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! (141–150)
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 crab
Let’s try folding a crab with origami.
It’s suitable for ages 4 and up, and it’s a versatile piece you can use as an accent in crafts or as a motif in collaborative projects.
While crabs are often imagined as red, children’s creativity knows no bounds—let them fold with any color they like.
For the eyes, using googly-eye stickers helps create the look of cute, round, protruding eyes and enhances the overall feel.
Crabs are great for all kinds of scenes, from ocean-themed crafts to aquarium displays.
Make lots of them with the kids and have fun together!
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.
goldfish
The cute goldfish motif is an idea that makes you want to memorize the folds and make lots of them.
There are many steps to fold, but none are complicated, so it’s a great idea to tackle at a relaxed pace with children.
Up to a certain point, the folding method is the same as the kabuto helmet for Children’s Day, so kids familiar with origami will pick it up quickly.
The step where you use scissors to create the goldfish’s tail is striking even just to watch, and it will surely make them say, “I want to try!” It’s also fun to make a bunch and display them.
ghost
Speaking of summer, ghost stories that give you a cool chill are one of the seasonal traditions.
Many children also enjoy haunted houses at festival stalls.
With that in mind, here’s an origami ghost to introduce.
You only need a single sheet of origami paper, yet it captures the ghost’s shape nicely.
Add eyes and a mouth to finish it off.
It has a cute, picture-book-like feel, so even children who don’t like scary things can enjoy making it.
You can use any color you like, but light blue feels the most fitting.
corn
Why not try making corn that’s in season in the summer? This project is unique because of its slightly unusual method: you fold the paper while layering green and yellow origami together.
The folding itself is simple, but you’ll enjoy watching the piece come together in a different way than usual.
Once you’ve formed the corn shape, draw a grid with a pen to represent the kernels.
The bright colors make it perfect for a wall decoration, and it could also be used for pretend play or as an addition to illustrations.
beetle (specifically, a rhinoceros beetle)
In summer, many children go out to catch insects or keep them as pets.
One craft I’d like to introduce is an origami rhinoceros beetle, which is especially popular among insects.
First, prepare a sheet of brown origami paper and fold it into a diamond shape.
Next, use the tip as the horn and finish shaping it.
The folding steps are simple, but the result looks quite realistic.
Since you’re making a rhinoceros beetle, you might also make a stag beetle to display alongside it.
It’s also fun to create beetles in unusual colors.