Origami perfect for summer. Fun and easy for kids to make!
Summer is full of fun events like swimming at the beach or pool and fireworks festivals! How about expressing that summer with origami? Here, we’ll introduce origami that’s perfect for the season.
There are lots of designs, like cool ice cream, lanterns from summer festivals, and seasonal flowers and insects.
All of them are easy to make and can be completed in a short time, so they’re great even after water play.
Fold a variety, decorate your room, or enjoy a pretend festival with friends.
Have a fun summer with origami!
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Origami perfect for summer. Fun and easy for kids to make! (71–80)
Cute crab
Searching for crabs that often hide among rocks in the sea or rivers can be a wonderfully seasonal and fulfilling activity for children.
Here’s a simple origami crab you can make.
Fold into a triangle and a square to create creases.
Using those creases as guides, tuck the paper inward to form a triangle and shape the model.
While aligning with the central starting point and center line, fold and bend to create the crab’s claws and legs.
A key tip is to press the folds firmly.
Draw eyes on round stickers, attach them, and you’re done!
Super easy! Shaved ice
Let’s make a cold and delicious summer classic—shaved ice—using a single sheet of origami paper.
Fold the paper into a triangle, and as you crease it, shape it into a shaved ice form.
The key is to create a rounded look for the shaved ice as you go.
Use bright, summery colors of origami paper.
Once it’s finished, decide what flavor you want and color it with markers.
It’s also a great idea to make fruit or other toppings and add them on.
Give it a try!
penguin
How about making a popular aquarium favorite—the penguin—out of origami? The design is simple, so even young children can try it together with a parent or guardian.
The key point is using the white side of the paper’s back to represent the penguin’s belly! Although the folding is generally simple, there are some finer folds toward the end, so please have an adult help if it gets tricky.
Add eyes and a beak at the end, and your cute penguin is complete! If you’re creating an origami aquarium as a summer craft, be sure to include a penguin in the lineup!
Origami perfect for summer. Easy and fun for kids to make! (81–90)
Easy Morning Glory Origami Instructions
Perfect for summer! Let’s make a morning glory.
Fold the origami paper into a triangle twice, then squash the pocketed part into a square and adjust it so two squares overlap.
Round off the corner where the four points of the paper meet, then open it up, keeping the center of the paper intact.
Shape it so that you get four petals, and your hydrangea is complete.
For the leaf, fold green origami paper into a triangle twice, then unfold one layer back once.
Fold both sides down along the central crease, then open the point gathered at the center diagonally outward to form the leaf.
How to fold an easy uchiwa (paper fan)
Here’s a fan craft idea you can also use for summer wall decorations.
Place the origami paper with the colored side up, fold it into a triangle, then open it.
Fold the two left edges in to meet the crease.
Rotate the paper so that the folded corner is at the bottom.
Fold the two corners at the center of the paper outward to form triangles.
Tuck the corners slightly to the back to round them, and do the same to round the top corner.
Fold up the lower corner of the white area, then fold it back down leaving about 1 cm to create a pleat (accordion fold).
While flattening the corners of the pleated section into triangles, fold the left and right edges toward the center line.
Tuck the bottom corner to the back, and your fan is complete.
Cute sunflower
Let’s make a sunflower in origami that blooms toward the summer sun.
Glue yellow and orange origami paper together so that both colored sides are visible.
Make firm creases as you fold.
When you open and fold the paper toward the center, do it gently and carefully.
Fold each corner inward, then align the folded sections to the center and fold the left and right sides.
Open the folded sections, fold the top upward, then tuck the corners inside to shape the sunflower’s petals and finish the flower.
To make the center, fold a piece of brown origami paper in half into a triangle twice, then fold the corners toward the center.
Insert the brown piece into the middle of the sunflower, and you’re done.
Please give it a try!
Summer item! Straw hat
Let me show you a simple way to fold a summery, breezy straw hat.
First, fold the origami paper into a triangle to make a crease.
Open it up, then fold the two left edges to meet the crease.
Next, fold the remaining corner inward to form an isosceles triangle.
Flip the paper over and fold up the base of the triangle by about 2 cm.
Fold that section down in half, then fold it up again in half to create the brim.
Fold down the top point of the triangle to shape the hat, tuck in both corners to round it out, and you’re done!