Toddlers will love it! Fun-to-make July origami recommendations
Young children are beginning to take an interest in colors and shapes.
This is an important time for them to experience the joy of creating things with their own hands.
Here, we’re introducing fun origami ideas that also help develop concentration.
Try making a variety of items using colorful paper! If you create pieces that capture the feel of summer together, you can make even hot July days enjoyable.
There are also cute works perfect for decorating walls, so get creative and enjoy July origami with the children!
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Young children will love it! Fun-to-make July origami recommendations (1–10)
ice cream
Let’s make an original, refreshing ice cream that’s perfect for preschoolers, using just a single sheet of origami.
Prepare one sheet of origami paper and fold it into a triangle.
Then fold the left and right sides toward the center line.
Finally, glue it onto construction paper, add round stickers as toppings, and use colored pens to decorate to make a delicious-looking ice cream.
It’s also great to display indoors as a summer decoration.
beetle (specifically, a rhinoceros beetle)
When you think of a rhinoceros beetle, you might imagine a complex shape, but this is an origami design that looks like a beetle viewed from above.
The folding process isn’t too complicated, though you’ll need to use inside reverse folds a few times to form the horn.
Draw the eyes at the end and you’ll have an adorable beetle.
It would be fun to make other insects too and turn them into a wall decoration like an insect paradise.
Please give it a try.
Besides black, light brown or brown origami paper would also suit it well.
watermelon
When it comes to summer-perfect fruit origami, watermelon is the classic choice.
Here, we’ll show you how to make a watermelon using just a single sheet of origami paper.
Simply fold along the edges in sequence and you’ll have a watermelon.
For a more realistic look, it’s best to stack a green sheet and a red sheet back-to-back before folding.
Once it’s finished, draw the seeds with a felt-tip pen or similar.
You could even try making a yellow watermelon.
Why not create a seasonal vibe by putting them on the wall or displaying them in your entryway?
Delight the little ones! Fun-to-make July origami recommendations (11–20)
Orihime and Hikoboshi
July 7th is Tanabata.
It’s said that Orihime and Hikoboshi can meet once a year.
This time, let’s make Orihime and Hikoboshi using a paper plate and origami.
Fold each character with origami.
The key is to crease firmly, as if ironing along each fold line.
The kimono sections can get thick and may require a bit of strength, so encourage careful, slow folding.
Cut the rim of the paper plate, wrap it with black tape, and attach stars to complete the Tanabata night sky.
Then stick Orihime and Hikoboshi onto the paper plate to create a fun Tanabata decoration.
Shell ornament
How about making origami shell decorations for Tanabata? They’re easy to make: you only fold for the first half, and after that you cut evenly spaced slits.
Open it up, align the corners along the diagonal, glue them together, and you’re done.
The slits look like a spiral shell and it’s very pretty.
If you cut the origami into quarter-size pieces first, you can make cute little shells, and linking those shells together is adorable too.
Used as Tanabata decorations, they might evoke the image of shells living in the Milky Way.
goldfish
Let’s try folding a goldfish with origami.
Origami goldfish look colorful when made in various colors, and they give a very cool, refreshing impression.
As for how to fold this goldfish, the steps are the same as the origami samurai helmet up to a certain point.
Flatten the helmet sideways and fold back the tail section, and a goldfish will appear.
The horn parts of the helmet become the goldfish’s fins.
If you put lots of colorful goldfish in a glass bowl or add paper that resembles aquatic plants, it will look even more refreshing.
Try getting creative and see what you can make.
A flying cicada
Some of you may have folded an origami cicada before, but it’s usually the kind that’s perched on a tree, right? How about trying a rarer version: a cicada with its wings spread in flight.
If you also fold the tree-perching cicada and display them together, you can create more variety for your wall decorations.
The key to this model is different from regular origami—you fold at the one-third mark.
It may feel a bit unfamiliar at first, but once you understand the structure, it’s easy to make.
Give it a try!