Kids will love it! Easy origami ideas—great as gifts too!
How about creating a special moment with a moving origami gift that makes children’s eyes light up? Shake it and—pop! We’ll introduce origami ideas that look like ordinary paper crafts but are packed with playful surprises, like a cracker that makes a popping sound when you shake it, a top that spins smoothly, and cherry blossoms that bloom when sprinkled with water.
These moving origami creations are easy to make yet guaranteed to delight kids, perfect for birthdays and celebrations or even for a small everyday surprise.
Craft a heartfelt gift and enjoy a fun time together!
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Origami for Accessories and Gifts (11–20)
Heart Medal
How about making a heart-shaped medal as a gift for yourself for working hard, or for friends and parents? You can use an origami heart as it is, or make one from a rectangle folded in half.
Once you’ve folded the heart, attach a ribbon so it can be worn around the neck.
If you’re worried the folded parts might come undone, we recommend securing them with glue or tape.
Make medals in different colors and give them to lots of people!
Origami ribbon with a heartNEW!
This is an adorable ribbon featuring a heart in the center.
It’s amazing that it’s made from just a single sheet of origami, isn’t it? Pick your favorite color or patterned paper and let’s get started! After cutting the origami paper in half, fold it lengthwise.
Unfold it and fold the sides along the crease.
Fold it in half vertically to start forming the ribbon shape.
Along the way, you’ll be able to create a heart in the center.
Some steps are a bit intricate, but you’ll feel a great sense of accomplishment once it’s finished.
It also makes a wonderful gift for children or for women.
Origami for Accessory and Gift Use (21–30)
A Playable! Ribbon Ring OrigamiNEW!
Also great for pretend play! This is an origami ring with a cute ribbon.
First, fold into a square and fold the front edge up to the center, then cut.
Take the cut piece and fold the top and bottom edges to align with the crease.
Fold the left and right edges in to meet the center.
Fold the top and bottom edges to the central crease.
Unfold, then make inside reverse folds along the creases.
Open it and fold the layers inward along the creases.
Fold the left side to the right, using the upper and lower right corners as a guide, to the right.
Fold only the top layer of the top and bottom to align with the center slit.
Next, fold the left and right edges.
Flatten the triangles.
Turn it over and tuck the left and right edges into the inner gaps.
Once tucked, fold the ends.
Fold the left and right sides along the outside of the triangles to shape it into a ring, and you’re done!
cute Anpanman medalNEW!
Here’s how to make a medal with Anpanman’s face in the center.
First, fold the left and right edges of the origami paper to meet in the middle.
Next, fold the top and bottom edges the same way.
Open the top and bottom folded sections into a boat shape, then open the left and right corners of the boat and flatten them into squares.
Open those parts further into diamond shapes, then fold back the space between the diamonds outward.
Next, fold the corners of each diamond inward.
Finally, insert the Anpanman face—made using the zabuton fold—into the inside, and you’re done.
You can make various characters by changing the face.
Decorating is fun! A cake boxNEW!
Fold two origami papers into box shapes and stack them to represent the cake’s sponge and cream.
Place a three-dimensional strawberry and piped cream on top to finish.
Before forming the box shape, make fine creases, and proceed carefully.
For the cream, take a 5 cm origami sheet, fold it into a square twice, then squash the pocketed part into a triangle.
Fold it in half again, then roll it up from the edge to shape it.
For the strawberry, fold it into a triangle twice, squash the pocketed part into a square, and fold in the corners of the paper to make the calyx.
Finally, puff up the remaining part and it’s done!