Origami for Kids

Origami is a fascinating and creative craft for kids, especially if you can find origami models appropriate to their age. Not only will children get a real sense of satisfaction out of making these fun origami models, but they will be getting practice at following instructions, increasing their manual dexterity, and producing a fun and decorative end-product.

To follow traditional origami diagrams and instructions you must learn, and be able to follow, various symbols and techniques. Our testers found them difficult to understand. So, to make our origami as clear as possible for children, we have photographed our models each step of the way. We hope that you and the kids can follow along easily!

Please note: the instructions come in pdf format so that you can read them online, save them to your computer, or print them out. You will need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded free from www.Adobe.com.

See article: Why Is Origami So Good For You? Read This If You Are The Parent Of A Kid Who Would Like To Learn Origami

See also: Make An Origami Scrapbook or Ring Binder

NB: Please do not allow children to browse video sharing sites unsupervised. All Origami Videos

Origami Models by Category

Origami Objects Lots NEW!
Instructions for origami sailing boats, baskets, boxes, hearts, booklets, a very useful envelope and more!

Origami Animals
Kids love these cute origami animals, which can be made in all sizes from huge (use them as masks) to tiny.

Origami Birds
Some of the oldest, traditional origami models are of birds - the most well-known being the crane. But we have all sorts of birds, traditional and modern, in this section.

Origami Flowers
Origami flowers are perfect for decorating home-made cards and as gift tags, but they also look good on the fridge, lining the window-sill or bordering a notice board. We have flowers for all seasons here.

Origami Fish and Other Sea Creatures
Origami fish are fun to make - and there are so many different kinds, you could end up with a very full aquarium!

Recycling Origami
Ideas for large origami projects using newspaper, magazine paper or gift wrap.

Traditional Japanese Origami  
Try your hand at an origami crane, samurai helmet, and more!

Wearable Origami for Kids
Sometimes your children want to dress up but you don't have the right props to hand. Perhaps they can help you fold what you need?

Origami Buildings NEW!
Make an 3D origami village or use these origami buildings to create a scene on a large piece of paper.

Origami Models by Holiday

Origami Advent Calendars

Christmas Origami

Chinese New Year Origami

St Patrick's Day Origami

Father's Day Origami  

Easter Origami

Halloween Origami

Thanksgiving Origami

St Andrew's Day Origami

Origami Basics

Making a square
How to cut a square out of newspaper, gift wrap, magazine paper etc

Origami bird base
Use this in the origami crane and origami owl 2

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