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 5-year-olds] Enjoy Autumn! Simple Origami Ideas (41–50)
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.
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!
Easy and cute way to fold an apple (origami)

Let’s make a fall favorite—an apple—using two sheets of origami paper.
Use one sheet for the fruit and the other for the stem.
Fold the paper for the fruit in half twice to make a small square, then open it back up once the creases are set.
Fold the top edge down to meet the horizontal center crease, and fold the bottom left and right corners in toward the center of the paper.
Fold both top corners into small triangles, then tuck in the left, right, and bottom corners to round the overall shape.
Cut a slit at the top center, then open the cut section to the left and right and fold them down.
The fruit is complete.
Next, use a small piece of origami paper to make the stem.
Fold the paper in half by matching the top and bottom edges, then start at the bottom right corner and fold diagonally, rolling it into a narrow strip.
Secure it with glue so it doesn’t come undone, and the stem is finished.
Attach it into the slit you made, and your cute apple is ready!
Cute Shichi-Go-San origami

Actually, this idea separates the body and the long sleeves, then layers them to look like a single kimono.
First, for the long-sleeve part: fold the origami paper into a triangle twice to make creases, then unfold it and fold the top and bottom corners to the center.
Next, fold the left and right sides as well, but this time align them about 1 cm short of the center.
Fold the left and right corners back outward, flip the paper over, and fold the left and right corners slightly inward.
Flip it over again, then fold the top and bottom corners of the parts you just folded back about 1 mm inward.
Fold the paper in half along the crease, then fold both sides inward so the arms look overlapped, and that part is done.
For the body: fold the paper into a triangle with the top and bottom corners slightly offset.
Flip the paper over and fold the left and right sides so they overlap at the center.
The white area created by the offset becomes the haneri (half-collar).
Tuck the protruding bottom corner to the back, and slide it between the sleeves you made earlier.
Cute parent and child owls

First, fold the paper up to the crane’s basic form.
Take the two open tips (the side that isn’t closed) and fold them toward the center edge to make crease lines.
Next, using those creases, perform an inside reverse fold on both open tips so they align with the center crease.
Fold the closed bottom corner up on both the front and back.
Then fold the bottom corner upward and squash it open like a balloon fold.
Turn it over, and fold the lower tip up along the edge.
Fold the top tip down.
Finally, fold up a little bit to create an owl’s head that slightly sticks out.
Add cute decorations, and you’re done!


