Showing posts with label origami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label origami. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Free Valentine's Agamograph Coloring Sheet Printables

Valentine's Day is next week! My youngest and I have been making Pikachu-themed Valentines for his class. I also whipped up these super cute printable Valentine's Agamograph coloring sheets for kids who love Valentine's puns. Print these out, color them, accordion fold them, and then you get a fun piece of changing art. :) You can grab these free printables down below. 


4 Free Valentine's Agamograph Printable Coloring Sheets

Free Funny Pun Printable Valentine's Agamograph Coloring Sheets for Easy Elementary School Kids Art Library Classroom Activity


Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Cute Folding Origami Greeting Cards for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day

I saw this gorgeous reel by Clymdraws that showed a lovely folded paper greeting and was so inspired to try making one myself. This is a lovely origami craft because the folding pattern is so simple and you can use this design to make cards for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day.... or any holiday, really. Directions are below. Enjoy!


How to Make a Cute Folding Origami Greeting Card for Valentine's Day 

(Or Mother's Day... or any holiday!)


how to fold an easy cute unique folding origami greeting card for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Birthday, Holiday Kids Elementary Art Craft



Monday, January 9, 2023

Chinese New Year of the Rabbit Puppet Craft

 Happy Chinese New Year! In honor of the year of the rabbit, today we're making some paper rabbit puppets.


How to Make Chinese New Year Rabbit Puppets with Kids

how to make easy origami chinese new year of the rabbit origami craft with homeschool elementary school classroom library kids


Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Build a Climbing Santa Paper Craft

Christmas is right around the corner. It's been raining CONSTANTLY here and we've been keeping busy with games, movies, and a lot of crafts. Today, I'm sharing a really fun Christmas craft. This climbing paper Santa toy is the perfect DIY STEM building craft to keep hands and minds busy. Preschool, elementary, and even middle school-aged children will enjoy designing their own Santa and then watching him climb up the chimney. Best part about this activity - I'll bet you have all the materials available for an crafty afternoon of fun.

How to Build an Easy Climbing Paper Santa with Kids

how to make a DIY climbing Santa Paper STEM craft with preschool elementary middle-school aged kids for easy STEM-filled Christmas afternoon fun


Monday, September 12, 2022

Our 15+ Favorite Easy, Artsy, and Cozy Fall Kids' Crafts

Whenever fall rolls around, I find myself staying at home more, drinking hot drinks, and crafting with the kids. If you're looking for some easy, cozy, artsy, cute, and affordable kids' crafts, check out this list of my top 15+ favorite fall crafts. 


15+ Easy, Artsy, and Cozy Fall Kids Crafts

favorite best easy artsy cozy cheap fall kids crafts

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

15+ Cute and Easy Snowflake Designs

Looking for some sweet and unique snowflake designs to cut out with the kids? 

Over the years I've cut out hundreds of paper snowflakes. And while I enjoy letting my scissors wander, sometimes it's fun cutting out pre-set designs. So if you're looking to try cutting out some unique and kid-friendly paper snowflakes, check out these designs below! 

(We've got Pokemon, Lego, Narwhal and Jelly, and unicorns... just to name a few!)

How to Cut Cute and Unique Paper Snowflakes with Kids

How to cut Super Cute and Fun Paper Snowflakes with Kids


Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Painted Accordion Butterflies

The series of butterfly crafts continues! I made these gorgeous painted butterflies with a couple of preschoolers last week and they had a lot of fun carefully painting all the accordion folds. Here's how we made them!


How to Make Painted Accordion Butterflies

How to Make Accordion Butterflies with preschoolers


Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Easy Pop-up Minecraft Creeper and Pig Craft for kids

Here's a simple and quick Minecraft craft for all the kids who love the video game! We're making pop-up Minecraft creepers and pigs!


How to Make a Pop-up Minecraft Paper craft with kids

How to make a pop up Minecraft Pig and Creeper craft for kids


Monday, October 5, 2020

Easy Origami Witch Craft

 It's time for another easy and cute Halloween craft! Today we're folding these adorable origami witches. So grab your origami paper and let's get crafting! This kid-friendly paper craft is just perfect for fall.

How to fold an Easy Origami Witch for Halloween!

How to fold an easy origami witch with kids- best craft for Halloween


Thursday, August 20, 2020

How to Fold Origami Minecraft Pigs

A couple of days ago, I shared these super easy Minecraft Origami Creepers. After posting, a friend asked me if I had any more Minecraft crafts.... and I came up with these pigs!


How to Fold Origami Minecraft Pigs

How to Fold Origami Minecraft Pigs- Super fun and easy kids art project


Monday, August 17, 2020

How to Fold Origami Minecraft Creepers (Easy and less than 5 minute craft)

Looking for an easy and cute Minecraft craft? Why not try folding creepers? Kids of all ages will enjoy making this easy origami project.

How to Fold Origami Minecraft Creepers

(in less than 5 minutes!)


