Origami for Kids
Origami is a fascinating and creative craft for kids, especially if you can find origami models appropriate to their age. Not only will children get a real sense of satisfaction out of making these fun origami models, but they will be getting practice at following instructions, increasing their manual dexterity, and producing a fun and decorative end-product. Enjoy these easy origami models, specially adapted to make paper folding fun for children! Simple photo instructions and videos make folding easy. We have origami for all sorts of holidays and occasions and for every day too - explore below!
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To follow traditional origami diagrams and instructions you must learn, and be able to follow, various symbols and techniques. Our testers found them difficult to understand.
So, to make our origami as clear as possible for children, we have photographed our models each step of the way. We hope that you and the kids can follow along easily!
Please note: the instructions come in pdf format so that you can read them online, save them to your computer, or print them out. You will need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded free from
www.Adobe.com.
See also: Make An Origami Scrapbook or Ring Binder
See our latest Origami video - watch Tilly make an easy Origami booklet
"I found this site just today as my children asked about learning origami, not my favourite subject as in the past
10 years, I've purchased three different 'origami for beginners' kits and have never managed to complete a single (simple!) project
Today, I made my first origami 'basket' - whilst my 8 and 9 year olds made their first fleet of ships, flowers, a zoo full of origami animals and more. The instructions
are excellent - by far the best I've seen and the projects are great. What a great way to spend a rainy day and the children
enjoyed it immensely... as did I for once"
Origami Models by Category
Origami Objects
Instructions for origami sailing boats, baskets, boxes, hearts, booklets, a very useful envelope and more!
Origami Creatures
Origami Animals
Kids love these cute origami animals, which can be made in all sizes from huge (use them as masks) to tiny.
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Origami Birds
Some of the oldest, traditional origami models are of birds - the most well-known being the crane. But we have
all sorts of birds, traditional and modern, in this section.
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Origami Fish and Other Sea Creatures
Origami fish are fun to make - and there are so many different
kinds, you could end up with a very full aquarium!
Origami Flowers
Origami Flowers
Origami flowers are perfect for decorating home-made cards and as gift tags, but they also look good on the fridge, lining the window-sill or bordering a notice board. We have
flowers for all seasons here.
Recycling Origami
Recycling Origami
Ideas for large origami projects using newspaper, magazine paper or gift wrap.
Traditional Japanese Origami
Traditional Japanese Origami
Try your hand at an origami crane, samurai helmet, and more!
Wearable Origami
Wearable Origami for Kids
Sometimes your children want to dress up but you don't have the right props to hand. Perhaps they can help you fold what you need?
Origami Buildings
Origami Buildings
Make an 3D origami village or use these origami buildings to create a scene on a large piece of paper.
Origami Models by Holiday
Origami Advent Calendars
Christmas Origami
Chinese New Year Origami
St Patrick's Day Origami
Father's Day Origami
Easter Origami
Halloween Origami
Thanksgiving Origami
St Andrew's Day Origami
Origami Basics
Making a square
How to cut a square out of newspaper, gift wrap, magazine paper etc
Origami
bird base
Use this in the origami crane and origami owl 2
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