Easy Winter-Themed Origami Ideas for 5-Year-Olds

Easy! Mount Fuji Origami

New Year’s origami: Easy Mount Fuji origami [with audio commentary]

Let’s make Mount Fuji—the tallest mountain in Japan and considered lucky if it appears in your first dream of the year—using simple steps! All you need is a single sheet of blue origami paper.

There are no complicated steps, and if you focus on making straight, crisp folds, you’ll end up with a beautiful result.

It could be enjoyed not only by preschool classes but also with two-year-olds together with teachers or parents.

Display the finished piece alongside an illustration of the first sunrise of the year to make it even more festive.

Cute and easy Santa boots

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Fold the origami in half by bringing the top and bottom edges together to make a crease.

Open it up, place the colored side facing up, and fold the right edge inward by about 1 cm.

Flip the paper over again, then fold the top and bottom edges to meet the center crease.

Place it with the white side facing up, and fold the bottom edge up to align with the lower line of the white area.

Fold the paper in half by bringing the left and right edges together, then pinch the inside section and pull it outward 90 degrees.

Fold the pulled-out section upward on the front and the back to form a boot shape.

Finally, fold the tip of the boot to round it off, and you’re done!

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Let’s make it snow with Choki-Choki-Pon!

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Let’s make it snow using stencils cut from origami paper.

First, fold the origami into quarters to make a triangle, then fold it even more finely.

Once folded, use scissors to cut along the outside and inside and then unfold it.

You’ll see unexpectedly beautiful snowflake shapes appear.

Load a sponge with white paint, place the stencil on a dark-colored backing paper, and dab to make lots of snowflakes.

It might be fun to shift the stencil slightly and dab again.

If you try different cutting methods when making the stencils, you’ll get all kinds of snowflakes, which makes it really interesting.

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Easy and cute! Shimenawa wreath

[New Year Origami] Easy and Cute Shimenawa Wreath How to Fold / Origami Shimenawa Wreath

Something to make for New Year’s! Let’s decorate the room with a fluffy-looking origami shimenawa.

You’ll need ten 7.5 cm square sheets of origami paper and glue or double-sided tape.

Since you first make parts from the ten sheets and then assemble them, it seems like a great way to develop children’s thinking and spatial awareness.

If you attach flowers, the twelve zodiac animals, or other New Year’s ornaments to the shimenawa, it will look even more festive.

Recommended for preschoolers in the middle to senior age range! Give it a try.

A plump, cute long-tailed tit (Shima-enaga)

Origami: How to fold a plump long-tailed tit

Let’s make a cute long-tailed tit (shima-enaga) from Hokkaido with origami.

You’ll need 7.5 cm square origami paper, round stickers, a black pen, two strips cut lengthwise from a 15 cm square sheet of brown origami paper (each 1/4 the width), scissors, glue, and so on.

The step for folding the long-tailed tit’s wings is a bit complex, so children will likely feel more comfortable working carefully together with a teacher or guardian.

The finished long-tailed tit can stand on its own, so it looks adorable as is, but if you make a branch out of the brown origami and combine them, you can bring out even more charm.

Great for walls too! Recommended origami for January

[New Year/January] Origami instructions you can also use for wall displays [Daycare/Kindergarten]

Let’s make New Year–themed items using washi-patterned origami and chiyogami.

The video features hagoita paddles, spinning tops (koma), kagami mochi, daruma dolls, and shuttlecocks (hane).

The ideas are full of exciting touches for kids—like customizing the daruma’s face to match the zodiac animal or freely choosing origami colors for the shuttlecocks.

When decorating indoors, you can get creative by mounting them on construction paper or stringing them together like a garland!

You can make it with origami! Kagami mochi origami

[New Year Origami] Easy and Cute Kagami Mochi Origami / Origami Kagami-mochi

Kagami mochi is characterized by stacked rice cakes and a bitter orange on top.

It looks lovely whether you stick it onto a surface or let it stand on its own, and it’s great for preschool craft projects! You’ll need white origami paper, light yellow origami paper, orange origami paper, green origami paper, colored pens, glue, and so on.

It’s exciting to make each part—the mochi, the daidai (bitter orange), and the sanpō (the wooden stand)—separately and then assemble them.

Since the origami sizes differ for each part, please follow the video to check the sizes as you make it!