[Origami] Simple Origami Folding Ideas to Savor Spring with 5-Year-Olds

Soap bubble

Unbreakable Spinning Soap Bubbles [Minimal Materials] [No Cutter or Ruler Needed] – Craft Project for Elementary School Kids

Let’s spin and play! Here’s an idea for unbreakable bubbles.

You’ll need pearl-colored cellophane origami paper, scissors, a straw, a thick straw, vinyl tape, and double-sided tape.

Thinly cut strips of pearl-colored cellophane spin around and look like soap bubbles.

Make the parts and assemble them! The bouncy, jiggly movement is surprisingly addictive.

Give it a try!

mole

How to make a simple mole

Peeking out its head! Let me share an idea for making a mole with origami.

What you’ll need: brown origami paper, light brown origami paper cut into an oval, a black pen, a brown pen, a red pen, and glue or double-sided tape.

Moles that dig tunnel-like holes sometimes pop their heads out when they run out of food! Let’s recreate that look with origami.

The steps aren’t complicated, so it’s easy to follow—that’s a key point I recommend.

Try making different moles by changing their expressions and decorating the background.

randoseru (Japanese elementary school backpack)

Let's try folding a school backpack (randoseru) with origami ☺

Choosing colors is fun! Let me share a school-bag (randoseru) craft idea.

What you’ll need: two sheets of origami paper in your favorite colors or patterns, glue or double-sided tape, and scissors.

The randoseru is the trademark of elementary schoolers, and for a five-year-old it’s a coveted item! The charm of this idea is that you make the randoseru parts out of origami and then assemble them with glue.

You can make it in the color of your own randoseru, or mix and match colors and patterns to create an original randoseru you can’t buy anywhere—how fun is that!

rainbow

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

Perfect for projects for the new school year! Let’s make a rainbow that evokes a bright, optimistic future.

All you need are seven colors of origami paper cut into triangles, plus glue or double-sided tape.

Rainbows often give many people a positive impression, like diversity and hope! Parents and teachers will likely feel their children’s growth even more when they see the rainbows the kids create with origami.

This idea is simple and easy to understand, but because it involves many repeated steps, it helps build concentration.

It also looks great displayed together with cloud or dove motifs!

Also great for practicing scissor skills! 3D origami horse

Easy Origami Horse Folding Method ~How to Make a 3D Animal Origami~ [Clear Voice Tutorial] | 3D Paper Horse

Let’s use a single sheet of origami paper to make a free-standing horse.

This idea uses scissors to create the legs, so have them ready.

First, fold the paper into a preliminary “zabuton” base, then flip it over and fold along the top–bottom and left–right edges to make creases.

Use these creases to collapse the paper into a square base.

Fold all four corners in toward the center.

Next, squash the pocket sections on both sides of the square into rectangles so the overall shape looks like a house.

Then fold the left and right edges on both sides toward the center line, and swivel the layers so the folded sections are on the inside.

You should see two split points at the top; perform an inside reverse fold on each to form the head and tail.

Finally, cut the remaining lower section into the shape of legs, and you’re done!

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honeybee

[Origami] How to Make a Honeybee

Let’s make an adorable storybook-style honeybee out of origami! First, crease the diagonals on your paper, then fold all four corners in toward the center.

Next, fold the top and bottom corners to meet at the center, and fold the left and right sides to about half that size to form the body.

Make wings from white origami paper and glue them on, then draw the eyes and stripes to finish your bee! If you display it together with origami flowers or butterflies, you’ll really feel the arrival of spring.

It’s so cute that you might want to remind kids, “Real bees can sting, so be careful not to touch them.”

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small bird

[Easy Origami] A little bird that even children can fold

Let’s make a little bird celebrating the arrival of spring with origami.

Fold the paper in half to make a triangle, then fold it so that the tip sticks out from the base.

Next, reverse-fold the tip to the other side and open it up, then fold it in half to bring it closer to a bird shape.

Finally, fold the head area to form the beak, and your little bird is complete.

It pairs perfectly with spring motifs like cherry trees and flowers, so try sticking it onto children’s spring drawings or combining it with other wall decorations to give your wall a springtime look.

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