[Origami] Simple Origami Ideas to Feel the Spring with 3-Year-Olds

tomato

Let’s make vegetables with origami! Here’s a tomato idea for you.

What you’ll need: a piece of red origami paper cut to 7.5 cm and some crayons or colored pencils.

By simply folding in the corners of the red paper, you’ll have a vibrant tomato! Add color for the stem with crayons or colored pencils, and draw a face to create your very own original tomato.

It’s fun to focus and use your hands while expressing the tomato’s round shape and juiciness! Try making it while paying attention to the colors and shapes.

Movable butterfly

Let’s flap the wings and play! Here’s an idea for a butterfly you can move.

A butterfly’s wings are very flexible—they spread beautifully when it flies and seem to ride the wind in an elegant dance.

This time, let’s make a light and graceful butterfly out of origami.

All you need is a single sheet of origami paper.

Since there aren’t many steps, it’s an easy project for kids to try! Choosing origami paper with your favorite colors or patterns is fun, and decorating the finished butterfly with pens or stickers sounds great, too!

Three-color dango made with origami

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Speaking of spring, cherry-blossom viewing comes to mind.

Here’s a perfect spring craft: how to make three-color dango with origami.

You’ll need three colors of origami paper for the dango and some bamboo skewers.

First, fold a balloon using the basic balloon base in origami.

Once you’ve made all three colors, simply skewer them one by one to finish.

You can enjoy the origami process itself, and then use what you’ve made for pretend play.

Taking a spring walk with the dango you made together with the kids could be fun, too.

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Cherry blossoms and tri-color dango

Here’s an idea for making a cherry tree and the classic hanami treat, three-color dango! There are several ways to do this, but first, cut the parts for the cherry tree and the skewer of three-color dango from construction paper and paste them onto a backing sheet.

For the cherry tree, you can stamp on construction paper using bubble wrap or a sponge, try a bleeding-watercolor technique, or paste on torn tissue paper blossoms.

For the three-color dango, you can tear and roll tissue paper into balls, or fold the corners of small square origami pieces to form each dumpling.

The look of the piece will change depending on the method, so try whichever style you like!

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simple butterfly

Create a beautifully shaped form! Here are some easy butterfly ideas.

Butterflies are known for their beautiful patterns and vivid colors, and the way they flutter as they fly has a captivating charm, doesn’t it? This time, let’s make a butterfly with a beautiful form using simple steps.

Although the process is straightforward, it’s a three-dimensional project, so children who are used to mostly two-dimensional creations may feel a bit confused.

It’s reassuring if teachers or guardians can help them finish it in 3D together.

bug cage

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It’s just like a real bug cage! Let me share an idea for making and displaying a paper bug cage.

You’ll need light blue origami paper, yellow-green origami paper, scissors, glue, and a white pen.

This idea features making separate parts—the handle, lid, and basket—and then gluing them together.

When you assemble them, align the crease lines to stick them on straight.

You can also adjust the colors of the origami to match any bug cage you have at home or in the classroom.

Give it a try!

A strawberry you can make with three folds

Origami Strawberry [Super Easy] [Just 3 Folds] [Preschool Craft]

Cute and round! Here’s an idea for making a strawberry with just three folds.

You’ll need red origami paper, green origami paper cut to quarter size, glue, scissors, and colored pencils.

The charm of this idea is how easy it is—you can make it by folding the red paper three times! If you want a rounder shape, fold the corners to the back to adjust as you like.

For the calyx (leafy top), cut the quarter-size green paper into a long vertical strip and glue it on.

Finally, draw the seeds with colored pencils to finish it off!