5 Origami Paper Ideas to Enjoy Making with Your Kids

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my privacy policy for more details.

Simple & Easy Origami Craft for kids at home. These origami paper ideas are fun to fold & a great way to encourage kids to learn through play.

Origami is the name that paper folding art is known for. This art is based on using light and thin paper to be able to be folded multiple times. Such papers should be able to hold shrinks and wrinkles. After the completion of the folding process, the folded origami can also be decorated with items or colors depending on your preference. Through origami art, you can create two-dimensional and three-dimensional items. Origami arts are often used in schools and are considered a great resource for teaching. Advanced origami arts are created by renowned artists and showcased in major exhibitions around the world. In this blog, I am sharing 5 origami paper ideas to DIY with your kids at home!

What are some origami paper ideas to DIY?

Flower origami:

• Fold a square paper into a triangle, bringing 2 opposite corners together
• Open the paper and fold it bringing the other 2 corners together
• Then re-open the paper and fold it from the middle to form a rectangle
  
• Repeat from the opposite side
• Open the paper, and start bringing each corner to the center of the paper, creating small triangles
  
• Fold back each triangle, to have each side aligned with the bottom in order to create an elevated triangle top.
  
• Then, fold the paper from the center perpendicularly and flatten it.
  
• You will have dangled triangles. Fold each triangle slightly to form smaller triangles and have aligned bottoms.
• Use the glue to attach the open sides as shown in the pictures.
• You need 3 units to form the flower
• Once attached, you will get a nicely shaped origami flower.

Learn how to create this beautiful origami flower through this video:

Canoe origami

• Fold a square paper from the middle to form a rectangle
• Then, fold each of the two rectangles from the middle to make shorter rectangles
• Bring the lower side of the square to the crease dividing the upper rectangle into halves
• Fold back the upper left corner of the upper layer to form a triangle
  
• Continue to fold again to narrow the triangle’s size
• Repeat the two folds from the lower-left size to have a tiny triangle
  
• Fold back 1/3 of the upper layer starting from the top, then fold 1 time from the lower right side to form one triangle
• Continueold the upper layer back as shown in the below picture then fold up back and forth
  
• Repeat the above steps from the other side
• You will end up with the following shape
• Fold the last square from both sides
• Finally, flip and open
  

Butterfly origami

• Fold a square paper from the middle to form a rectangle
• Open the paper turn it 90 degrees, and fold it again from the middle to form another rectangle
• Then re-pen the paper again, turn it 45 degrees, and fold it into a triangle, bringing 2 opposite corners together
• Open the paper, turn it 180 degrees and repeat
• Make 4 pockets
• Fold the paper to form one triangle
  
• Cut the outside lower corner in curves
  
• Open the triangle in half
• Bring the corners of the upper layer to the middle
• Flip to the backside, and fold the top of the triangle to the back
• You will end up with a triangle from each side
• Finally, tie the triangles together, and your butterfly is ready
  

Snake origami

• • Bring an A4 paper and fold it in half from the longer side
  • Fold it again in half from the longer side as well
  • Open the last fold and fold the first half into 2
  • Do it to the other half of the paper
  • Cut the paper at the place of the crease
  • Do the same with another paper color
  • Bring two strips, one of each color, and stick them perpendicularly from one side
  • Start folding them on each other
    
  • Once you reach the end, stick 2 new strips, ensuring to stick two sticks of the same color together
  • Continue the folding process
  • Draw the form of a snake face and cut it
  • Make eyes using white and black circles and paste them on the face
  • Then, make a log red strip and paste it at the bottom of the face, to create the tongue
  • Stick the face on one side of the snake
  • Create a triangle of the same first A4 color and paste it at the other side to form a queue
    

You can watch this video for more details:

Crown origami

• • • Fold a square paper into a triangle, bringing 2 opposite corners together
    • Open it and fold it in the middle to form a rectangle
    • Fold it again from the middle to form a square
    • Open the square, then fold each half of the rectangle from the middle
    • Try to open the rectangle from the side to form the shape of a house (Square covered with a triangle on the top)
      
    • Fold the inner sides of the house shapes to the middle
    • Then, fold the formed triangle to the top
      
    • Fold both sides at the crease, then make triangles from the corners at both sides
    • Continue the process by folding old again the triangle to the top
    • Finally, try to open the crown from the bottom taking down the top>
      

These are simple origami paper ideas to DIY crafts for kids at home. The list is endless. Always think of origami as a new way to support your kids’ education. Why not have numbers or letters written on these origami shapes? It will surely encourage kids to study and learn… through play.

Check out my art and craft page for more learning through play activities. Please rate and leave a comment below if you like this article. Let’s connect on social media. You can find me on Pinterest, Tiktok, Instagram, and YouTube. Please follow & subscribe! Thank you for your support!