Origami ideas for December! Easy Christmas and winter crafts to make with kids
Make the cold season fun! When it gets chilly, why not enjoy December-perfect origami crafts with your child? There are so many seasonal motifs—Santa, reindeer, snowmen, Christmas trees, and more! Cute creations made with colorful origami will warm both your room and your heart.
Everything is easy to make, so even little kids can join in with ease and enjoyment.
Whether at daycare, kindergarten, or at home, enjoy origami together and create wonderful winter memories.
You can also use them to decorate for Christmas!
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December Origami Ideas! Easy Christmas & Winter Crafts to Make with Kids (21–30)
sleigh
Here’s how to make a simple sled using just one sheet of origami paper! First, fold the paper into a triangle.
Fold about 1 centimeter inward, then flip it over.
Next, fold the corners up to meet the top edge, and flip it over again.
Tuck the top layer inside, then fold the next top layer slightly inward.
Fold it to the back, and you’re done.
You can decorate the sled, or place an origami Santa Claus, reindeer, or presents on it—it’ll look really cute.
Have fun getting creative and making all kinds of variations!
gift box
Winter is a season full of delights for children.
To make winter even more enjoyable, why not try a gift box made of origami? With just one sheet of paper, you can easily create a present box decorated with a ribbon! The steps are simple, so even small hands can have fun freely.
You can also color the white back side of the paper in any color you like, or use double-sided origami for a more festive finish.
It nurtures children’s creativity and improves their fine motor skills—perfect to try this winter.
Santa wrapping
Let’s make Santa-themed wrapping that can hold small sweets or gifts.
With the colored side of the origami paper facing up, fold up the bottom edge by 1 cm.
Flip the paper over and fold up the bottom edge by 1 cm again in the same way.
Flip the paper over once more, then fold up the bottom edge again.
Make sure this fold is narrower than the remaining width above it.
Turn the paper over, fold the left and right edges inward so they overlap, then glue to form a bag.
Close the opening so it is perpendicular to the bottom to finish.
Draw Santa’s face on the white part to complete the look.
Make it with origami! Pinecone wreath
It’s an idea for a wreath made not with real pinecones, but with pinecones crafted from origami.
First, crumple the origami paper once to add wrinkles and texture.
Then cut it in half, glue the pieces so they form a wide rectangle, and fold it in half so the top and bottom edges overlap.
Make fine slits along the looped edge, then roll it up tightly to complete the pinecone.
Make the leaves and red berries from origami as well.
Finally, attach the leaves to a wreath base made from thick cardstock, and decorate it with the pinecones and red berries to finish.
Make it big and you can wear it! An origami Santa hat
What kind of impression do you have of origami? Paper cranes? A fun pastime? In fact, origami is so popular that there’s even an organization called the Japan Origami Academic Society, and believe it or not, there’s a world championship too.
So how about making a Santa hat out of origami? Fold it small and it can become a Christmas decoration or a card accent; fold it large and you can actually wear it! There are tutorial videos, so even first-timers can feel at ease.
If you plan to wear it, using slightly thicker construction paper is recommended.
You could also make one from newspaper and decorate it with colored paper!
Cute winter fairy
Here’s an idea for making a little fairy using two sheets of origami paper.
The face takes 7 folds and the body takes 4 folds to complete! Let’s start with the face.
Place the paper with the white side up, fold it in half by matching the left and right corners, crease well, then open it.
Next, fold the top left and right edges in to meet the center crease.
Flip the paper over, fold the bottom corner up into a triangle, then fold it up again so the whole paper forms an isosceles triangle.
Flip it over, fold the bottom two corners inward, and the face is done.
For the body, follow the same steps up to making the creases and folding the left and right edges to the center.
From there, fold the bottom corner up to form an isosceles triangle, and the body is complete! Glue the parts together, then draw the face and hair to finish.
How to fold socks (also works as ornaments!)
Perfect for Christmas decorations! Let’s make a stocking with origami.
First, place the origami paper color side up and fold down the top edge by about 2 centimeters.
Flip the paper over, then fold the left and right edges inward by about 2 centimeters as well.
Next, fold the bottom right corner outward, then fold up the bottom edge by about 1 centimeter.
Turn the paper back to the front, and your stocking is complete! If you’re using plain origami paper, you can decorate it afterward by adding stickers or drawing patterns with crayons.