For 5-Year-Olds: Enjoy Autumn! Easy Origami Ideas
Autumn is the season when everything changes dramatically, with plenty of delicious foods and fun events like Halloween.
How about enjoying origami with an autumn theme as part of your crafts? In this article, we introduce autumn-themed origami ideas for five-year-olds.
We share various folding ideas, from tasty foods to cute animals, so combining different designs is also recommended.
Have fun making them while chatting about seasonal foods and Halloween stories.
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[For Ages 5] Enjoy Autumn! Easy Origami Idea Collection (31–40)
Realistic fallen leaves you can make with origami!

Red, yellow, green, brown… Autumn begins with colorful foliage and is a season to enjoy leaves in many shades.
So why not make fallen leaves with origami, too? They’re great for wall decorations and a handy idea to remember.
To prepare, fold the origami paper in half top to bottom to make a rectangle, place it with the fold at the bottom, then crease diagonally from the top right corner to the bottom left corner and cut along the crease with scissors.
You’ll use the remaining triangular piece of origami paper.
Fold the top corner of the triangle down to meet the base to halve it, then repeat this same fold three more times.
Next, unfold the paper and refold it in an accordion (zigzag) pattern.
Fold the origami in half, bringing the left and right sides together, glue the inner layers, adjust the shape, and you’re done.
Make with Origami! Autumn Insect: Cricket

When it comes to autumn insects popular with children, crickets come to mind.
Prepare one sheet of origami paper.
Fold it in half into a triangle twice, then stand the triangular section up and gently squash it into a square.
Fold the left and right sides toward the center line, then fold the entire top triangular section forward.
Open up the folded part and spread it so it becomes a diamond shape.
Once you’ve made the cricket’s head and legs, it’s done.
Some children may find the squashing-into-a-square step difficult, so please have an adult help them in that case.
Finish by drawing the eyes.
Make crickets with different expressions, line them up, and enjoy!
Cute in autumn! Foxes and raccoon dogs

Let’s make a fox and a tanuki using origami.
You can make the fox with just three folds and the tanuki with five folds.
First, for the fox, fold the origami paper into a triangle.
Place the paper so that the triangle’s point faces down, then fold both sides of the bottom point diagonally inward, aligning them just slightly outside the center line.
This way, you can form the fox’s triangular face and ears at the same time.
For the tanuki, after folding the paper into a triangle, place it with the point facing up, then fold both corners diagonally upward toward the center.
Fold the top and bottom points inward to round out the face, and you’re done.
Finish by drawing the eyes and nose with a pen.
Cute persimmons perfect for autumn

A quintessential autumn fruit! Let me show you how to make a persimmon.
Prepare one 15 cm square of orange origami paper and one 7.5 cm square of green origami paper.
First, fold the top and bottom edges of the 15 cm paper to meet at the center to make a rectangle.
Rotate the paper 90 degrees to a vertical orientation, then fold it in half top to bottom to make a crease.
Next, fold the top and bottom toward that center crease again, but fold slightly short of the crease rather than exactly on it.
Make the folds so that the folded sections and the remaining central section are the same width.
Finally, fold all four corners inward to complete the fruit.
For the leaf, do a “zabuton” fold three times with the green paper.
On the third time, slightly fold the corners first, then fold toward the center.
Flip the paper over, open and flatten the four pouch-like sections, then fold the corners to finish.
Attach it to the fruit to complete your persimmon.
Let’s fold autumn fruits with origami!

Here are origami ideas for persimmons and grapes that you’ll crave making in autumn.
First, the persimmon: place an orange sheet of origami paper color side up, fold it in half top to bottom, and crease.
Fold the bottom edge up to meet the crease; the white back side will show in that area, so paste a green sheet of the same size over that white section.
From here, you’ll fold both the leaf and fruit from a single sheet.
For the grapes, use half-size origami paper to make four identical units and combine them.
Both projects include a step where you open a pocket and squash it flat, so press your creases firmly with your fingers and fold each step carefully.
[For 5-year-olds] Enjoy Autumn! Simple Origami Ideas (41–50)
Autumn Origami! How to Fold a Mushroom

Prepare two sheets of origami paper, round stickers, and glue to make a cute, original mushroom.
We’ll create it in two parts: the cap and the stem.
For the cap, fold the paper into a triangle, then fold the corners to shape it like a mushroom cap.
For the stem, make a triangular crease, then fold the left and right corners toward the center twice.
Tuck the tip into the crease, adjust the shape, and round it out to complete the stem.
Glue the cap and stem together, add the round stickers, and enjoy making your own original mushroom!
A self-standing pine cone!

A three-dimensional pine cone that’s perfect for autumn decorations can be made by gluing together several parts.
Prepare four pieces cut from a single sheet of origami paper divided into quarters.
Fold each piece into a triangle, then fold both sides up at positions set slightly away from the center line.
Open it up and fold the triangular tip to create a part.
Make four identical parts, then glue them together to form the shape of a pine cone.
The key is to glue them while checking the balance and width.
Give this three-dimensional, autumn-inspired pine cone a try!


