These paper ornaments range from vintage classic to makeshift modern and kid-friendly to crafter-challenging, so everyone will have a paper ornament to. I'm going to make a bunch of smaller sized bells and add them as gift wrap decorations to my families gifts this next Christmas to remind them of the day we spent making these. Gather all of your holiday-inspired scrapbook paper, crafts paper, and torn pages of old paperback books, then pick some festive embellishments and make these fun and simple paper ornaments.
I have been searching for a while for these instructions. It is a skill I have long since forgotten and he passed away a couple of years ago.
Paper origami ornaments how to#
My father taught us all how to make these bells. I must have made enough of a fuss to my Mom because I remember that we got a small Christmas tree and the entire family spent the afternoon creating hand made decorations for the tree. As a young child I was appalled that someone could not have a Christmas tree. One Christmas they decided that a tree was too difficult and expensive to put up.
The neighbors who lived in the house behind were a ritual visit to bring good cheer. More than 40 years ago, when I was a little lad, we visited my grandparents for Christmas like we always did. Step 10 Add a dab of quick-drying glue just inside the tip to make sure the bell won't pop open. the tape pieces will stick to one another, holding the bell closed. Adhere the tail of the hanging loop to one of the pieces of tape. Furoshiki, for example, is a traditional Japanese art that uses special wrapping cloths. Step 9 Apply narrow strips of double-stick tape to the inside of the bell along each of the airplane folds. We are going to use 6 of them to make our paper ball. Unfold it, look the crease pattern: the creases are dividing our sheet into eight rectangles. Make another knot or two at the top of the beads so they won't slide off the loop. Fold your sheet in two, then again fold it by the middle and fold it by the middle one more time. Step 8 Make a hanging loop of ornament cord (about 10 inches) and knot the end after stringing on a bead or beads. If you have successfully completed all of the folds, the four points will spring up and you'll be holding a bell! this will convince the bell to take shape. Step 7 Cup the paper in the palm of one hand and gently press in on the center with the fingers of your other hand. Step 6 After all four corners have been folded, open the square and press the space between each airplane fold. Make sure to open each airplane fold after you have creased the two sides before going on to airplane fold the next corner. Do this by bringing the paper on each side of the fold line to the midline and creasing.Įach corner with its airplane fold will look like this: Step 5 Open the square and make an airplane fold at each corner. Step 4 Open the square and fold the remaining two corners point to point. Step 3 Open the square and fold two corners point to point. Step 2 Open the square, turn the paper ninety degrees and fold in half again. Paper craft supplies I recommend can be found in my Amazon shop. Index cards or lightweight card stock or heavyweight vellum Here's what you really want to know - how to do the folding! Invert the figure and glue a clapper into the opening and a handle on top.Ĭheerful origami ornaments are cleverly folded, then decorated with your individual touches.But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Finish the bell by separating the points at the top and fold them down each side of the bell secure with glue. Make the bell by folding a 7 inch square according to the drawing. To make the reindeer, start with a 6 inch square of paper and follow the folding instructions. Glue on a tag board star, a hanger, and tiny ornaments made of contrasting origami paper. Take two horizontal tucks to give a tiered effect. You can secure the arms with glue, if necessary.įor the tree, use a 5 inch square and fold as for the Santa stop when you have the triangle in the fourth step. Complete the Santa by adding a beard, trim, and hanger.
To make the Santa, we used an 8 inch square of paper and folded it as shown in the drawing below. You only need a few materials - a box of slightly shiny, lightweight origami paper, string, white glue, and scraps of colored tag board or paper. Create these origami ornaments and hang them on the tree by How-To-Origamic. Ornaments inspired by Origami, the traditional Japanese paper-folding craft, are colorful, inexpensive, and easy to make.
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