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Home » Culture » Asia » First Origami For Kids

First Origami For Kids

December 19, 2015 by Crystal McClean

Yep, we love origami!  Many children may think they don’t know what origami is.  Perhaps the most common origami project in the West is folding paper airplanes.  And of course those famous cootie catchers I remember from my younger years.  But there are soooo many more things that can be made from a simple piece of paper.  I still have and treasure a few pieces of origami that some of my students made for me during my time in Japan.  Here are some great origami for kids projects.

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We were so pleased to open up a box sent to us from Tuttle Publishing to discover 2 fantastic origami sets inside!  I just couldn’t wait to share them with you as they would make fabulous gifts for children! Or anyone who would like to try their hand at origami.

Paper airplanes is a great way to introduce kids to the world or origami

Talk about great timing, too!  We watched the Principia space launch this week and there’s plenty of great information in the Ultimate Paper Airplanes For Kids.  In addition to the 48 printed sheets of paper for 12 projects, you’ll also find the following information on planes and flying:

Ultimate Paper Airplanes For Kids by Tuttle Publishing, a review by Castle View Academy

It certainly is a book in its own right, not just paper.  And should you use all of the paper in the book, the instructions will also work with other paper as well, so then the kids can create their own designs and logos.

Ultimate Paper Airplanes For Kids by Tuttle Publishing is the perfect gift for boys

Each design has information about special features unique to this origami design.  Is it faster, does it turn?

Ultimate Paper Airplanes For Kids would be fun for birthday parties, clubs, snow days, or indoor recesses.  Have a race, see who can land on the included pull-out airport, or just have some good old fun with them.

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Flying paper planes is a great bordem buster

Kallista has been working her way through the origami designs in My First Origami Kit.  It contains 60 pieces of double-sided paper, 20 projects, and 150+ stickers to help finish off the projects.

My First Origami Kit by Tuttle Publishing, a review by Castle View Academy

Of course, the day of Tim Peake’s launch to the ISS, Kallista also made a paper airplane!  In addition, she’s also made the butterfly, penguin, and mouse.  Her first project was the butterfly, and she needed a little help with it, but she quickly caught on and then created the penguin all on her own by following the diagrams in the included book.

Origami kits by Tuttle Publishing are loads of fun for children

We have tried origami previously to make jumping frogs and from a very beginner’s book a friend sent us from Japan, but now the children are a year older and have had some practice and are able to most if it themselves.  In fact, just last week Kallista and I were doing origami at the library while Tristan was in a book group.

Us girls spend this time together doing something special, and now we can continue to have origami fun.  One of the great things about origami is that the papers are small, light, and easy to transport.  Just perfect to take with you when travelling!  Pull them out when waiting for transfers, during flights, on the train, bus, or even while out at a restaurant to keep the kids busy while waiting for their meals.

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Folding an origami penguin is easy when you're 5

I’m thinking we’ll have to turn some of the origami ‘art’ into greeting cards for family and friends.  Handmade cards are always very special for the recipient.  Being light, they would easily go through the mail.

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Origami can also be great for small world play.  Kallista wants to recreate some of the scenes from the instruction book, and has had her animals chatting away to each other!

The children are thoroughly enjoying their very own origami sets and spend time just looking through their books trying to decide what to fold next.

Hours of fun with origami for kids projects for boys and girls

Have you and your children tried origami?  What do you think of it?  Did you know it’s actually considered to be math?

If you’d like to know more or would like to follow Tuttle Publishing, you can connect  with them through their website, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.

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Filed Under: Asia, Book Activities, Books, Craft, Math, Review Tagged With: AF-AM, Boredom buster, Elementary, Japan, Kindergarten, Origami, Paper, Pretend play, Primary, Tuttle Publishing

About Crystal McClean

I am a Mom, Wife, Home Educator, and Virtual Assistant. We love to have fun together while learning and exploring our environment.

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Comments

  1. Amy Boyington says

    December 20, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    I’ve always been fascinated by origami. Never very good at it, but it’s fun trying! These would be really fun gifts for kids.

    • Crystal McClean says

      December 24, 2015 at 10:12 pm

      There are so many levels to origami. Both kits have range from the very easy to the much more complicated, but still doable, which is one reason I’m digging them – they’ll last the children a while as they grow and learn.

  2. Jill Robbins says

    December 20, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    Looks fun! My husband loves to do stuff like this with our boys. I will show this to him!

    • Crystal McClean says

      December 24, 2015 at 10:11 pm

      I’m sure they’d have a ‘wing’ of a time together!

  3. Scarlet says

    December 21, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    This makes a fantastic gift. My daughter loves oragami. It is so fun to watch them make things out of paper and shine with pride.

    • Crystal McClean says

      December 24, 2015 at 10:09 pm

      It can be amazingly technical, and I’m so thankful for detailed diagrams so that my daughter can do it on her own.

 
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