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How to make an easy origami house for kids

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EasyAn Origami Tutor design5 steps6 × 6 in · One square

An Origami Tutor house for young children: a colored pointed roof on white walls, folded from one square in five folds. Draw a door and windows on it.

You need: One square of origami paper, colored on one side, and a pen. No scissors or glue.
Make a square from printer paper ↗
Start: Start white side up, with the edges straight up and across. Red or brown paper makes a good roof.
Tips: Fold both sides behind by the same amount so the roof is even.
Make a whole street from different colors.

Symbols, bases & terms ↗

Finish

Your model is ready

Press the folds flat. Draw a door and windows on the white wall. The finished house, with its pointed colored roof.

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Valley fold Mountain fold Color side White side

1
Fold the top down
Fold the top edge down to the middle of the paper. The colored band will become the roof.
2
Fold the left side behind
Fold a narrow strip of the left side behind, all the way down.
3
Fold the right side behind
Fold the same strip of the right side behind, so the house is a little narrower.
4
Shape the left roof
Fold the top left corner of the band behind, from the middle of the top edge down to the corner of the wall.
5
Shape the right roof
Fold the top right corner behind the same way. The colored roof now comes to a point.
✓
Finish
Press the folds flat. Draw a door and windows on the white wall. The finished house, with its pointed colored roof.

Keep folding

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Buildings and furniture

Armchair ↗

Intermediate · 12 steps · One square

A wide Origami Tutor armchair developed from the house base, with an upright back, two armrests and a raised seat above its folded supports.

Shapes

This heart stays flat, so it fits inside a greeting card or on the front of a folded note. The colored side makes the face; small folds hidden behind the left edge, right edge and two top tips soften the outline.