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! (21–30)
Cute origami of Orihime and Hikoboshi
Let’s make cute, rounded Hikoboshi and Orihime figures with origami.
Since the body and head are made from separate sheets, prepare a total of four pieces of origami paper.
For the body, create creases and fold the corners inward to form an egg shape.
For the head, fold it into a shape that’s half the size of the body, then tuck it into the top of the body.
Glue the body and head so they don’t come apart, add round stickers for the eyes, and draw the mouth with a pen to finish.
If you want to recreate Orihime’s hairstyle, fold a strip of origami paper thinly, shape it into a heart, and attach it to the back of her head.
A frog you can fold from a single sheet
Let’s make a cute frog that, although it looks complex, can be folded from a single sheet of origami.
As for how to make it, start by folding it the same way as a windmill up to the halfway point.
Since it’s made from just one sheet, the area around the frog’s eyes is a bit intricate, so please watch the video.
Once the frog’s body is complete, adding stickers for the eyes makes it extra cute.
It would also be fun to make several in different colors—not only light green, but also brown, dark green, and more.
I also recommend folding items like an umbrella, rain boots, and hydrangeas to create a wall decoration.
Easy origami you can do in 2 minutes
Let me introduce a few types of easy and cute origami.
First, a watermelon: glue a red sheet and a green sheet of origami paper together, then fold.
Draw the seeds with a felt-tip pen and it’s done.
Shaved ice uses a folding method quite similar to a paper cup.
Draw the syrup with a felt-tip pen to finish.
Lanterns, cicadas, ice cream, and other simple summer-themed origami are sure to lift your spirits just by folding them.
They also look lovely when you stick them on walls or glass windows to create a seasonal atmosphere.
Easy origami morning glory
Let’s make morning glories—one of the quintessential symbols of summer—using origami.
First, draw a circle on blue origami paper for the flower base and cut it out with scissors.
Next, take white origami paper for the inner pattern, fold it into a triangle twice, then unfold it once.
Fold the left and right corners diagonally inward so they overlap.
Draw a V-shaped cutting line, cut along it with scissors, open it up, and attach it to the circular base.
From there, you can trim the edge of the base to form petals, or make a single slit and overlap the edges before gluing to create a three-dimensional morning glory.
Make some leaves as well, and be sure to display your work on the wall!
Munch-munch fish
https://www.tiktok.com/@sachimama_asobi/video/7261469033634090258The opening and closing mouth is so cute! Let me introduce a fun idea for a chompy little fish.
Fish often appear on the dining table, but they also show up a lot in anime, picture books, fingerplay, and songs.
This time, let’s make an adorable fish with a mouth that opens and closes using origami! You’ll need origami paper, round stickers, a permanent marker, and so on.
Solid-color origami looks lovely, but using your favorite patterns or holographic origami will give your fish extra personality.
Fishing made with origami
Let’s make and play! Here are some ideas for a fishing game made with origami.
When you think of summer, many people probably imagine goldfish scooping at summer festivals, right? On scorching days when it’s hard to go outside, how about enjoying a pretend fishing game indoors? You’ll need origami paper, round stickers, straws, a pen, cellophane tape, and scissors.
When making the fish, the key is to cut the tail into a heart shape! It also sounds fun to freely decorate the fish you make out of origami.
Star shape with origami
Speaking of Tanabata, you think of the twinkling stars shining in the night sky.
With this origami, you create star shapes by making creases in order and folding along them.
If you cut diagonally with scissors, you can make two types of stars from a single sheet of origami.
If you connect the stars with glue to resemble the Milky Way, they might sparkle beautifully.
It’s also good practice for using glue and scissors, making it a recommended craft for children around preschool age.
It would also be nice to explain the origin of Tanabata with a picture-story show or similar.
