Origami for Kids
How to Make a Paper Pinwheel That Spins in the Wind
Four cuts, four points to the center, and a pin. What separates a pinwheel that spins from one that sits still is the slack between the pin and the paper, and nothing else.
Origami for Kids
Short-step folds made to do together with kids, with little or no cutting.
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Origami for Kids
How to Make a Paper Hat: From Newspaper to Pirate Hat
The newspaper hat is the halfway stage of the paper boat, and you can stop right there. Here are three versions (classic, pirate, and painter) and how to size the paper to fit a head.
Origami for Kids
How to Make a Paper Fortune Teller and What to Write Inside
The same toy answers to fortune teller, cootie catcher, and chatterbox. Eight folds, plus a list of ideas for filling the flaps that goes beyond the usual fortunes.
Origami for Kids
Origami with Kids: Where to Start at Every Age
What a four-year-old can fold alone is different from what an eight-year-old can, and the frustration almost always comes from offering the wrong model at the wrong age.