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

pill bug

[Super Easy] Cute Pill Bug [Let’s Make It Together♪] Create by Feel! Original, Fun Origami Craft♪

Spark your child’s creativity! Here’s a sensory, hands-on pill bug (roly-poly) craft idea.

You’ll need black origami paper, tape, your favorite colors of origami paper, and scissors.

Kids’ ideas are so free and full of life—they make adults excited too, don’t they? This idea lets that sparkling imagination take the lead.

What you’ll make: a pill bug! What you’ll use: origami paper! How to make it: it’s up to you.

Roll it up, twist it—either is great.

Stick pieces together with tape and you’re done!

cabbage white (butterfly)

[Origami] Summer origami “Cabbage White Butterfly” to make together with a 3-year-old child

Spotted wings are their trademark! Here are some ideas for making cabbage white butterflies with origami.

In spring, butterflies flutter around flowers.

When you picture a butterfly, many of you might think of the cabbage white or the common brimstone.

Let’s make adorable butterflies out of origami with children.

Some steps can be a bit detailed and complex, so it’s reassuring to work together with a teacher or a guardian.

Once you’re done, use a pen to draw their signature spots.

rainbow

[Origami] Easy! Beautiful! Let's make a rainbow with origami♪

A rainbow made with origami! Just looking at a colorful rainbow can lift your spirits, right? How about making a rainbow that’s completed with a simple folding method? All you need are seven colors of origami paper and some glue or double-sided tape.

First, cut the origami paper into triangles.

Next, fold the top part of each triangle to the back.

Finally, glue or tape the seven colors of origami with their top parts folded back, and you’re done! It’s fun to make on your own, but creating it together with friends, teachers, or parents lets you share a sense of accomplishment, which is wonderful.

Adding a cloud illustration as an extra touch also sounds like a fun idea!

Plum blossoms perfect for the New Year

[New Year Origami] Easy and cute plum blossom made with one sheet of origami / How to fold origami plum blossoms

The video uses 7.5 cm origami paper, but that may be too small for a three-year-old, so try using regular-size origami paper.

Fold the paper in half into a square and open it, then fold the top and bottom edges to meet the crease.

Repeat the same process with the left and right edges.

Flatten the folded left and right sections to make two boat shapes, then squash both ends of each boat into squares to create four petals.

Turn the paper over and make cuts about halfway along the center creases on all four edges.

Fold the corners created by the cuts slightly inward.

Fold the front petals and the remaining four corners the same way.

Draw the stamen in the center with a pen, and you’re done.

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Easy flat tulip

[Origami] Easy Tulip Folding Method | Flat design with leaves that even a 3-year-old can fold

Let’s make a flat tulip.

We’ll make the flower on the first sheet, and the stem and leaves on the second.

First, for the flower: fold the origami paper into a triangle twice, then unfold it once.

Fold the left and right corners up diagonally to form the petals.

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

For the leaves and stem, follow the same steps up to unfolding after the first triangle.

This time, fold the left and right edges down to meet the center crease.

Fold the bottom corner up to meet the top corner, then pull the two small front triangles on the left and right outward—these will be the leaves, so adjust the angle to your liking.

Attach the flower and stem/leaves together, and you’re finished.

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Plum Blossom Ornament

[Origami] Ume Blossom Ornament Made Together with a 3-Year-Old | “Origami” Ume Blossom created with a 3-year-old child.

Here’s an idea for making a “Plum Blossom Ornament” with origami.

There’s a cutting step, so please have scissors ready.

Fold the origami paper into a triangle and align the top corner with the center of the base.

At this point, press only the center to make a crease mark, then unfold without making a full fold.

Fold the top corner down to meet the crease mark, then fold the left and right corners up toward the corners of the folded-down triangle.

Flip the paper over, bring the left and right edges to the center, and fold neatly so that the left side is on the bottom.

Fold up the triangle on the back and return it to its original position, draw a cutting line, cut along it, and you’re done!

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Perfect for decoration! Tulips

[Origami] Spring Tulip (Second Version) made together with a 3-year-old child

Here’s an idea for making a tulip using two sheets of origami paper.

You’ll make the flower and the stem/leaves separately, and each part takes only five folds.

For the flower: fold the paper into a triangle twice, then unfold one fold.

With the image of crossing the left and right corners along the center line, fold them up and overlap.

Tuck the bottom corner slightly to the back to finish the flower.

For the stem and leaves: take the other sheet, fold it into a triangle once and open it.

Fold the two left edges along the crease you just made.

Fold the paper in half along the first crease, turn the narrow pointed end upward, and fold up the bottom part to complete the stem and leaves.

Glue them together and use as wall decorations, etc.

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