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.
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Easy! Let's make acorns with origami. Acorn folding steps for 3-year-olds (1–10)
Stylish acorns

This is an acorn made using two sheets of origami paper.
It’s easy to make: create the part that becomes the acorn’s cap and the part that becomes the body, then combine them to finish.
It works well to use a darker color of paper for the cap.
You can also use patterned wrapping paper for the cap or play with color combinations to create a uniquely original acorn.
Making several and sticking them on walls or windows looks cute, too.
If you draw faces on them, you’ll end up with acorns full of personality.
Thin acorn and round acorn

There are many kinds of acorns, right? Here are origami instructions for a long acorn and a round acorn.
For the long acorn, first fold up from the bottom toward the center, then flip it over and fold it vertically into roughly thirds.
Next, fold the slightly protruding edge and the top corners, then tuck in the bottom corners to finish.
For the round acorn, first fold up to a little above the center.
Then fold up to the center crease.
Fold the corners of the white folded-back section, and fold back the top and bottom corners to shape it, and you’re done.
Finally, draw patterns on both with a pen, and you’ll have cute acorns ready to go.
Rolling Acorn
Let me introduce a cute craft that can also be used as a wall decoration: “Rolling Acorn.” This project is made in two parts: the leaf and the acorn.
For the acorn, fold an acorn out of origami paper, then use a pen to draw the cap pattern and the face.
For the leaf, color it using a rolling art technique, draw a leaf shape on the back, and have the children tear along the lines.
Finally, glue the acorn onto the leaf to finish.
The impression of the leaf changes depending on the construction paper and paint colors, so let the children enjoy it with their own sense of color.
acorn

When you think of autumn fruits, acorns come to mind.
Many preschools and kindergartens probably go out to look for nuts during outdoor activities, right? Searching for acorns is a favorite activity for children.
So let’s try making acorns with origami! There aren’t any complicated steps, but there are some small folds, making it perfect for three-year-olds who are just getting used to origami.
You can use various colors, and drawing faces on the finished acorns is adorable, too.
They also make great wall decorations, so try folding lots of them!
Acorn-cap painting activity

Here’s an autumn craft idea that makes the most of the cute acorn shape! First, decorate origami paper by painting patterns with paint or by doing a marble-rolling paint activity to add color.
Next, fold the painted origami into an acorn cap shape.
To finish, create your own face and place the acorn cap on top! For the face, you can cut it out of construction paper, or cut out faces the children draw on construction paper.
It’s exciting to imagine what kind of original, creative art the children will come up with.
Autumn Origami: Acorns, Mushrooms, and Fallen Leaves

We’ll make classic autumn items—acorns, mushrooms, and fallen leaves—out of origami! For the acorn, first fold the paper into a triangle twice, then unfold.
Fold one corner toward the center twice.
Flip it over and fold both sides in so they go a little past the center line.
Fold the bottom corner up slightly, and it’s done! Next, for the mushroom, fold the paper into a square twice, then unfold and fold one edge up to the center.
Flip it over and fold both sides toward the center, then fold the bottom up, leaving about 1 cm uncreased at the bottom edge to create a flap.
Fold the corners of that flap inward and open them, then fold all four outer corners in; the mushroom is complete! For the fallen leaf, fold once into a triangle, then make accordion folds from one end and unfold.
Lightly fold along the initial triangle’s crease at a slight diagonal.
Open it up while keeping the diagonal fold section, then round off the corners with small folds; your leaf is finished!
Acorns and Fallen Leaves

These are origami acorns and fallen leaves.
Fallen leaves often come with acorns, don’t they? For the acorn, fold the nut and the cap separately, then glue them together.
Next, prepare origami paper in red, yellow, and brown to match the fall leaves.
Fold it into a triangle with the colored side on the inside, then fold one edge up toward the top point.
Using the crease you made, keep folding back and forth in alternating directions.
Shape it into a leaf, and you’re done.
Make acorns and leaves in a variety of colors for a vibrant finish!
Acorn nut and cap
This is an acorn origami where you fold the nut and the cap separately and combine them at the end.
Prepare light yellow origami paper for the nut and orange origami paper for the cap.
First, fold the nut into a triangle, then fold it again so that the base aligns with the vertical center.
Unfold it, and using the creases, fold all four sides inward to complete the nut.
For the cap, fold into a triangle twice, then unfold once and fold the top point down toward the base.
Fold the left and right sides and the corners inward to form the cap.
Once both the nut and cap are done, put them together to finish.
An acorn with a big, cute hat

These are origami acorns and chestnuts.
For each, there’s a pattern you can make with a single sheet of origami paper and another that uses two sheets, so you can enjoy various folding methods.
With the acorn, the boundary between the cap and the body is fun to create, and you’ll likely feel a nice sense of accomplishment when you finish.
Since they’re small, they’re also good practice for fine motor skills.
In the two-sheet pattern, you can also enjoy the step where you place the cap over the acorn’s body.
The chestnut is all about its plump, rounded shape.
You’ll form several crease lines as you go, so proceed carefully.
It’s also nice that the final fine-tuning of the shape lets your individuality show.
Making these can spark more interest in plants too, such as the differences between acorns and chestnuts.
Acorn made from a single sheet of origami paper

Here, let me show you how to make a simple acorn using just a single sheet of origami paper.
Although you only use one sheet, the clever use of the front and back makes it look as if two sheets were used—that’s a key point.
First, fold one sheet of origami paper into quarters, then fold just one edge into a triangle.
That part will become the acorn’s cap.
If you use origami paper in your favorite color, you’ll get an acorn with a cap in that color.
Add a cute face, and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind acorn.
If drawing a face is difficult, you can simply stick on round stickers for the eyes and half-cut round stickers for the mouth.


