Fun with preschoolers! July origami ideas to feel the season

Tomatoes you can decorate with for Tanabata

[Let's Make Tanabata Decorations] Tomato — For Preschoolers (Middle to Older Age Group)

Let’s make a cute tomato with origami.

Prepare red and green origami paper.

First, cut the green paper into four strips, and glue one strip—green side facing out—onto the top of the white side of the red paper.

Once it’s dry, start folding.

Fold the paper in half top to bottom and side to side to make a square, crease well, then open it.

Place it with the red side facing up.

Fold the top edge down by the width of the attached green strip.

Turn the paper over, then fold the top left and right corners down to meet the center line.

Open the small gaps of the folded corners and squash them into triangles, then make a mountain fold along the border between the green and white sections.

Finally, tuck the remaining white corners inward to round out the shape of the tomato—and you’re done!

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whale

[For 4-year-olds] Let’s try it—seasonal origami: “Whale”

Let’s make a whale with light blue origami.

Fold the top and bottom edges together to make a crease, then open it.

Fold the bottom-left corner to the center of the paper.

Fold the paper in half along the crease, and fold the bottom-left corner the same way as the lower triangle.

Open the part you just folded, then fold up the bottom-left corner along the crease to make a long triangle.

Fold the top-left corner inward so it lines up exactly with the border between the white and light blue areas, then fold the new corner created so it also lines up with that border.

Now the whale’s head is complete.

Fold the top-right corner down to meet the bottom edge to make a triangle, then fold up the right corner you just created slightly to form the tail.

Draw an eye to finish it cutely.

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Easy cicada

Here’s how to make a cicada—the quintessential summer creature—that almost sounds like it might start chirping.

When folding the wings, tilt your folds slightly so they angle diagonally.

At the end, when bending the left and right sides, make diagonal folds while keeping a good balance between the cicada’s body and its wings.

Finish by drawing the face with round stickers and a felt-tip pen! Cicadas made with checkered origami paper are adorable, too.

It’s also fun to create a big tree on the wall and have the children stick on the cicadas they made.

Enjoy the activity while feeling the season!

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Mr./Ms. Crab

Let’s make a crab that lives in the sea or rivers.

Prepare origami paper, round stickers, and felt-tip pens.

Crease the origami paper, open it while puffing up the center to form the crab’s body, and fold the claws, pressing the folds as you go.

Finally, stick on the eyes and you’re done.

Using patterned origami paper lets you enjoy making different kinds of crabs.

Give your finished crab a name and have fun creating it!

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shaved ice

[Origami] Super Easy! Shaved Ice / by Tsuma♪

Here’s a simple and delicious shaved ice craft you can make.

Prepare a sheet of your favorite origami paper and fold it into the shape of shaved ice.

After folding it into a triangle, fold the paper toward the center to create the shaved ice and the bowl portion.

Use colored pens to add color to the shaved ice and represent the syrup.

Adding fruit toppings of your choice could make it even cuter.

Decorating the bowl is also recommended.

Make a tasty-looking shaved ice and enjoy origami!

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sunflower

[Origami] How to easily make a sunflower from a single sheet! A method kids can do too

Let’s make a sunflower—one of the iconic flowers of summer—using origami.

Prepare one sheet of origami paper.

Fold the paper in half into a square twice to make crease lines.

Once you have the creases, fold each corner toward the center.

Continue folding the paper in sequence from the outside toward the inside.

Finally, draw a pattern in the center of the sunflower with a felt-tip pen to finish.

It might be cute to make many of them and arrange them like a sunflower field.

Let’s brighten up the room with sunflowers!

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penguin

[Summer Origami] Easy Penguin Folding with Audio Commentary ☆ Origami: How to Easily Fold a Penguin — Decorations for July and August

Here’s how to make a penguin from a single sheet of origami paper.

First, fold the paper into a triangle and crease well.

Then fold the top edge down to meet the crease you just made.

As you fold the body and flippers, keep an eye on the left-right balance to make a neat finish.

Adjust the proportions, like the roundness of the head and body, and you’re done.

Finally, color in and draw the eyes and beak to make your penguin even cuter.

Try making this three-dimensional, summery penguin!

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