How to make an easy origami kite for kids
Easy Origami Kite for Kids: try all 4 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor kite for young children, folded from one square in three folds. Draw the cross sticks and tie on a string and a tail of paper bows.
- You need
- One square of origami paper, colored on one side, and a pen. Tape or glue for the string and tail.
- Start
- Start white side up, with one corner pointing up. Bright paper that is white on the back makes a good kite.
- Tips
- Fold the two lower edges to the middle crease as exactly as you can, so the kite is even on both sides.
- Make a tail of tiny paper bows and glue it to the bottom point.
Your model is ready
Press the folds flat. Draw two crossing sticks on the sail, then glue or tape a string to the bottom point and add a tail of small paper bows. The finished kite, to face you with its long point at the bottom.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Crease the middle
Fold the left corner to the right corner, press, and open.
- 2
Fold the left edge in
Fold the lower left edge to the center crease.
- 3
Fold the right edge in
Fold the lower right edge to the center crease the same way.
- 4
Turn over
Turn the kite over, keeping its long point at the bottom. The smooth colored side is the front.
- ✓
Finish
Press the folds flat. Draw two crossing sticks on the sail, then glue or tape a string to the bottom point and add a tail of small paper bows. The finished kite, to face you with its long point at the bottom.
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