[For Preschoolers] Let’s Make It Together with the Kids! Origami Ideas for February

Easy! Origami Snowman

How to Easily Make a Snowman with Origami! Winter Craft Variations Too (For 4-Year-Olds)

This is an origami snowman you can make with simple steps.

Choose the color of your origami paper based on the hat you want the snowman to wear.

Once you’ve decided, place the paper with the colored side facing up and fold it in half by bringing the left and right edges together.

Next, fold it again by matching the top and bottom edges.

Then, using the second crease, make a step fold (accordion fold), and fold the two ends of the stepped section inward, opening them into triangles.

This creates a waist, giving you a two-tiered snowman.

Finally, tuck the remaining corners at the top and bottom inward to round the shape, and you’re done.

One corner will become the hat, so fold only one layer inward so that a triangle of the colored side appears on the snowman’s surface.

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Two-color heart

[Origami] A Valentine’s “two-colored heart” to make together with a 3-year-old

Here’s an introduction to a two-color heart that you can fold from a single sheet—perfect for Valentine’s Day.

First, fold the paper in half into a square twice, then fold it in half once more and return it to a rectangle.

Fold up the bottom-left corner into a triangle and open it into a pocket.

On the right side, fold just the top layer down into a triangle toward the center crease.

Fold the right side in half toward the center crease, then fold up just the top layer of the lower paper into a triangle.

Turn it over as is, and fold from right to left along the crease.

Fold down the top by 1 cm, open the pockets on the left and right, and fold the bottom corner up into triangles on both sides.

Turn it over, and your two-color heart is complete!

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Ehomaki

[Cute Origami] How to Fold a Setsubun 'Ehomaki (Short)' (Origami no Jikan)

Many families eat ehomaki on Setsubun, don’t they? How about making ehomaki with origami? First, prepare white origami paper and black origami paper.

In the video, the seaweed part is folded in several small steps, but please proceed according to the younger children’s enthusiasm to try.

Use white origami to represent the rice.

You can fold it into a square and fold in the four corners, or cut it into a circle and paste it on—both are fine.

For the fillings, use round stickers.

Cute and delicious-looking ehomaki—give it a try!

Oni of Setsubun

[Setsubun Origami] Easy! Cute Oni (Ogre) Folding Method / Make it with One Sheet of Origami – Origami Ogre

Let’s try folding a Setsubun demon (oni) with origami.

First, fold the paper into a triangle twice and open it, then fold all four corners toward the center.

Repeat the same step once more.

Next, fold the top and bottom corners outward to make the oni’s ears.

Then, fold all four corners slightly inward.

After this, make a small cut at one corner with scissors to create the horn.

If handling scissors is difficult for younger children, it’s fine to make the horn separately from construction paper and glue it on.

Finally, attach the oni’s hair and facial features, and you’re done.

Try making them with various colors of origami paper!

a one-horned ogre

Recommended for Setsubun crafts! Let’s make an oni (demon) face with origami.

First, fold the paper into a triangle to make a crease.

Open it back up, then fold the two left edges in to meet the crease.

Once you’ve done that, rotate the paper so the folded left side is at the bottom, and flip it over.

Next, fold the top corner down about 2 cm, then fold it back up so the tip aligns with the base of the triangle you just made.

This will be the oni’s hair.

Flip the paper over again, fold the bottom corner up to create the horns on the head.

Then fold the left and right corners inward so they line up with the sides of the part you folded up, and fold the bottom corner as well to shape the face.

Your oni is complete!

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[Origami] How to Make an Otafuku for Setsubun – February Origami – An Easy Folding Method Kids Can Do [Origami]

Would you like to make an Otafuku, which is said to bring good fortune and stands in contrast to oni, considered symbols of malevolent energy? It’s a simple process and a kid-friendly idea! First, fold the origami paper into a triangle twice to create creases, then unfold it back to the original shape.

Next, fold the bottom corner up to meet the center to make a crease.

Unfold that corner, then fold the bottom corner again along the new crease, and use the top crease to make a wrapped fold.

Fold the right corner next to it in the same way to create Okame’s hair.

Finally, fold the remaining corners in toward the center to form Otafuku’s characteristic rounded outline—and you’re done.

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[Origami] How to fold an Otafuku (Lucky Lady) with a single sheet [With voice commentary] A simple and cute good-luck charm recommended for New Year’s and Setsubun!

Here’s how to make an otahuku (Otafuku) mask, a good-luck charm said to bring fortune during Setsubun.

First, fold a sheet of black origami paper into a triangle twice to make crease lines, then open it.

Fold the top corners in toward the center.

Open both folds, then fold the corners again along the crease lines.

Fold once more along the diagonal crease at the bottom.

Next, flip it over and fold the two bottom corners up toward the center.

Finally, tuck each corner inward to form the shape of Otafuku’s face, and you’re done.

Finish the face by drawing with crayons or adding stickers.