Ideas for Easy Winter Origami Crafts That Even 2-Year-Olds Will Love
Since it’s the cold season, how about enjoying some indoor origami play? Here, we’ll introduce simple winter origami ideas that you can do together with two-year-olds.
From Santa Claus and Christmas trees to snow bunnies, there are plenty of creations that capture the season! The activities also include elements that promote children’s fine motor development, such as aligning corners and using glue.
All of the projects feature simple steps, making them perfect for fun, hands-on creation in childcare settings—so give them a try.
Because the children’s work is regarded as “artworks,” we use the term “seisaku” (制作) in the text to refer to their creations.
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Ideas for Easy Winter Origami Crafts That Even 2-Year-Olds Will Love (11–20)
New Year’s wreath
https://www.tiktok.com/@niconico_mama/video/7312052306030169345We’ll show you how to make a New Year’s wreath using origami paper and a paper plate! Even 2-year-olds can enjoy folding and pasting.
First, prepare a paper plate with the center cut out, origami paper cut into four equal squares, and glue.
Have the children fold the origami into triangles—they’ll enjoy matching up the corners.
Once you’ve made several triangles, glue them onto the paper plate at a slight angle, overlapping them to create a wreath shape.
It’s best to use colors and traditional Japanese patterns that evoke the New Year.
Reindeer made with torn-paper collage
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A fun craft for 2-year-olds! Here’s how to make a reindeer.
You’ll need reindeer-face-shaped construction paper, a backing sheet, origami paper, glue, paint, and round stickers.
First, tear the origami paper and stick the pieces onto the reindeer’s face.
Next, put paint on the child’s hands and make handprints on construction paper.
Cut the handprints to resemble the reindeer’s antlers.
Use round stickers for the reindeer’s eyes and nose, and finish by painting falling snow with white paint.
It’s also great to let the children draw the eyes and nose with crayons!
Instant Santa Claus
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Here’s a Santa Claus craft that’s perfect for 2-year-olds! First, prepare a Santa face cut out of construction paper.
Fold a piece of origami paper in half into a triangle and glue it onto Santa’s head.
Next, crumple some tissue paper and stick it on as a beard.
Finally, draw Santa’s face with crayons—and it’s done! It’s very simple, but it includes many steps toddlers can do on their own, like matching the corners of the origami and applying glue.
Give it a try!
Mount Fuji and the first sunrise of the year
@poccle Easy 6 steps!! Origami Mount Fuji 🗻OrigamiProduction#Childcare CraftingNursery teacher / Childcare worker#Nursery school#Kindergarten#AtHomePlay#EducationalPlayChildcareParentingOrigami folding instructions#HandprintArt
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Recommended for New Year’s origami! Here’s an origami Mount Fuji you can make with just six folds.
First, place the paper face up, fold it into a triangle twice, then open it once.
With the edge facing you, fold the top corner of the top layer down about 2–3 cm.
Fold the corner back up so that about half of the triangle shows, then fold it down again.
Fold the tip to the back, and you’re done! Use red or orange paint to make a handprint and create the first sunrise, too.
Try sticking it on construction paper along with Mount Fuji and displaying it for the New Year.
stick candy

You can decorate your room with colorful flair! Here’s an idea for making stick candies out of origami.
Prepare origami paper in your favorite colors, glue, and clips to hold the glue in place.
First, place the paper on the table with the back side facing up, and fold up the bottom so that about 7 mm of the white side remains visible.
Next, flip it over, fold it to make a 1 cm-wide strip, and roll it up.
When you reach the end, glue the paper down for a neat finish.
Finally, bend the stick’s handle and apply glue.
We recommend using a clip to hold it in place while it dries!
snowman

Let’s enjoy the feeling of winter indoors by looking at a snowman! Here are some ideas for making a snowman out of origami.
You’ll need one sheet of patterned origami paper and a pen.
First, fold the paper in half and open it back up.
Fold the bottom portion up to the crease, and fold the top portion down, stopping about 1 centimeter before the crease.
Next, flip it over, fold it in half, and then fold the top and bottom edges to meet the crease.
If you fold the corners inward, it will create a rounded, cute shape! Finally, draw the snowman’s face with the pen, and you’re done! It will look even nicer if you make a hat and stick it on.
Ideas for Easy Winter Origami Crafts That Even 2-Year-Olds Will Love (21–30)
Perfect for winter! Origami oden

How about making “oden,” a winter comfort food, through an origami activity that helps develop children’s fine motor skills? The folds are simple, making it suitable for two-year-olds! Fold gray origami paper into a triangle to make konnyaku, roll brown paper into a tube for chikuwa, and you’ll have a delicious-looking oden set.
Adding patterns to the ingredients with colored pencils makes it look even more realistic.
It’s also great for expanding children’s imagination when they freely arrange and create their own oden ingredients.



