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Origami Fun in Winter for One-Year-Olds! Simple ideas for tearing and sticking, too

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.

Winter origami fun with little fingertips.

Even one-year-olds can tear paper with a rip-rip, crumple it up, and stick it on with a pat-pat to create wonderful works.

With wintry motifs like snowmen, Santa Claus, and reindeer, children’s faces naturally light up.

Why not spend a lovely time with your kids, enjoying the fun of moving their hands and the joy of finishing a project together? Here, we’ll share easy and cute winter origami ideas you can make and display.

Origami Fun in Winter with 1-Year-Olds! Simple Ideas They Can Enjoy Tearing and Sticking (11–20)

Oni mask

We’ll introduce how to make a demon (oni) mask for Setsubun using a tissue box.

You’ll need: a tissue box, origami or flyers, pens, double-sided tape, rubber bands, glue, round stickers, and decorations like pom-poms or yarn.

First, this is the step for an adult to prepare: open up the tissue box and stand it vertically, then create the demon’s face.

Make sure the tissue opening becomes the demon’s mouth.

Next, together with the children, tear the origami or flyers and stick the pieces onto the box.

Apply double-sided tape to the top of the demon’s head and use yarn to make the hair.

Finally, use round stickers and pom-poms with double-sided tape to make the face—and it’s done!

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Santa Claus with a tingling beard

Here’s an origami idea you can enjoy with a one-year-old, letting them have fun with the ripping sensation of tearing paper.

Let’s make a winter origami craft featuring Santa, who visits at Christmas! Create Santa’s hat and face parts from construction paper, and apply double-sided tape to the face in advance.

Then, with the children, tear copy paper into small pieces to make Santa’s white beard.

If you make small cuts in the paper beforehand, it will tear more easily—highly recommended.

Finally, stick the hat and beard onto the face, add eye stickers, and you’re done.

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Rip, paste, and make an ogre trio

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Rip, paste, and make an ogre trio

Recommended for 1-year-olds! Here’s a fun Setsubun craft using torn paper.

You’ll need a backing sheet, three sheets of origami paper, horn pieces made from gold origami, glue, round stickers, and a pen.

First, tear the origami paper freely while imagining the ogre’s face.

After tearing all three sheets, glue the pieces onto the backing sheet to create the ogre’s face.

Next, attach the ogre’s horns made from the gold origami to the head.

Finally, draw the face with a pen and add round stickers for the cheeks to finish! Using round stickers for the eyes is cute, too.

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Christmas candy

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Christmas candy

Cute for Christmas decorations! Here’s how to make a Christmas candy out of a single sheet of origami paper.

First, place the paper colored-side down, slightly offset the corners, and fold it into a triangle.

Next, flip it over, fold the bottom edge up just a little, then roll it upward tightly.

Glue the tip to secure, and make the candy shape by folding one end diagonally twice.

Round the corners with small folds, glue them down, and you’re done! Try making them in different colors and decorate for Christmas!

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Ehomaki made with origami

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Ehomaki made with origami

We’re going to make an Ehomaki roll using a toilet paper tube! You’ll need: one sheet of black origami paper, six sheets of origami paper in colors you like, a toilet paper tube, a rubber band, eight tissues, and cellophane tape.

First, wrap the toilet paper tube with the black origami paper and fold the edges inward.

Next, cut each colored origami sheet in half, fold each half lengthwise, then roll it tightly starting from the short edge.

Tape each roll to secure it, then gather six rolls and bundle them into a circle with a rubber band.

Now, stack four tissues, fold them in half twice, and with the closed edge aligned, wrap them around the bundled origami rolls.

Make a second set the same way.

Finally, insert both into the toilet paper tube—and you’re done!

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A Christmas tree made by sticking things onto a paper cup

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A Christmas tree made by sticking things onto a paper cup

We’re introducing a cute Christmas tree craft you can make with a paper cup! You’ll need a paper cup, green and light green origami paper, glue, a toilet paper roll, decorative pom-poms, and brown paint.

First, tear the origami paper into pieces however you like.

Next, spread glue all over the paper cup, stick on the torn pieces of origami paper, and decorate with the pom-poms.

Finally, paint the toilet paper roll brown, place the paper-cup tree on top of the roll, and you’re done! You can also add your favorite stickers for extra cuteness—have fun and get creative!

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Winter origami play with 1-year-olds! A collection of easy ideas that also let them enjoy tearing and sticking (21–30)

Let’s roll and make a snowman!

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Let’s roll and make a snowman!

Crumpling tissue paper and sticking on stickers is so much fun! How about making a snowman craft that’s perfect for winter? First, have the children crumple white tissue paper into balls in whatever size they like.

You’ll also use tissue paper torn into strips; if that step is tricky, an adult can prepare it in advance.

Put the crumpled tissue paper and the torn strips together into a clear plastic bag, then shape it into an oval.

Tie the middle with a chenille stem (pipe cleaner) to form a snowman shape.

Use round stickers for the face, make a bucket hat from construction paper, and attach it with double-sided tape.

If you want to hang it, punch a hole in the bucket, and thread a string through.

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