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Origami bells craft for kids

Origami bells craft for kids

This is such a busy time of year with New Year following close on Christmas Day. It’s. easy to overlook the New Year but we couldn’t resist looking through all our New Year crafts and added a sweet origami bells craft for kids to make. Origami is always fun and these origami bells will add a touch of colour to your celebrations.

List of supplies

Coloured craft papers (we used red, green and yellow)

Pencil

Craft glue

A pair of scissors

Origami bells craft for kids

Select red, green and yellow coloured craft papers for the origami bell craft. Prepare a piece of yellow square paper (10cm x 10cm).

Origami bells craft for kids

Fold the square paper in half vertically and horizontally and then unfold the paper.

Origami bells craft for kids

Make a small (1cm or 1.5cm) fold along any one side of the square paper.

Origami bells craft for kids

Turn the paper to the other side.

Origami bells craft for kids

Hold a corner of the intact side (opposite to the thin folded side). Fold the corner inside and join it to the center of the square paper (intersected point of the vertical and horizontal half folds).

Origami bells craft for kids

Similarly, fold the other corner inside.

Origami bells craft for kids

Fold the current pattern in half. This will leave the pointy edge slightly outside the pattern layout.

Origami bells craft for kids

Fold in the right side of the current pattern along the middle line, but make it slightly diagonal.

Origami bells craft for kids

Similarly, fold the left side of the current pattern inside.

Origami bells craft for kids

Fold 1cm part of the top left corner inside.

Origami bells craft for kids

Fold 1cm part of the top right corner inside.

Origami bells craft for kids

Prepare berry and leaf patterns from red and green coloured craft papers. You can also prepare bow patterns.

Origami bells craft for kids

Attach the berry and leaf cutouts together before attaching them to the bell origami pattern. Use sharpies to draw outlines on the berry and leaf pattern.

Origami bells craft for kids

Attach the berry-leaf pattern to the origami bell pattern to complete the origami bells craft.

Origami bells craft for kids

Why not add these to a napkin if you are having a family meal to celebrate the New Year?

You may be interested in our other New Year crafts:

New Year bell craft for kids

Paper bell garland

New Year paper plate craft for kids

New Year’s Confetti Boxes 

New Year paper hat craft for kids

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