11 Paper Craft For Kids With Folding Paper

11 Paper Craft For Kids With Folding Paper

Paper folding is a great way to introduce kids to origami, and it’s even more fun when you work on a project together. 

These paper crafts for kids will teach them skills like hand-eye coordination and patience, while also giving them a chance to explore their creativity with this ancient art form.

Paper Airplane

Paper airplanes are a simple paper craft for kids. Paper airplanes can be made in many different shapes and sizes. The basic design is a rectangular plane with two wings on each side. 

You can make the wings smaller or larger, depending on how long you want the plane to fly. A heavier paper will make your airplane fly farther than one made from lightweight cardstock or construction paper.

To make an airplane, fold down the top corner of each side of your rectangle so that it meets at a right angle where you started folding up (the nose). Fold it back down to create an accordion effect along that seam line until there are no more creases left on either side of this nose section (you should have three creases total across this entire length). If you have square sheets instead of rectangles, then just fold them into thirds instead!

Next, take one wingtip and bend it over until it touches its opposite wingtip—this creates one right angle at each end of both wings resulting in four total right angles altogether when viewed from above! Now unfold everything except those four points (where only three folds remain). 

Then repeat these steps on both sides so that both wings now meet together at their respective ends as well as form another pair of diagonal lines along their front edges—these should form two triangles above each other when viewed from above! That’s all there is too making an airplane out of paper; now go fly some kites!”

Paper Trik-tak-toe

Paper Trik-tak-toe is a fun game for kids to play with friends. You can make your own paper trik-tack-toe board using a printer, some card stock, and scissors. 

Then you’ll need to set up the game by printing out cards with numbers on them and cutting them out. Alternatively, you can use the free template provided here so all you have to do is cut out the pieces!

Once you have everything ready, it’s time to play! The rules are simple. first, each player must draw their own X on their side of the board (this doesn’t count). Then players take turns placing a number on any open spot on their side of the grid; if they land on an opponent’s square they must say “Oops” as soon as possible. 

If they don’t say “Oops,” then that person gets another turn where they get two moves instead of one move per turn (so if they land in an orange square then it counts as two points). Players continue until someone has gotten three in a row vertically or horizontally (or diagonally) and wins!

Paper Ferris Wheel

Materials you’ll need.

• cardstock in white and light blue (alternatively, you can use colored paper)
• scissors
• ruler
• pencil or pen to draw circle templates on the cardstock. You may also want to have a pair of clean tweezers handy if you want to make this project completely by hand as opposed to using a machine like an electric pencil sharpener or hole punch.

Origami panda head

To make this origami panda head, you’ll need

• paper — any color or pattern will work! I chose a red-and-white polka dot pattern.
• scissors — the smaller the better!
• glue stick (or white glue, if you have that on hand) — for attaching your eyes and nose to the face of your panda. You could also use hot glue if you have it handy.
• pencil — for marking where to cut out holes for ears and arms; and for tracing around your tissue paper pieces before cutting them out with scissors so that they’re more precise.

ruler — optional but useful if you want all of your pieces cut perfectly even! This can be hard depending on how thick the paper is! I used a plastic ruler because I didn’t want anything bendy touching my fabric softener sheet…that stuff’s slippery as heck when wet. 

But there are many other options available too like cardboard tubes/tubes wrapped in aluminum foil tubes etc., just make sure whatever material works best with both firmness as well as being easy enough so kids won’t get frustrated while trying their best not break anything while working with using tools such as glue guns etcetera.”

Paper Star

If you want to make a paper star, here’s how

• Take a piece of paper and fold it in half.
• Then, fold the top part down over the bottom part.
• Now you should be able to see three sides of your star—two flaps and one pointy side (the tip).

This is where it gets interesting: tear off a little bit of one of the flaps on your star so there’s only one flap left! 

You can skip this step if you don’t want a hole in the middle of your star. But if you do want one, then tear off some more until it looks like this:

Origami Frog That Jumps

Materials needed

• a square sheet of paper

Instructions.

• Fold the sheet of paper in half, then unfold it.

Make a diagonal fold that goes from the top right corner down to the bottom left corner, which will create a line extending into an L shape (see image below). Then fold one end of this line up so that it meets its middle point and creases as shown in the second picture here; 

this will form a triangle with one side missing and is your frog’s head. You should also cut off any excess paper on each side of this triangle that might be hanging out over your frog’s body so he looks nice and tidy!

Now you can fold both ends up onto themselves just like we did during step 2 when making our origami jumping frog model – except now we want them to meet at each other’s spots instead of being separate (and therefore flat) shapes like before! 

So go ahead and do that – just make sure everything is nicely creased so no lines are showing through when finished folding all four layers together; if any are visible then try smoothing out those places until they disappear before continuing.”

Origami Fox That Walks On 4 Legs

This origami fox is both cute and clever. The legs are attached to the body via a single point, so it can walk on just one leg at a time. 

This makes the model both easy to fold and interesting to play with!

The first step is to take the longest pair of ears you have (they will be used for the base of your fox). Fold them in half vertically, then horizontally. 

Unfold this shape so that you have two square pieces with creases running along each edge; these are going to be your fox’s front legs.

Origami Crane With Flapping Wings

This origami bird will delight kids with its flapping wings. You can make these birds to decorate for any occasion and give as gifts or use them for your own craft projects.

The origami crane is an ancient Chinese folk art that has been passed down through generations. 

It’s said that if you fold 1,000 paper cranes, your wish will come true!

Materials.

Paper (use a large square piece of paper)

Origami Spinning Top – Minotaurus

This is a great origami project for beginners. It’s also ideal for older children who are still learning how to fold paper, since the top isn’t very complicated. 

The finished product looks like an adorable little elephant!

The steps.

Start with a square piece of paper, white side up. Fold along the diagonal fold line so that you have two right triangles.

Fold these two triangles in half again and crease well, making sure it’s straight across both sides (and the fold lines meet). This creates four layers of the paper total, including three on the bottom layer and one on top that will be hidden when we put our origami spinning top together later in this tutorial!

Now take one end point where both sides meet and flip it over until it touches its other primate from step 2 above (this sounds confusing but I promise if you look at my pictures above everything will make sense!). 

You want these four corners all connected together so they form sorta like an X shape with two arms sticking out from either side rather than just two flat pieces clashing against each other without anything holding them together!

Now that all four points are touching each other nicely let’s add some glue around them so nothing can come loose while we’re playing around with our new toy later down here at school during lunchtime!”

Origami Turtle That Can Walk And Swim

You can make this origami turtle that can walk and swim. 

It’s a great gift for kids, a great toy for children, and a great craft for kids.

11 Paper Craft For Kids With Folding Paper

Paper airplanes

Paper airplanes are a great starting place for kids to get acquainted with paper folding. While building a paper plane is as simple as creating a triangle, sometimes it can be hard to keep in the air. 

One way to help your child succeed on their first flight is to use heavier paper than regular printer paper; if you have construction paper available, this is perfect! Construction paper also makes it easier to fold multiple planes at once.

The following diagram shows how to make two different types of basic paper airplanes:

Conclusion

We hope you’ve enjoyed learning about some of the more creative ways to fold paper into animals, toys, and other objects. If there’s anything we didn’t cover here that you think should be included in this list, please let us know in the comments section below! We love hearing from people who are just starting out – we can always learn from one another!