Origami is one of the best paper crafts for children to play around with. You need minimal materials, just some square paper, and there are activities suitable for all abilities. The ones I list here are easy and I reckon look really good.

	Two hard to explain how this one flies – so you will just have to make it and find out.
	This was an essential craft in my childhood – make sure your children can make one too. This version has a St Patricks Day flavour.
	Only a few more steps involved for this slightly different hat.
	Hop your way over to check this craft out.
	Learnt and demonstrated by the youngest crafter in our family!
	Can’t have a list of origami crafts for children without this one!
	This origami craft really just has two folds! Two Fold Origami Fish
	Have fun folding and then have fun snapping. Paper Snapper
	Not quite origami as it involves scissors – lots of fun! Kirigami Paper Crown
	This is one of my favorite Origami sculptures. It is easy to make, and can be used to hold all sorts of things. Origami Star Box Tutorial
	This one is so much easier to make than it looks! And super cute too! Origami Bunny Tutorial
	This photo combines two different Origami sculptures, a tulip and a leaf and stalk. The leaf and stalk could be used for any Origami flower so it is a handy one. The tulip is a perfect tulip shape and again, really easy to make. Origami Tulip Tutorial Stalk and Leaf Tutorial

For more info about Origami and some basic folds check out my ‘What is Origami?’ article.

You start of course with a square piece of paper. Fold it across the diagonal and unfold to make a crease.

Fold it across the other diagonal.

Fold it back on itself as pictured.

Fold it in half on the crease.

Fold the top part down, so that the fold lines up with the top of the triangle shaped section poking out. Do the same on the other side

Open the wings back up again. It looks a little like a plane or butterfly, hold the small body part with your fingers and throw it like you would a paper plane. It does not fly through the air but tumbles around and around and down – very cool!

At first I did not take photos of the steps and it was just a bit hard to follow what was happening, so we repeated the steps so we could get some photos up here – we did miss out the painting step though as you can see what it looks like from our first painted telescope..

You need three cardboard tubes, or one long one cut into three equal lengths. This is made from recycled some toilet paper tubes. You will also need some ribbon. You need four equal lengths of ribbon, each just a bit longer than the length of the tube.

The first task is to paint all the tubes, we painted them with a yellow rim around each one, it turns out to be very effective having that bit painted a different color.

Cut two of the tubes down the length.

Roll them a little tighter so that they have a smaller circumference and tape them along the cut edge. The aim is to have the three of them all fit together – so one will need to be a bit smaller than than the big one, and then the other a little smaller again.

Tape the top of two pieces of ribbon to the inside bottom of the smallest tube – on opposite sides of the tube.

Then push the end of that smallest tube into the top of the middle sized tube and drop the ribbon down the inside of the middle sized tube and tape it to the bottom of the middle sized tube, so that when you pull the tubes apart, they can only go so far as they are held together by the ribbon.

Repeat that with the middle sized and largest tube. You will end up with the three of them nested inside each other and when pulled apart they only go as far as pictured as they are held together by the ribbon.

This is a no mess paper craft for children, and other creative folk, who like dinosaurs.

You will need some corrugated card and small wooden spring pegs

Fold the corrugated card in half so the textured sides are together.

Draw an outline of the basic shape of a Stegosaurus with the bottom of the feet on the fold. Cut out leaving the bottom of the feet uncut.

Open and fold again so the textured side is on the outside.

Pop your pegs in place and draw an eye with the black marker.

The Easter celebration is another great excuse to do some paper craft with your children!

Super simple paper craft for Easter – super handy too! Paper Cup Easter Baskets
Is it an Easter bag or an Easter bunny? Easter Bunny Paper Bag
Make a perfectly Easter sized Papier Mache Easter Egg with this method. Papier Mache Easter Egg
Hop to it and make this super cute bunny for Easter Brown Paper Bag Bunny
Take a simple tube and make a happy hoppy family. Paper Tube Easter Bunny Family
Soo cute, perfect for helping entertain little fingers at Easter Scrunched Tissue Paper Bunny
Use some concertina folds to make an Easter basket. Easter Bunny Basket
The moving parts on this happy chick will be a hit. Happy Flappy Easter Chick
My daughter taught me this very cool Easter Egg Card Craft. Simple Easter Egg Card
A classic craft for a classic holiday – Paper Collage Easter Eggs
A great paper craft for dads! Try an egg version of the paper tumbler for Easter.
These are easy to make and we will be making them in our family for the morning Easter gifts. See the tutorial – Starbox Tutorial or Worksheet – How to make a Starbox PDF.
This pop-up card technique is easy for children and can be used for any topic. See the tutorial – Tutorial or the PDF worksheet – Worksheet – Pop-up Cards PDF
A handy dandy box useful for all sorts of things, including chocolate bunnies! Find out how to make one at the Fold-up Box Tutorial or download the free PDF Worksheet – Fold-up Box
Easter bunny will have lots of help with these very cute and easy to make origami bunnies. See the Origami Bunny Tutorial or download the free PDF Worksheet – Origami Bunny.
A papier mache egg to hide treats in. Made in two halves with layers of newspaper and finished with tissue paper and a ribbon to close it. See the Papier Mache Egg Tutorial, or the PDF Worksheet – Papier Mache Egg.
This can be a super quick activity if you are using already decorated card like this photo of one egg from all sides. Or it can be a lengthy art activity if you start with white card and decorate it. To find out how to make it please see Stand-up Egg. Check out the Tutorial – Stand-up Shape or print out the PDF Worksheet – Stand-up Shape for step by step instructions.

Brown paper is a great paper for crafts. This paper bag bunny looks great just made with the plain brown paper, but you could certainly use a colored bag or paint it.

The main materials you will need are a paper bag with a flat bottom, some length of ribbon, twine or string, and light weight card. You will also need a marker, some newspaper and a bit of glue.

Scrunch up the brown paper bag three or four times. This softens the bag to make it easier to shape and also adds a nice texture to the bunny.

Tear strips of newspaper, scrunch up and pop inside the bag.

Tie a piece of ribbon or twine around the bag to make a neck bow.

Scrunch up some more newspaper to make the head. Do not over fill as you need the top of the bag to close.

Cut a strip of brown card and shape the ends to resemble ears.

Curl the ends of the strip down and glue in place. I left my bunny upside down while the glue dried as this also closes the top of the bag.

Cut out the feet and front paws and use the marker to draw the toes.

Glue in place. Draw the face using a marker.

For the tail, I ran a line of glue along a piece of garden string and rolled it up but you could use a cotton ball or pompom if you have one.