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

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
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.

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

Origami: Santa Claus

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Origami: Santa Claus

Origami is easy for children to try, so it’s perfect as a teaching tool in childcare settings too! Using origami, we’ll show you how to make a Santa Claus that kids can easily create.

This Santa stands on its own, so it might be fun to make many and decorate your room.

There are no difficult steps, and it takes about five minutes to fold, so children can master it quickly! Draw any face you like at the end to make it extra cute.

If you fold with origami in different colors, patterns, and sizes, you can create a lively family of Santas.

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Torn-Paper Origami Lion Dance

Tear-and-paste lion dance origami that you can enjoy making with one-year-olds.

How about creating origami themed around ema plaques displayed during New Year’s? Prepare a backing sheet cut into the shape of an ema and pieces of origami or chiyogami paper torn into small bits.

After pasting the origami and chiyogami onto the backing, make the shishimai (lion dance) face and stick it on.

Finally, punch a hole with a hole punch, tie it with tape or string, and it’s done.

This origami idea lets children enjoy tearing paper and sticking it on.

Give this Japanese-style decoration a try—it’s perfect for doors and walls.

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Winter origami play with 1-year-olds! A simple collection of ideas (31–40) that also lets them enjoy tearing and pasting

A reindeer made with just one fold

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A reindeer made with just one fold

Here’s an origami reindeer that you can make with just a single fold.

Create reindeer with the kids to bring the Christmas season to life, as they’re the animals that pull Santa’s sleigh! Fold a sheet of origami paper into a triangle, then attach eye and nose stickers to complete the reindeer’s face.

Stick it onto a template or background to finish a cute reindeer illustration.

You can also draw your own details to match the face parts on the origami.

With simple steps like placing stickers and making one fold, this is an easy origami idea that kids can enjoy.

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In conclusion

We introduced origami activities that you can enjoy with children during the winter season.

Even one-year-olds can freely tear paper and stick pieces on, which helps develop their fine motor skills.

Through origami themed around winter icons like snowmen, Santa Claus, and ehomaki, nurture children’s rich expressive abilities while letting them feel the changing seasons.