Let's make an origami umbrella! A collection of easy folding ideas that both kids and adults can enjoy
How about making umbrellas with origami? It’s perfect for crafts during the rainy season, and just choosing colorful papers can fill you with excitement.
Origami umbrellas come in many variations, from simple steps to fold to three-dimensional, eye-catching designs.
Display the finished umbrellas side by side, and your room will instantly look bright and cheerful.
In this article, we’re introducing lots of ideas for making umbrellas with origami.
Find your favorite folding method and have fun giving it a try!
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Let’s make umbrellas with origami! A collection of easy folding ideas that kids and adults can enjoy (1–10)
Perfect for the rainy season! How to fold an umbrellaNEW!
Here’s a super cute way to fold a paper umbrella that’ll make you want to create lots and decorate with them.
Let’s use two 15-cm square sheets of origami paper.
Before you start, take one of the sheets and cut it into two strips, each one-quarter the width (long, narrow strips).
Using the uncut sheet, make the part where the umbrella opens—the canopy.
The pre-cut long strips will be used to make the handle and the shaft.
Although you assemble three separate parts, the steps are very simple, so it’s easy to complete.
It also looks adorable with patterned origami, so try making it with different papers!
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Fold a 15 cm square sheet of origami paper in half twice so it becomes a smaller square, then fold the pocketed part into a triangle.
Fold each of the two short sides along the central crease, then open along the creases and flatten.
After opening all four sections, tuck the corners inward.
Make the same piece with origami that’s one-quarter the size, and use a long, narrow strip of origami to make the umbrella handle.
Combine the three parts, and you’ll have an umbrella that opens and closes.
Moving models may seem difficult to make, but they’re actually very easy—why not give it a try?
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While many origami umbrellas are made in the open position, this one is folded closed.
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Cut a sheet of double-sided patterned origami paper into a 10 cm diameter circle and fold it in half.
Fold it so the semicircle is divided into three equal parts, unfold, then cut along the folds to make three separate pieces.
Using a round, cylindrical item like a chopstick, shape each piece into a curved arch and form a cone, then adjust it so it resembles a heart shape.
Make the handle with wire, combine it with the umbrella pieces, and you’re done.
Let's make an umbrella with origami! A collection of simple folding ideas that both kids and adults can enjoy (11–20)
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Prepare seven sheets of origami paper each for the outside and inside of the umbrella.
Start making the outer umbrella parts, folding so that creases form while aligning the corners.
Make seven parts using the same folding method, then stack and glue them so they form a cone shape.
For the inner parts, also make creases and fold in the triangular sections to create seven identical parts.
Glue the seven parts together, aligning them at the center.
Punch a hole in the center of both the large and small umbrellas big enough for a bamboo skewer to pass through, thread them onto the skewer, and complete the umbrella shape.
You’ll end up with a set of vibrant umbrellas in different sizes.
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Let’s fold an origami umbrella with a cute heart that will lift your spirits even on rainy days.
Divide one sheet of origami paper into four equal parts and cut them with scissors.
Fold each quarter in half to create the heart section.
It’s a detailed process, but make crisp creases as you carefully form the heart shape.
Once you’ve made seven identical parts, glue them together into an umbrella shape.
When gluing, it’s best to hold the pieces in place with clips or small clothespins so they don’t come apart.
For the umbrella handle, it’s easier if you wrap origami paper around a bamboo skewer to form the shape.
Attach the handle to the umbrella body, add a bead on top, and you’re done.
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Fold a sheet of origami paper into a square twice, then sketch a curved line on the fluttery edge.
Cut along the line with scissors.
Make 10 parts using the same method.
Use double-sided tape to stick the 10 folded parts together, then attach a pipe-cleaner handle to the center and glue the final two parts together to finish.
Try using transparent origami, patterned origami—various papers—to create your own original umbrella.
It could also be nice to hang them indoors like a garland.
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Fold the origami square in half twice to create cross-shaped crease lines.
Next, fold the paper along the cross lines.
Flip it over, fold it in half, then sketch a curved outline on the paper and cut along the line with scissors.
When you open it, it will be a cherry blossom shape; now we’ll form it into an umbrella.
After a quick check, adjust the mountain and valley folds of the petals and remake them.
Match each petal’s mountain fold to a valley fold, and repeat this fold a total of five times.
Using a bamboo skewer, pinch the mountain folds together and define the valley crease lines.
Carefully shape the umbrella portion, make a hole in the center, insert and pass a stick through, then wrap masking tape around the tip to finish.