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[Origami] Try it with your 2-year-old! Easy spring origami ideas

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How about enjoying origami with your two-year-old using simple folds and adding a spring theme?

Here, we’re sharing recommended ideas for spring-themed origami!

It’s full of spring-like motifs.

Through origami, children can develop dexterity and color recognition.

By enjoying it together with your child, it also deepens communication with adults.

For the slightly tricky parts, have an adult join in and give it a try.

Spend a fun time with the kids through spring origami!

[Origami] Fun challenges to try with your 2-year-old! Easy spring origami ideas (1–10)

Cute when lined up! Dandelion origami

[Origami Spring Flowers] Easy and Cute Dandelion Folding Method | Origami Dandelion

Cute when lined up! Dandelion origami

Let’s make an origami dandelion, like the cute ones that peek out along roadsides in spring.

Fold the origami paper in half, then fold both sides toward the center crease.

Fold it again along the center line, then open it slightly, puff it up, and gently squash it into a triangle, aligning the tips so they don’t shift.

For the flower, carefully form the petals with your fingertips, making sure the overall shape and size are even.

Be careful when making slits with scissors.

Once you make the stem and leaves with green origami paper, it’s complete.

It’s also great for decorating walls.

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Perfect for pairing with potted origami too! Cute tulips

How to Fold an Origami Tulip＊How to make [Origami Tulip]

Perfect for pairing with potted origami too! Cute tulips

A tulip that looks cute displayed with a potted plant and can stand on its own.

For the flower, fold the origami into a triangle twice, then fold both sides up to meet the tip at the center to form the base of the flower.

Fold a petal from the center toward the lower right, then open it with your finger and make a squash fold so the petal puffs out.

When overlapping and folding the petals so they cross the center line, the key is to keep an eye on the overall balance.

For the leaves, cut toward the center line with scissors, leaving a narrow stem section, and insert the cut origami into the pocket area.

If you glue the stem section together, you’ll create a stronger stem.

After making squash folds on the leaves to shape them, attach the flower and leaves together to finish.

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rabbit

Easy! How to fold an origami bunny | Moon-viewing craft for ages 2 and up — Origami Bunny

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How about making the Easter bunny, a character from the spring holiday, out of origami? After folding the paper into a triangle twice, open the pockets on both sides and flatten it into a square.

Place it with the flaps at the top, then fold the top corner down to the bottom corner.

Flip it over and do the same—doesn’t it start to look like a bunny? The two triangles become the ears, so fold them in toward the center line on the left and right.

Shape the chin and ears to complete the face.

The body is a bit more complex to fold, so please work on it together with an adult or teacher.

Once you glue the face and body together, your cute bunny is complete!

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[Origami] Fun challenges to try with your 2-year-old! Easy spring origami ideas (11–20)

Strawberries made with torn-paper collage

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Strawberries made with torn-paper collage

Let’s create using our fingertips! Here are some ideas for making strawberries with torn-paper collage.

You’ll need red origami paper, patterned origami paper, a backing sheet, glue or double-sided tape, scissors, flower-shaped cut paper, and strawberry calyx-shaped cut paper.

Use your fingertips to boldly tear the origami! It’s fun that the sound changes depending on how fast you tear.

Even things that seem obvious to adults can deepen the activity when you enjoy children’s discoveries as you work together.

Paste the torn pieces onto the backing sheet, then have a caregiver or teacher cut the sheet into a strawberry shape with scissors to finish.

It’s also great if the children can glue on the strawberry calyx themselves.

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Tulip

Spring Origami: Easy Tulip Folding Method [With Audio Commentary]

Tulip

Let’s make a cute spring flower—an origami tulip.

We’ll use two sheets of origami paper: one for the flower and one for the leaves.

For the flower: fold the paper into a triangle, then fold the left and right corners up diagonally.

Next, tuck the left, right, and bottom corners slightly to the back, and the flower is done.

For the leaves: fold into a triangle to make a crease, then open it.

Fold the two corners that lie on the diagonal toward the crease.

Fold it in half horizontally and open it.

Fold the four corners—top and bottom on the center line, and left and right—along the lines that connect them, bringing them inward to make creases.

Fold it in half vertically, then fold it in half horizontally again.

Open the top layer outward, and the leaves are complete! Have fun folding together, with a parent or guardian helping as needed.

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cherry tree

[Spring Origami] How to fold a cherry blossom tree with voice instructions ☆ Origami Cherry Tree Tutorial

cherry tree

Would you like to make a cherry blossom tree out of origami to capture the feel of spring? Fold the origami paper into a triangle twice and open it, then place it so it forms a diamond shape.

Fold the top two edges in to meet the vertical crease.

Turn the paper over and fold the bottom edge up to meet the vertical crease.

Fold the paper in half to the back along the middle horizontal line.

Rotate it so the pointed end is facing up, then fold down the top layer along the color boundary.

Fold the remaining bottom layer up to align with the base of the triangle and tuck it into the pocket in the center.

Finally, slightly fold the top and bottom corners inward, and you’re done!

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chick

Top 5 Cutest Chick Behaviors

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Here’s an idea for making a chick using a single sheet of origami paper.

First, fold it into a triangle by bringing the top and bottom corners together.

Lift the top layer, align the right edge with the bottom edge, make a crease only at the upper left, then unfold.

Fold the right corner to meet the crease on the left, and fold the opposite corner in the same way.

Fold those two corners you just made back outward, then fold the top corner down into a small triangle.

Tuck the two corners beneath the folded-back sections and the two bottom corners slightly inward, and your chick is done.

Draw the face with a pen to finish!

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