Origami n' Stuff 4 Kids: crafts

Origami Folding Tips

Origami, from the Japanese ori (to fold) and kami (paper), began in the 6th century when Buddhist monks introduced paper to Japan. The print-and-fold crafts and easy diagrams are designed to help children with fine motor skills, directions and hand eye coordination. Some basic origami folding tips:

Print and cut out patterns carefully.
Fold with clean, dry hands.
Follow the instructions. Study the diagrams and be patient.
Be precise: fold each crease well, flattening the creases by running your fingertip over the fold.
Folding the paper away from you is easier than folding towards you.
Be creative...use your origami on greeting cards, holiday decorations, table place cards and bookmarks.

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Winter Star Snowflake Ornament

Print and assemble a snowflake star for Christmas...hang in your window or use as a treetop ornament. Assembled size: app. 14 inches

DIRECTIONS:

1. Print 5 copies of Star Snowflake Ornament Section on cardstock paper:

2. Cut out pattern.

3. Fold along solid lines and tab lines. Here I used a ruler and a butter knife to score the lines, to create crisp folds.

4. Each snowflake section be creased as shown. Note how all the folds are toward the blank surface of the pattern.

5. Tape or glue each section along the tab as shown. Double stick tape works best, since there's no mess and no waiting for it to dry.

6. Once the star sections have been assembled, flatten each section as shown.

7. Align 2 sections and secure the tabs as shown.

8. Repeat with all five sections.

9. Carefully open your star like a fan, and secure the final two tabs.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas: Snowflake Ornament

Assemble this geometric Christmas Ornament using pre-printed pentagons and hexagons.

Photo courtesy Steve Bondy, http://stevespaper.com/

Difficulty: Moderate

Directions:

1. Print out Snowflake Ornament pattern sheet, preferable on heavy weight or cardstock paper.

2. Cut out hexagons and pentagons along solid, outer circle.

3a. Prepare your pentagons by folding the white "tabs" forward as shown. Repeat on all five sides of the pentagon.
3b. Prepare your hexagons in the same manner, creating tabs by folding the white edges forward along all six sides (not shown).

4. Assemble your Christmas ornament by gluing the white tabs together, or taping the shapes together on the underside. Each pentagon should be surrounded by five hexagons. Refer to illustration of completed ornament at the top of page as needed.

Merry Christmas!

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Christmas: Star Ornament Ball

Assemble this geometric Christmas Ornament using pre-printed pentagons.

Difficulty: Moderate

Materials:

12 (1 copy) Star Pentagons
Tape or glue

Directions:

1. Print 1 copy of Star Pentagons, for a total of 12 pentagons.

2. Cut out pentagons along solid, outer circle.

3. Prepare your pentagons by folding the white "tabs" forward as shown. Repeat on all five sides of the pentagon.

4a. Assemble your Christmas ornament by gluing the white tabs together, or taping the shapes together on the underside, so that you have half an ornament with a pentagon in the center, surrounded by five pentagons.

4b. Repeat, to make the second half of the ornament, with a pentagon in the center surrounded by five pentagons.

4c. Glue or tape the two halves together to create your Christmas Star Ornament. Refer to photo of completed ornament at the top of the page as needed.

Merry Christmas!

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Thanksgiving: "Giving Thanks" Paper Bag Turkey Craft

A fun and easy centerpiece children can make with a few supplies and these printable designs. Parental guidance needed.

Supplies:

1 small paper bag
scissors
glue or tape
marker
printed turkey template

Directions:

1. Stuff small paper bag with tissue paper or paper towels. Twist and seal end.

2. Print and cut out "Giving Thanks" Paper Bag Turkey Craft sheets (2 pages).

3. Assemble head by taping or gluing tabs, then cover sealed end of paper bag with paper turkey head and secure with tape or glue. (I cut a slit in the back of the head so that it fits more snugly against the paper bag body.)

4. Glue or tape turkey wings and tail to body.

5. Write down things that your children are thankful for--friends, family, health, etc.--on each feather and glue or tape onto turkey tail.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving Turkey Projects

Here's a Thanksgiving Turkey to print for place cards, napkin rings and greeting cards. For place cards, use a 3"x5" blank index card, folded in half. For napkin rings, use a cardboard paper towel roll cut into 1" lengths, OR use the printed pattern. For Thanksgiving greeting cards, fold a blank letter-sized paper in half and decorate.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Gift Bag

Print and fold a Thanksgiving Turkey Gift Bag.

Directions:

Print on hard card stock. Cut out on outer lines, fold on dashed lines and secure with glue or tape. Punch holes in top and add ribbon.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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All rights reserved.

Fall Cut Out Patterns and Clip Art

Print and cut out to decorate cards, posters and crafts.

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Cornucopia Favor Pattern

Print and make a cornucopia for Thanksgiving by cutting along outer margin, then rolling into a cone. Secure with tape. Fill with treats as favors or add a label to create table place cards. Decorate with Fall Cut Out Patterns.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Halloween: Pumpkin Mask

Print, cut and add ties...Happy Halloween!

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Halloween: Monster Mask

Print, cut and add ties...Happy Halloween!

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Halloween: Skull Mask

Print, cut and add ties...Happy Halloween!

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Halloween Skeleton

Make an articulated Dangling Skeleton for Halloween:

Difficulty: Easy

Materials:

Skeleton print out
Scissors
Hole puncher
Paper fasteners

Directions:

1. Print and cut out skeleton parts along outer lines.
PRINT:

2. Using a hole puncher, punch out red circles on joint tabs.

3. Assemble your skeleton using paper fasteners to secure the joints.

Halloween Pinwheel Spider

Classic Pinwheel for your pencil eraser.
Not suitable for young children.

Difficulty: Easy

Materials:

Paper

Scissors

Sewing pin

Pencil with eraser head

Directions:

1. Print and cut out web and spider.

2. Cut pinwheel web along diagonal red lines.

3. Using the photo as a guide, push the sewing pin first through the red dot on spider, then through the dots on the paper pinwheel. Insert pin into eraser head. (Not suitable for young children.)

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

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Halloween Crafts and Origami: Pumpkin Box

Print and fold a Pumpkin Treat Box for Halloween!

Print Pumpkin Box

Print Directions

Difficulty: Easy

Directions:

1a. Print and cut out box along outer solid line.

1b. Make cuts on the "pumpkin halves" as shown, along the black lines only. Do not cut beyond the points indicated by the red dots.

2a - d. With printed side facing down, fold and unfold along the solid black lines as indicated, to form the sides of the box.


2e. Your box should be creased as shown.

3a - c. Repeat the process along the outer lines to form the lid of the box.

3d. Your box should now be creased as shown.

4a. Note the diagonal lines marked in red.
4b. Fold the sides of the box up as shown, creasing along these diagonal lines to form the corners of the box. 4c. Secure the box by interlocking the pumpkin halves along the cuts you made in step 1b.

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