Some of you may noticed that I have been *but a little busy* over on YouTube lately?. YouTube is a GREAT platform to share Origami How Tos. I find that step by step origami for kids photos are so much harder to follow, than simple origami for kids video tutorials. So I have started to create a whole set of origami videos for beginners. They focus on the easiest and most ?classic? paper crafts for kids ? and the majority of them should be ?doable? for kids on their own. Of course, I have also got some ?intermediate? origami projects on my YouTube channel (some shared at the very end for you to browse!), but this post today, focuses on the absolute easiest. A great way to get kids into paper crafting and excited about origami!
There is also a difference between origami (which is uses a square piece of paper and folding techniques) and kirigami (which can use any shaped paper and requires a little cutting to0). But I find when it comes to kids, doing a mix of the two is best. We also like to embellish our paper crafts with pens or sticking on details such as LARGE eyes. Let?s have a peak at these easy Origami for Kids projects!!
Step by Step Origami for Kids
This little easy Origami bunny is probably one of the best Origami Projects for kids that you can start out on (well these and the tulips, but I find that the bunnies have more appeal to both boys and girls ? say what you like.. but I do find boys and girls have slightly different preferences).
These ADORABLE Bunny Bookmarks are actually part of a SERIES of corner bookmarks on both my blog and YouTube channel. My YouTube viewers are forever asking for new Corner Bookmark designs.. and so I oblige! 
if there is a book corner design you would like to see, leave me a comment on YouTube and I will see what I can do!
Not wanting to bore you to death with all our corner bookmarks?? but here is another example of our most popular bookmarks today: easy monster bookmarks. Perfect. Do check out the rest of them too!
As cat owners and cat lovers, we needed to have a go at these super simple Origami Cats! My kids adore them and they are as easy as the ever popular Origami Bunnies shared above.
These little Paper Butterflies are still classes as ?easy? in my books, however, they are better for the a child that feels a LITTLE confident in making origami crafts already. They are easy, but just need a little more skills! DO try them, as I think these Origami Butterflies make a great decoration.
This Origami Swan, very much has that ?classic? Origami look about it and introduces some basic folds (i.e. the head) that you will find in many origami projects for kids. So do take a look at this easy paper swan. It is cute and teaches you great skills!
I ADORE these oh so easy Paper House. This is a craft from childhood memories and is super duper easy to make.. you can then decorate and play. We LOVED making it as part of a ?3 Little Pigs Play Set? we created.
A nice take on the very simple paper cups origami. These Origami Paper Cups can be used in SO MANY different ways ? from this simple ball toss game, to actually drinking water from them, to hanging 24 in a row and making your own Origami Advent calendar.. so many possibilities and one easy paper cup Origami craft!
These are some very special CHRISTMAS COOTIE CATCHERS. You can either print out our free Christmas printables? or watch the video and make your own ?plain? Origami fortune teller that you can decorate and write in yourself! Yes.. this is most DEFINITELY a childhood class and every child should learn to make one!
Another childhood classic origami pattern are these adorable little Origami Boats or Paper Boats. This is one of the first origami patterns I taught my children (eventhough many of the above origami for kids ideas are easier), because I have a personal strong association with these from my childhood? you can make them, any time, anywhere and have lots of playful fun! Love.
These little heart bookcorners ?technically? are more Kirigami can Origami.. but they are so cute and again, so easy, that I think they need including in an round up of easy origami for kids!!! You don?t HAVE to use them as bookmarks, again, these would look really nice on a DIY Valentine?s Day Card or similar!
We adore these origami tulips. The head of the tulip is SUPER easy for kids to make. You can make just the head and then stick it on a card and draw the rest, creating a wonderful tulip collage ? perfect for mother?s day. The stems are still easy, but I would say a ?next step? for a child, who is a little bit more confident in the basics of origami!
I love this Paper Star Wreath ? my 10yrs old neighbour taught me how to make this Origami Star, which doubles up nicely as a wreath too. Make it in any colour combination and it looks simply wonderful!
Love these super duper cute Origami Foxes from over at Easy Peasy and Fun! Aren?t they lovely!?
And Frogs like these have been on our to do list like ?forever?.. again, I would say these Origami Frogs are probably good for a more confident child doing origami. Visit Easy Peasy and Fun for instructions!
From sites we love?. we adore these origami faces from Pink Stripey Socks. Aren?t they simply fun!?
Fantastic little Origami Mushrooms. Aren?t they adorable? The little worms are just the best little detail. Check out the wonderful Krokotak for full step by step origami for kids instructions!
For the NEXT LEVEL , ie Intermediate Origami for Kids, take a look at these:
Origami Budgie
Origami Mice
Origami Lucky Stars
Origami Paper Bows
So.. are you tempted to give these beginner origami for kids projects a go?! I do hope so. Have lots and lots of fun exploring these paper crafts!
Category: Origami, Paper Crafts, vlogs