Truly Easy Origami for Kids (Step by Step Videos)

Kelly R:  Remember fortune tellers (aka cootie catchers) from your childhood? They're really easy origami for kids to make, and the best part is customizing them with fun fortunes and playing with them. Using a full-sized sheet of paper leaves more room for writing fortunes, so this is a good one if you want to make easy origami with regular paper. Try this as a fun road trip activity!

Kelly R:  Keep origami for kids easy with these cute flowers that are an adorable addition to a homemade gift or card. Once your child masters the technique, she can make a whole bouquet!

Kristy Pepping:  Do your kids have little trinkets laying around their rooms? They can make a simple box to store their treasures in. This is super easy origami for kids to try, and the creases you make help hold it together really well.

Kristy Pepping:  If your child is looking to make an easy origami animal, try this butterfly! My daughter was able to follow this step by step origami tutorial fairly easily and it didn't require a ton of folds.

Kelly R:  A series of simple folds makes this lovely and easy origami for kids, perfect for a fun handmade Valentine.

Shila:  We especially like that you can make this easy origami with regular paper. The folds are simple for kids to master, too! Use these envelopes to leave sweet notes for one another.

Kristy Pepping:  If you have siblings of different ages that want to learn how to make easy origami, we found this step by step origami video to work well even for our youngest child. And if they are a Peppa Pig fan then these little pig faces will make them super happy!

Kristy Pepping:  These fun easy origami fish are made with just a few folds. You can make several of these in a rainbow of colors, draw faces on them and even have kids glue them into a fishbowl drawn on a piece of construction paper.

Kelly R:  This is the perfect basic origami bookmark, and a great place to start if your kids are total beginners to paper folding! Kids can follow the step by step origami video to fold it on their own quite easily, and then can customize with markers, stickers, or other add-ons to give it their own personal spin.

Kristy Pepping:  This easy origami for kids creates a boat that actually floats in water! If you are hosting a backyard birthday party, this could be a fun craft for the party. Once everyone is done, you could place them in a small pool and see who wins a boat race!

Shila:  Just a few triangle folds make this origami easiest for kids who are beginners - they can ace it on the first try. Just make sure to press the creases well so your triangles are sharp. Using any squared paper, your kids can create this functional cup to hold anything - except water!

Alexandra F.:  An easy origami project for kids to make around Halloween! Just a few simple folds to make the origami bat, and super easy to elaborate if you want to jazz it up. We made several to hang around our house as a family Halloween craft, making the origami bat from construction paper we cut into different-sized squares.

Kelly R:  My kids have done many easy origami projects, but this was a new one for us that my son discovered recently! We love the cute accordion-folded nose.

Kelly R:  This easy origami cactus is a good one to try after your kids have gotten the hang of simple folds. It introduces a couple more complex ones, but is quite forgiving if they aren't perfect.