Fun with preschoolers! July origami ideas to feel the season
Preschoolers who are full of curiosity and love learning through play.
At this stage, they enjoy using their hands, and origami helps nurture their concentration and imagination.
By making origami with friends and showing their creations to one another, their communication skills naturally improve as well.
In July, when we spend more time indoors, why not have everyone enjoy creating lovely, seasonally themed origami pieces? Here, we introduce several July origami ideas recommended for preschoolers.
We hope you find them helpful!
Fun with Kindergartners! Seasonal July Origami Ideas (1–10)
An easy origami rhinoceros beetleNEW!
You can easily make a rhinoceros beetle with just one sheet of origami paper.
Fold it into a triangle and open it to create a crease.
Then fold along the crease.
If you make a step fold where the body will be, it will look like a real beetle.
For the horn, use scissors to make a small slit at the tip of a corner, then fold it so it splits into two.
Besides brown or black origami paper, wood-grain patterned brown paper also gives a nice finish.
Try different types of paper and enjoy customizing your design.
Origami sunflower seedNEW!
You’ve finished the yellow petals of the sunflower, but aren’t sure what to do for the brown center? This will help! Prepare a sheet of brown origami paper.
First, fold it in half into a square twice, then unfold to make crease lines.
Fold each corner toward the central crease, then fold toward the center two more times to form a small square.
After that, just draw a grid pattern and you’re done! Combine it with the yellow sunflower petals you made separately from origami, or with a drawing of a sunflower that has only the petals.
Double-sided origami sunflowerNEW!
This sunflower features slightly three-dimensional petals and looks lovely.
For this method, use double-sided origami paper, so please prepare one that’s yellow on one side and brown on the other.
Fold it in half twice so the brown side ends up on the inside, forming a square.
Open it, then fold it twice again to make a triangle.
Fold the four corners toward the center where the creases intersect to create the petals.
Continue folding as you would when making a crane, and you’ll end up with eight petals.
A nice point of this piece is that it’s completed with just one sheet of origami paper.
Be sure to get double-sided paper and give it a try!
Summer Origami! How to Fold a Rhinoceros BeetleNEW!
Origami rhinoceros beetle creations have a cute, round, chubby shape.
Because the design is rounded, there are some parts where you need to make fine folds.
Still, carefully folding each step will give you a satisfying sense of accomplishment when the beetle takes shape.
Adding sticker-made eyes to the finished beetle or attaching legs folded from origami can change the overall style.
Trying different arrangements can be fun, don’t you think? Once it’s done, you can mount it on a backing sheet to display, or place it on a shelf to bring a seasonal touch to your room.
Paper-cut sunflower you can even make the leaves for!NEW!
With a single sheet of origami paper, you can make everything from the sunflower’s bloom to its stem and leaves! First, fold the paper in half vertically with the colored side facing inward.
Next, draw half of a sunflower—from the flower through the stem and leaves—on the paper.
Then simply cut along the lines you drew! By adding fine slits, you can show the border between the yellow petals and the brown center, as well as the veins on the leaves.
If you like, add facial features with round stickers to finish a cute sunflower!
Summer Seashells
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoiku.labo/video/7254819680756468993Let’s make a seashell out of origami that captures the feeling of summer.
Fold the origami paper into a triangle twice, then unfold it once.
Fold the left and right corners in to meet the center line.
Fold those corners back outward, then fold the creases so they align with the center line.
Next, tuck the left and right corners up toward the center line so they go underneath the small triangle, and fold the tip of the small triangle slightly inward.
Finally, fold the top corner down to shape it like a shell, and you’re done.
Add patterns to make it cute!
yo-yo
Here’s an idea for making a classic summer festival game toy—a yo-yo balloon—using just one sheet of origami paper.
Fold the paper in half twice to make a smaller square, then unfold it.
Using the crease lines as guides, fold all four corners toward the center.
Next, pick one corner and fold it outward, then fold just the tip of that corner back inward once more.
Fold all four corners slightly inward to round the shape—now it’s starting to look like a yo-yo balloon.
Make small snips with scissors on the left and right sides of the folded-back section, then fold the part above the cuts inward to represent the tied mouth of the balloon.
That’s the end of the folding steps.
Finish by drawing your favorite patterns or adding stickers.