Thursday, April 16, 2020

Easy Origami Pokemon: Pikachu, Charmander, and Squirtle

Another day... another origami craft!  Years ago, I designed this super easy origami Pikachu for my preschooler to fold. Well, our love for all things Pokemon has only grown. Pokemon books. Pokemon toys. Pokemon clothes. Pokemon the TV show. Pokemon the movie. Pokemon Go... ooof. So today I'm sharing these super nifty Pokemon Origami Crafts. I'll show you how to fold a simple Charmander, Squirtle, and Pikachu too!

How to Fold Easy Origami Pokemon: Pikachu, Charmander, and Squirtle! 


how to fold super easy Pokemon Origami with kids: step-by-step directions to craft Charmander, Squirtle, and Pikachu


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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Easy and Cute Origami Paper Dolls

Today I'm sharing the most adorable and easy origami craft project with you. It's cute. (Or should I say kawaii?) It's simple to make. And it's fun to decorate! Ta-da! Grab the kids because we're folding these super sweet origami paper dolls!

How to Fold Sweet and Simple Origami Paper Dolls with Kids

How to fold Easy, Cute, and Fun Origami Paper Doll Finger Puppets with Kids- Perfect Spring Craft!


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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Easy and Lovely Paper Strip Birds

Lately, I've been thinking of that Emily Dickinson quote, "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all." 

These past weeks, I've felt moments of sadness, cabin fever, fear, joy, frustration, and also hope. (Oftentimes, all in the same day!) One of the good things about staying home is that the boys and I get a chance to craft and play more. It's nice having more relaxed schedules.  

Inspired by Emily Dickinson and Embossing Bird's gorgeous IG feed, the kids and I took some strips of paper and folded them into a lovely flock of colorful birds. Here's how we made these cute crafts!

How to Make Super Easy Paper Strip Birds

How to make paper strip birds- fun and easy spring folding craft to make with kids


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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

How to Make An Adorable Paperback Book Hedgehog

I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that this is probably the cutest animal book craft you'll see today. If you like hedgehogs and you don't mind tearing apart a book or two... this craft is for you! Read on to see how I made this adorable paperback book hedgehog!

Easy Paperback Book Hedgehog Craft


Easy Book Folding Art Craft- How to Make An Adorable Hedgehog out of paper books, a fun DIY book animal craft



Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Origami Bears and Conversation Hearts

Origami bears? Origami conversation hearts? Honestly, I wasn't sure what to call today's Valentine's craft.  But I had to share this adorable origami project because it's such an easy and cute one that's perfect for elementary-aged kids!

How to Fold Origami Bears and Conversation Hearts


How to Fold Origami Bears and Conversation Hearts for a fun and easy kids Valentine's day craft



Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Gorgeous Painted Paper Lanterns for Chinese New Year

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing what could be my favorite Chinese New Year Craft ever. I know. It sounds like an exaggeration. But have you ever seen homemade paper lanterns that look like these?  Aren't they gorgeous? And guess what? You don't need a template. They're super easy to make. AND they involve some fun origami folding (also easy too, I promise!)

How to Make Painted Paper Lanterns with Kids 


How to Make Gorgeous Painted Paper Lanterns for Chinese New Year - Such an awesome kids craft!

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Easy Lunar New year Rat Paper Cutting Craft

The rat is 2020's Chinese New Year animal. Today I'm sharing a fun paper cutting craft that celebrates the rat. This project is enough that elementary kids can enjoy the art of paper cutting while also celebrating traditional Chinese culture and the New Year. (I also particularly love today's craft because it's cute AND combines my affinity for making Chinese New Year crafts trying out different origami and kirigami crafts, and cutting fun designer snowflakes!)

How to Make A Rat Paper Cutting... with kids!

Directions for how to do a simple Rat Paper Cutting Craft with Kids for Lunar New Year- Such a great way to celebrate 2020 and Chinese culture and art with kids


Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Origami Fox Finger Puppets (And 9 Fun Fox books!)

Are foxes the unofficial animals for fall? I'm not sure, but I feel like I see foxes and owls EVERYWHERE. I'm jumping on the trend (late, as usual) with today's fox-themed finger puppets. It's an easy and cute origami project that the kids can play with once they're done crafting. (And keep reading to the end to get a list of our favorite fox-themed books too!)

How to Fold Origami Fox Finger Puppets


How to Fold Origami Fox Finger Puppets with Kids AND an awesome fall fox-themed book list

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

50+ Super Cute and Easy Origami and Kirigami Projects for Kids

Looking for origami projects that are unique, cute, and easy-to-fold? Or, do you feel the need to grab a pair of scissors and cut some beautiful kirigami designs?  If you're on the hunt for kid-friendly paper folding projects for spring, summer, fall, and winter, then I've got the ultimate post for you. Here's a growing list of over 50 super cute origami and kirigami ideas for kids!

50+ Easy and Kid-Friendly Origami and Kirigami Projects


50+ cute and Easy Origami and Kirigami Projects for Kids for all seasons!

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