30 Easy Origami Crafts

Looking for easy origami crafts? With a few simple folds and some colourful paper, you can make pretty origami tulips, origami hearts, fortune tellers and even an ice cream cone or two.

Grab a sheet of paper and follow the simple steps to get started.

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Easy Origami For Beginners.

Origami is a fun and easy way to create beautiful paper crafts. With some patience and a little bit of practice, you can make origami crafts that will be sure to impress your friends and family.

It can be difficult to know where to start if you've never made any origami before. To make it easier all 30+ of the projects below are simple to make and perfect for beginners.

Whether you're looking for a craft project to keep the kids entertained or want to know to know to make an easy origami butterfly, you'll be folding easy paper crafts in no time.

Easy Origami Project.

A lot of easy origami models can be made using a single sheet of square paper like the origami boat or paper cup. These simple models are great for beginners and younger kids as they require only minimal folds and can be made in a couple of minutes.

They can also help develop fine motor skills and improve patience and concentration. It's a great activity for the whole family to get involved with.

I recommend starting with a straightforward model that takes ten steps or less if you're an absolute beginner. The cute cat, puppy dog or rainbow birthday crown are great ones to start off with and the perfect introduction.

Once you’ve mastered them, you can move up to slightly more complicated (but still fairly easy) projects like the classic origami crane or the beautiful paper flower wreath.

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Origami Gifts And Decorations.

There are many different ways you can use origami in your everyday life from organising your desk to practical bookmarks and cute decorations to creating unique gifts for friends and family. Here are a few examples:

1. Gift Wrapping - Origami can be used to create a simple gift box like the masu box for a one-of-a-kind gift box. Fold a pretty bow or a paper flower to create handmade gift toppers to adorn your gifts.

2. Decorations - Create a variety of origami decorations such as a traditional origami crane, paper heart or lucky stars. These can be hung up and used as decoration for a room or party or used as stand-alone decoration. Glue them to magnets and pin things on your fridge or use them to embellish scrapbooks.

3. Greeting Cards - Fold origami Christmas trees for holiday cards, hearts for Valentine's day or beautiful origami butterflies for birthday cards.

4. Bookmarks - A fun way to keep your place in a book.

5. Organisers - Make half a traditional origami box and use as a desk drawer organiser. A geometric bowl and use it as a desk tidy. Or even a practical origami phone stand so you'll always know where your phone is.

6. Holiday Ornaments - There are many different kinds of origami designs you can use as decorations. Hang single stars on the tree for Christmas or love hearts as a garland in February.

7. Gifts - Origami also makes great gifts or toys. Which kid wouldn't love a jumping origami frog (bonus points if they have googly eyes) popped in their birthday card? Or a paper boat to float in the bath?

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Origami Supplies.

The main supplies needed for origami are a square piece of paper and a flat surface to work on. You'll also find some extra tools below that can help when it comes to finishing off your origami.

Origami Paper - This paper is specifically designed for origami and comes in a variety of different colors and patterns.
Scissors - Some origami models require cutting (kirigami) and so having a pair of scissors on hand can be useful.
Bone Folder - You can use a bone folder to help make crisp creases in the paper.
Ruler - You may need to measure and mark your paper for precise folding.
Pencils/Pens to decorate

It's worth noting that while I always recommend using origami paper you can make origami with many different types of paper. If you don’t have any origami paper on hand here are a few alternatives that you probably already have at home.