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Easy! Let's make an acorn with origami. How to fold an acorn for 3-year-olds.

9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

Acorns are a familiar symbol of autumn nature for children.

They often pick up lots of them during outdoor play and walks, and there are many opportunities to use them in various activities.

How about trying to fold acorns with origami?

Here, we’ll introduce an acorn origami project suitable for three-year-olds.

By repeating a few simple, straight, large folds, a cute acorn quickly takes shape, making it easy for three-year-olds to try!

Use this as a reference and incorporate it into your autumn crafts or wall decorations.

Easy! Let’s make an acorn with origami. Acorn folding instructions for 3-year-olds (11–20)

Easy acorn

How to make an origami acorn ⭐ An easy folding tutorial that even children like 3-year-olds and kindergarteners can try ⭐ Perfect for autumn or September–October decorations ⭐ With voice commentary |

Easy acorn

In autumn, you often see children picking up acorns on their walks.

Let’s make the acorns children love using origami.

Fold the origami paper into a triangle twice.

Open it, then fold the corners toward the center line, and fold toward the center line two more times.

Gently guide the children to fold slowly and carefully.

Flip it over, fold the left and right sides in about one-third each to form the acorn shape.

Slightly fold the tip into a small triangle to round it off, and it’s done.

It also sounds fun to make them in different colors of origami paper.

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In conclusion

We introduced a way to fold an acorn origami for 3-year-olds. Until the children get used to origami, we recommend using larger sheets. Having a variety of colors and patterns ready so the kids can choose their favorites will make craft time even more fun! Make lots of unique acorns together and enjoy the autumn season.