28 Easy Origami for Kids Arts and Crafts Projects

It’s not always easy to entertain a bored child. That being said, making the kids indulge in arts and crafts is a fun way to keep them occupied. Easy origami for kids are fun little projects that you can have to engage your child. Whether the long lockdown is the reason behind the child’s boredom. Or all the summer vacation fun wasn’t enough to tire them.

You can have little art sessions at home to keep the child busy. Today’s article is going to be very helpful for all the moms whose children need a dose of creativity. This post is going to be very helpful for teachers as well, who are looking for fun crafts to try during their activity period. Continue reading for 28 Easy Origami for Kids Arts and Crafts Projects.

Fun Projects of Origami for Beginners

Whether you have a child who has never tried their hands on origami. Or an adult, who never had the time to try for themselves. This origami for beginners tutorials are the perfect way to transition in the world of origami crafting. For most of the origami projects, all you will require are a pair of scissors, which is optional, some papers in pretty colours or patterns, and a ruler perhaps for finesse.

These Origami Lucky Stars can be made with thin strips of paper. You can create several of these and tie them to a string to create a pretty garland.

This Origami Candy Box is a perfect start of origami for beginners. Easy to create, you can use it to store or gift candy to someone.

Creating this Origami Easter Basket is super easy and it’s sturdy enough to use it to store/gift little items. 

These Origami Party Boat are perfect origami for beginners and can be made prettier with the glued on details.

How fancy are these Origami Envelope Box? You can tie a ribbon or a thread around it to give it a more stylish appeal.

Know someone special? Make them these Origami Earrings and the best part is you can create them in any color combination. 

These Origami Pinwheel are very easy to make and only require a few supplies.

How creative is this Japanese Fan that you should definitely try creating.

These functional Origami Umbrella are awe-worthy. People will have a hard time believing that you created it yourself. 

How cute are these Origami Mini Paper Cups. The best part is you can create them in a wide variety of colors and patterns.

This Origami Gift Bag is simply perfect for any occasion. 

Making Animals as Easy Origami for Kids

Animals are some of the most fun things you can create with paper. Easy to learn, they are very fun to create. Also, keeping a child busy with creating cute animals and letting them explore their creative side. This is going to be some of the best craft time experiences for the little kids. Here are some easy origami for kids that they can follow to create cute animals and have a little zoo of their own. 

Let’s start with something relatively easy. This Origami Cat is super easy to craft and will be ready in a few paper folds. For the details, you can glue paper cutouts to make its ears, nose, eyes, and whiskers.

This Origami Bunny is very easy to create and you can allow the child to use their coloring/painting skills for the paper base.

How adorable are these Origami Dogs that you can try making with kids.

From mama elephant to baby elephant, you can create a herd of elephants with this Origami Elephant tutorial.

One of the basics in learning the art of origami, this Origami Crane is simply perfect. 

This Origami Butterfly is an easy origami for kids. 

These lovely Origami Fox will be a fun project to keep the kids busy.

These Origami Frogs actually jump and you can add eye details and a tongue to make them look more frog-like.

How cute are these Origami Fish? Easy origami for kids, you can add googly eyes to them, to make them look even more fun and adorable. 

Elaborate yet Simple Origami for Kids

It’s always better to start with the basics and something easy. However, it doesn’t mean that something that is elaborate and detailed is going to be hard. When it comes to origami, you can easily create detailed origami crafts that look hard to make, but are in fact very easy. Here are elaborate yet simple origami for kids that you should try.

This Origami Nordic Star is perfect for decorating your living room or using it as a mantelpiece. 

These Origami Envelopes are an elaborate yet simple origami for kids.

How lovely are these Folded Origami Letters that you can have a fun time creating?

This Tiger Bookmark is an easy origami for kids and you can add details like ears, eyes, nose, and mouth to make it look more pretty.

Let your child explore his creative side with these Origami Faces.

These Ice Cream Cones sure do look delicious and are fun to create. 

How pretty are these Origami Roses? Excellent for an origami flower craft. 

A very cool craft and a fun project. These Origami Heart Rings are simple origami for kids that you should definitely try during the activity time.

Have you tried your hands on origami yet or are you new to the terminology? I would love to hear your feedback. You can follow me on Pinterest to see more cute ideas I have collected there on the boards.

For more fun paper crafts, check my article on 40+ Paper Crafts for Home Decoration.

I hope you enjoyed reading today’s article on 28 Easy Origami for Kids Arts and Crafts Projects. Let me know in the comments, which of the origami projects were your favourite. Have a great day!

Khadija