Origami Ideas for 4-Year-Olds: Halloween Edition
We’ve gathered origami folding instructions with Halloween motifs that 4-year-olds can enjoy.
Most of the finished pieces are flat, so you can decorate walls with them or use them as motifs for wreaths and hanging decorations.
Three-dimensional pumpkins and the like are cute when displayed on a table, too.
While talking about the origins of Halloween and the meanings of its motifs, enjoy making origami together and let the children soak up the Halloween spirit!
Wishing the children a fun-filled Halloween.
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Origami Ideas for Halloween (Ages 4) (21–30)
Easy and cute Halloween ghost
After folding the paper in half into a triangle twice to make creases, open it and place the origami so the creases form a cross.
Fold the bottom corner up to the center to make a crease, then fold the top corner down to align with that crease.
Fold the left and right corners to the center line to crease them, then unfold.
Make step folds so the creases you just made overlap with the center line, open the pocketed parts, and squash-fold them into triangles.
These will be the ghost’s hands.
Fold both top corners into small triangles to round the ghost’s head, then fold the left and right edges of the bottom corner to the center line to form the tail.
Turn the paper over, fold both hands inward, and fold the tail up at an angle.
It’s complete.
Easy! Halloween Pumpkin
Fold the origami paper twice to make a small square.
Flatten both of the pocket sections formed by the folds into triangles, then fold the left and right edges of one of the triangles toward the center line.
Turn the paper over and fold up the part sticking out at the bottom to hide it as a triangle.
Next, fold the left and right corners of the other triangle toward the center line, then tuck the two corners created by the folds slightly inward.
Finally, fold the top corner downward, then fold it back up a little so the tip sticks out slightly, and your pumpkin is complete.
Cute Halloween candy
After folding the origami paper in half into a triangle twice to make creases, open it up and fold the top and bottom corners in to meet at the center.
Next, fold the bases of the two triangles you created in toward the center line.
Fold the left and right corners inward to make the origami a rectangle, then make stepped folds on the left and right sides.
Flatten the upper and lower parts of those stepped sections into triangles to form a candy shape.
If you fold the corners of the square in the middle to round them, it will look even more like candy.
Add patterns or decorate with stickers to finish it nicely.
Cute Halloween bat
Fold the paper into a triangle by matching the top and bottom corners.
Crease well, then open it.
This time, overlap the left and right corners slightly out of alignment and fold.
Fold up the base, leaving a little of the top corner of the triangle visible, then fold that remaining corner down—this will be the bat’s head.
Fold the paper in half along the vertical center line, and fold in the left and right sides of the head, aligning edges to edges, creasing as you go to shape the bat’s wings.
Once all the creases are made, open the paper and make wavy cuts along the lower part of the wings to finish.
Origami bat
Fold the origami paper twice to make a small triangle, then make a slit under the top corner, parallel to the base.
Make the slit from the side opposite the fold, being careful not to cut it off.
The upper triangular section you slit will become the bat’s head, and the lower part will be the wings.
Open the paper back into the large triangle, and fold the slit section toward the central crease to form the head shape.
Fold the same parts back to create the bat’s distinctive ears.
Use a zigzag (mountain–valley) fold for the junction between the head and body.
Finally, fold the remaining wings several times to add creases and give it a three-dimensional finish, and you’re done.
Perfect for Halloween! Halloween pumpkin
You can make an essential Halloween pumpkin with simple steps.
Fold the origami paper in half twice to make a square, then squash the pocketed sections to form two triangles.
Fold both side edges of the triangles toward the center line, flip the paper over, and fold the protruding corners inward.
Next, fold the left and right corners of the triangle toward the center line, then fold the newly created corners into small triangles to round the shape.
Finally, fold down the top corner, and fold it back so a little tip sticks up—your pumpkin is complete!
Message card of a self-standing cat
A cat-themed message card that sits cutely on a desk or a gift.
You can make it with a single sheet of origami, and the steps aren’t very difficult.
Try using black or orange origami paper to give it a Halloween vibe.
Fold the origami into a triangle, then fold the top corner down to meet the center of the base.
Cut off the top layer of the folded-down triangle with scissors, leaving it as the space to write your message.
Flip the origami top to bottom, fold the left and right edges toward the base, then fold them up again to create the cat’s ears.
Finally, tuck in the corners to shape the head, and attach the cat’s face and an oval-cut white piece for the message area to finish.