Fun for 3-year-olds to make! Easy and cute origami turtle ideas
Around age three, children start showing a willingness to try new things.
In summer, with the heat, they often spend more time indoors.
To help energetic kids stay comfortable, why not incorporate origami—which requires concentration—into your childcare activities? For three-year-olds, origami starts with feeling the texture of the paper and getting used to the motions of folding.
Here, we introduce an easy turtle origami idea that’s perfect for three-year-olds.
It’s also a great idea to collect the children’s origami pieces and combine them into a single artwork!
Fun for 3-year-olds to make! Easy and cute origami turtle ideas
Easily foldable turtle
Let’s introduce an origami turtle that 3-year-olds will be excited to fold.
After folding the paper into a triangle twice, fold the loose triangular flaps upward on both the left and right.
Rotate the paper, then make cuts with scissors—this step is key.
Be careful to cut only one layer! You can also adjust the width of the body to your liking.
By making crisp creases when folding the legs and head, you’ll end up with a cool-looking turtle.
Drawing eyes can add a nice expression, too.
turtle ornament
I’ll show you how to make a cute turtle with slow movements and a friendly look.
First, fold the origami paper into a triangle, then fold the bottom two corners up toward the top point.
Turn the paper upside down, fold the loose flap upward, and then open the corner outward to flatten.
Next, make a small cut with scissors only on the top layer so that the lower triangle is split in half, and open each section outward the same way as the upper part.
Finally, fold both side corners toward the center, fold the head back, and then fold the whole piece in half to finish.
Try drawing the turtle’s shell pattern and face to play with it!
Easy Turtle
Here’s an easy way to fold a turtle that even 3-year-olds can make.
First, fold the paper into a triangle, open it, then fold into a triangle again in the other direction to make creases.
Open the paper, then fold it into a triangle again, shifting it slightly so the corners don’t line up, and fold it in half.
Next, make a crease so that the pointed corner will become the face, flip it over, and fold.
Finally, draw the shell pattern and the face, and you’re done! There aren’t many steps and the method is simple, so try making it together with your 3-year-olds.
A cute turtle on a flat plane
We’ll show you how to make a cute flat turtle using origami.
Prepare one sheet of your favorite origami paper and let’s start folding.
For the parts where you inflate the paper as you fold it in, the key is to teach children slowly and carefully.
Once the flat turtle is finished, draw a face to give it a cute, original touch.
It’s also recommended to paste it onto a light blue background to evoke the ocean.
Be sure to have fun using crayons while imagining sea creatures!
In conclusion
How was that? For three-year-olds, this is a time when their desire to try many new things grows stronger.
We introduced a few origami turtle ideas.
Each one is full of the fun of shaping the turtles kids love, and they can engage with them actively.
Please consider incorporating them into your childcare activities.