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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.
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