Fun to make in childcare! A collection of easy origami ideas recommended for July
A summer of continuing hot days! In childcare, we also worry about things like children getting heatstroke, don’t we? At times like that, how about enjoying origami indoors? Here, we’ll introduce origami ideas that are perfect for July.
Most of the folding methods are relatively simple, so they’re easy for children to try.
Once you’ve folded them, try decorating the wall with them or using them for pretend play.
Origami helps expand creativity, so it’s highly recommended.
Please use this as a reference and enjoy your origami time!
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Fun to make in childcare! A collection of simple origami ideas recommended for July (111–120)
Dahlia
Let’s make a vibrant dahlia flower out of origami.
By delicately spreading and folding the petals, you’ll achieve a gorgeous finish that truly resembles a dahlia.
Children who love flowers will be delighted.
The key to folding a beautiful dahlia is to proceed carefully through each step, aligning the paper precisely as you fold.
Working in a small group with a teacher’s help will result in a cleaner finish.
It’s a lovely origami project that will make you want to create many in different colors.
tomato
This tomato origami is perfect for make-believe play.
You’ll fold a red sheet of origami paper into a circle to make it.
For the stem, flip the top part inside out and color the white area with a green pen.
By the way, if you cut the origami into four equal pieces beforehand, you can make cherry tomatoes.
It could be fun to make a set with a big tomato and mini tomatoes.
You can also combine it with other vegetables to recreate a greengrocer’s stall as a play activity.
For coloring, an oil-based marker is recommended.
Sunflower with bubble wrap stamps
Many children are fascinated by bubble wrap in packaging and love popping it! Let’s use that bubble wrap to make sunflowers.
First, wrap bubble wrap around a piece of cardboard to make a stamp.
Paint the stamp with paint, then dab it onto paper to stamp away! Imagine the bumpy pattern as the center of the sunflower.
Besides sunflowers, you can also pretend it’s fish scales or a honeycomb—encourage kids’ free imagination and have fun exploring different ideas!
Summer vegetable cucumber
Why not try making a cucumber out of origami that you can use for pretend play or as a summer wall decoration? With just a few steps, even a 3-year-old can give it a try.
For this idea, use a 15 cm sheet of origami paper cut in half.
Place the half sheet vertically and fold it in half by bringing the left and right edges together.
Then fold the bottom edge up to meet the top edge, and fold it down diagonally to the left.
Try folding it with the image of a slightly curved cucumber in mind.
Finally, tuck in all four corners to finish! Adding patterns or a face will make it extra cute.
Simple Origami Yukata
Let’s make a summer yukata out of origami that you’d love to wear to summer festivals and fireworks displays.
The more you make, the more fun you can have mixing and matching colors and patterns for the kimono and the obi.
If you use wrapping paper with letters of the alphabet, surprising and delightful patterns can appear.
It’s also fun to draw a face on construction paper and pair it with the yukata.
shell
This is an origami shell with a beautiful appearance.
It uses a single sheet of paper to represent a bivalve.
By adding accordion-like creases on the surface, you create a textured, three-dimensional effect.
Using white origami gives it a fresh look, while blue gives it a cool feel.
It would look great displayed with other sea-themed origami to evoke an ocean scene.
You could also use it as a wall decoration or even like a brooch.
Its simple look makes it easy to pair with all kinds of items and enjoy in various ways.
Yo-yo Fishing You Can Play
This is a yo-yo made out of origami.
You can enjoy the classic summer festival game of yo-yo fishing, so give it a try.
First, gather the corners of the paper toward the center to make a zabuton fold, then fold only the top corner back.
Fold all four corners inward, and slightly fold the top corner you just turned back downward.
Make small cuts with scissors on the left and right sides of the tip of the corner, then fold them inward to finish.
Draw patterns with a pen and decorate with stickers, then attach a string and a clip.
Enjoy yo-yo fishing with a rod that has a magnet on the end.