Origami Christmas Ornaments to Make

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These paper Christmas ornaments are easy to make and look gorgeous hung on the Christmas tree. They make nice gifts, and making them is a fun craft activity to do with the kids.

Materials to Make Origami Christmas Ornaments

All you need is:

6 sheets colored paper, each 6" by 12" (I used wrapping paper cut to size)
Glue or double-sided adhesive tape
String or ribbon to hang your decoration

That's it!

How to Make Origami Christmas Ornaments

I promise you that making these ornaments is actually really easy . Don't worry about the number of steps, because each step is reallys simple. And if you get stuck at any point, contact me , and I'll see if I can help :-)

Step 1

Start with a 6" by 12" piece of wrapping paper (or other colorful paper) like the picture below. My paper is a bit crumpled because I'm being green and recycling a piece of used wrapping paper :-)

Turn it over so that the nice side is down, then fold in half:

Step 2

Fold in half and unfold again along each of the two diagonal directions, shown by the dashed lines below:

Then fold in half and unfold again along the horizontal and vertical directions, shown by the lines below:

Step 3

Fold the left and right sides in to meet the center.

Step 4

Fold the top and bottom edges in to meet the center

Step 5

Fold up diagonally like this, then unfold:

Make the same fold again but in the other direction:

Step 6

Fold up the bottom and open it outward at the same time, as shown by the arrows below:

Keep going...

...and then squash it flat like this:

Do the same thing on the top, so that your paper ends up looking like this:

Step 7

Fold up the two top flaps, and fold down the two bottom flaps:

Your paper should then look like this:

Step 8

Lift up the top-right flap, and open it out...

Keep going...

And squash it flat:

Then do the same thing for the other three flaps, so that your paper looks like this:

Step 9

Fold in the two sides of the top-right square, like this:

Step 10

Open out one of the folds you just made:

Then squash it flat:

Repeat with the other flap, and your paper should look like this:

Step 11

Repeat steps 9 and 10 all the way around the paper. Then fold back the 4 corners along the lines shown below:

This is what the paper should look like from the other side:

Step 12

Make 5 more pieces the same way, until you have 6 pieces all together. Arrange them like this on the table, and glue together at the little folded up corners:

Then glue together the rest of the edges in this sequence to finish your decoration:

origami christmas ornaments glue sequence

Finished!

Once you've glued all the pieces together, here's what the finished decoration looks like:

How did your origami Christmas ornament turn out? I hope you found my instructions clear. If you have any questions or comments, or just want to say hi, please contact me with this handy form :-)