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How to make an origami Witch’s Hat

How to make an origami Witch's Hat

I love the Halloween season and it’s such a fun time to craft with kids! I love how we have started to craft round the table after school again. Today I wanted to share how to make an origami Witch’s Hat. My son loves origami and these are a really fun Halloween craft activity for kids.

You will need:

Coloured craft paper in black, yellow and brown

Scissors

Craft glue

How to make an origami Witch's Hat

How to make an origami Witch’s Hat

Select a square paper for the origami hat; we’re using a 10 inches x 10 inches paper.

How to make an origami Witch's Hat

Fold the square paper into half diagonally.

How to make an origami Witch's Hat

Hold the right side of the current paper and fold it into 1/3 inwards.

How to make an origami Witch's Hat

Hold the left side and fold it inside, aligning its outer edge with the opposite side.

How to make an origami Witch's Hat

Fold up the bottom side, slightly above the bottom edge of the other side of the current pattern.

DIY origami Witch's Hat

Unfold the last fold.

DIY origami Witch's Hat

Hold the bottom corner on the right side. Fold it upwards and align the diagonal edge with the crease created in the previous step.

DIY origami Witch's Hat

Hold the bottom side and fold it up again, this time make fold along the fold created in step 5.

DIY origami Witch's Hat

Similarly, fold the other side of the current pattern.

DIY origami Witch's Hat

Now hold the current pattern and open the bottom side of the pattern carefully. Hold the folds created in the last step so they remain secured. This will give the origami flat hat a 3d look.

DIY origami Witch's Hat

Cut a strip and a small square paper. Cut 2 slits along 2 opposite sides of the small square and insert the strip through the slits from the same side. This will be the hat strip.

DIY origami Witch's Hat craft

Attach the hat strip around the bottom side of the hat cone.

DIY origami Witch's Hat craft for kids

Use finger tips to carefully curl the top pointy end of the origami hat.

DIY origami Witch's Hat craft for kids

We loved making the origami witch’s hat in black, but you can make it in other colours too!

DIY origami Witch's Hat craft for kids

You may be interested in some of our other Halloween crafts for kids:

DIY paper pumpkin garland

Melted pony bead pumpkin sun catcher

Easy salt painted pumpkin craft

9 Comments

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    Rebecca Smith
    September 18, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    Jack is really into origami at the moment so I will definitely get him to give this a go! It looks so cool and perfect for Halloween!

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    michelle twin mum
    September 19, 2021 at 4:31 pm

    Oh wow, they are great. They look so effective and once you know how they are pretty simple. Thanks, Mich x

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