Kai-lan Paper Origami

Origami ideas for small hands. Help your preschooler crease and fold their way to making a panda, tiger, grasshopper, or flower garden.

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This craft has plenty of steps kids can do, like tracing, coloring, decorating, and cutting with safety scissors.

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Ages: 3-6

Materials

Easy Origami Flower Template
Easy Origami Grasshopper Template
Easy Origami Panda Template
Easy Origami Tiger Template
Optional: Additional paper for making more than one; markers, crayons and googly eyes for drawing on faces

Directions

Step 1: Make printouts
Print out the origami templates and instructions that you want to use. You can choose from a panda, tiger, grasshopper, or flower.
Step 2: Crease and fold
Follow the instructions provided with the printable. Origami is basically a series of creases and folds. These origami pieces have a limited number of easy-to-follow steps that make origami child's play.
Step 3: Add a face
For the animal origami, let your preschooler draw on the faces to bring them to life.

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