let's create something unique out of our garbage bags and learn some tips from our very own Rob which he calls as RobCycling tips.

Check out this video and enjoy a simple way to have fun as well as learn something unique - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl5q2Ss69Ck

Rob captures the essence of arts and crafts and reaches to the hearts of the individuals. Our heart and mind always values creativity while eyes tries to capture what they have liked the best.#Robosphere is always full of ideas which we can incorporate into our lives and save the Planet Earth for our grandchildren. 

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These are some of the social media channels where you can follow MAD Rob and learn a lot. The video's uploaded on Youtube are of good hd quality and you will actually see clearly the process Rob follows to create his crafts. Keep checking all the other 33 video's to learn some of the amazing arts and crafts which will not only open your mind but also makes you a kid again to try all the new things you learned in these video's. 

Children are the future of our Planet Earth and it's their responsibility to not only aware parents but also everyone around them to re-use all the stuff which can't be recycled. I am thinking of an idea where kids in bigger classes can take session of small kids & mothers & anyone interested in arts & crafts within their apartments/societies to help learn them these things. They themselves can learn from Rob via youtube channel and then impart their knowledge to everyone else and may be add something unique of thier own while creating the same. The same projects can be shared with Rob and the best ones will be shown at the end of every episode on this youtube channel with your name and city (location).

Keep learning while you are entertained in this new medium known as YOUTUBE which has taken world by storm. Click subscribe now - http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MadStuffWithRob

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#MrX does Mad Stuff With Rob #Crafts #Robosphere

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Arts and Craft was the most difficult subject for me during my childhood as I was never motivated and inspired to create something out of the old boxes and colorful chart papers presented by the teacher. I always wanted my mom or cousins to complete my assigned tasks as I could never think of anything creative myself. But once I became a father and my daughter started watching M.A.D with Rob on Pogo TV, I started watching it too. I used to put in some efforts to do some Rob stuff with her. It became her dream to meet him in person. I won a contest for one of the project my daughter did in her school and was called for a live shooting for the show with her mother. It was a dream come true for her and myself also as I was able to fulfill hers. Check out the blogpost here. 

Now, in this fast internet age, kids don’t want to wait for the normal timings of the show on TV. Youtube is the biggest source of learning and inspiration to learn whatever you are passionate about and considering the same Rob also has come up with special channel for kids and parents to subscribe to. 

Mad Stuff With Rob is a kid's channel on Youtube that puts up fun stuff for kids and elders alike who want to have fun while they learn to create something unique too. The best part is all the things he uses are lying across in the house and we never think something can be created out of the same. Sometimes there is no limit to what you can create out of the regular shoe boxes or cola cans etc. Check out this video for some easy reference – 

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There’s more to the MadStuffwithRob channel, recently #MrX – Emraan Hashmi and Amyra Dastur has visited the sets to create a special episode and have fun on the go. This can tell us a lot about the popularity status of Rob and his craft amongst the kids and adults alike. Checkout some of the pics from the episode and get ready to learn, relearn and unlearn some of the arts & crafts you learned ages ago while you were in school. 

Mr. X is a science fiction thriller that has Emraan as a vigilante superhero with the power of becoming invisible. The movie has released today on 17th April 2015 in India and other countries. Also the movie is available in both formats of 2D and 3D for everyone to enjoy the same. The music has already been liked by fans worldwide. Check out this movie this weekend in the nearest cinema and multiplexes. 

I have already subscribed to the channel and will start watching the same with my daughter this weekend. Also, checkout the Indian superhero stories by watching what MrX has to offer to all of us in the theatres. There is added benefits for those who have free creative time as they can earn to do projects for others and can fill their piggy banks very soon. 

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