Merry Christmas everyone! There's nothing we love more than Christmas crafting and one of the best types of craft has to be origami. It's meditative, relaxing and produces beautiful results which can be used in a multitude of ways.
In this article, we round up all the best Christmas origami tutorials for you to explore and make. Each tutorial has step-by-step photos or video tutorials so you can recreate them and hang them in your home.
Every single project we've featured can be turned into an origami Christmas tree decoration with a simple pierced hole and some thread. Explore our easy Christmas origami tutorials, and our more complicated ones, and choose your favourite.
- 21 festive & easy paper Christmas decorations everyone can make at home this holiday season
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- Fold your favourite blooms with our origami flower bouquet tutorial
12 easy Christmas origami projects
Let's get to the origami Christmas decorations! Here are some of our favourite patterns from around the web, and here on Gathered.
1. Easy origami star
If you're looking for quick and easy origami Christmas decorations to hang around the house, then how about this origami Christmas star by It's Always Autumn? We love the idea of making it out of old sheet music!
2. Easy origami Santa
This easy origami Santa by Gathering Beauty is a great project to start with if you've never folded origami before.
Make multiple origami Santas, hang them from the tree or use them to adorn the front of your Christmas cards for easy origami Christmas decorations!
3. Origami poinsettia flowers
These easy poinsettia flowers by Hawaii Travel with Kids are fun and easy to make. They require glue to join the petals together, but you'll be making lots of poinsettia flowers in no time!
Discover more easy origami
If you love these origami Christmas decorations, check out these easy origami projects for beginners for even more inspiration!
4. Easy origami owl
This origami owl makes a brilliant card topper, but it will also stand up so you can display your masterpiece around the house.
Switch up the origami papers you use to suit the occasion or season. Get the full tutorial with step-by-step instructions here on Gathered!
5. Origami Christmas crackers
DIY your Christmas table with these easy origami Christmas decorations! Fill your origami crackers with treats or small gifts to delight friends and family this year. Get the full video tutorial over at Paper Kawaii.
6. Origami star
This delightful project combines two different types of paper stars to make this hanging Christmas decoration! One of the stars is made by weaving strips of paper, and the other by folding paper in the traditional origami style.
Get the full step-by-step tutorial for this origami Christmas star mobile right here on Gathered.
7. Lucky stars
Create these sweet and super simple origami stars from strips of paper for the perfect origami Christmas decoration. Get the tutorial over at Paper Kawaii.
8. Origami Christmas tree
Okay so this is technically Kirigami as it uses scissors, but we love this easy origami Christmas tree! Get the full step-by-step origami Christmas tree tutorial here on Gathered.
9. Origami Santa puppet
Follow Origami Spirit's video tutorial and make this hilarious talking Santa Claus puppet. It's sure to keep the kids entertained!
10. Origami Santa hat
Make this origami Santa hat following the video tutorial over Mica's Paper Craft Channels!
11. Easy reindeer bookmark
Encourage the kids to enjoy some reading this festive season by making this super cute origami reindeer bookmark. It's a great project for total origami newbies and children. Get the tutorial over at Easy Peasy and Fun.
12. Christmas tree ornaments
These Christmas tree ornaments by It's Always Autumn are quick and easy to make, and a perfect project to keep the kids happy. There's even a free template to help you out with making your own origami Christmas tree decorations.
10 intermediate Christmas origami projects
Once you're feeling confident with the easy Christmas origami projects, take a look at these more complex designs!
13. Origami Santa tutorial
What's more festive than the big man himself? Fold your own St Nick with our how to make an origami Santa tutorial. This little guy would look lovely peeking out of napkins on your Christmas table.
14. Origami dove
Doves are a symbol of peace and always remind us of the holidays. Learn how to make an easy origami dove with our step-by-step instructions. We can imagine this beautiful origami Christmas decoration hanging from your tree or in your window.
15. Origami penguin
If you love folding origami birds, this is the perfect one for you this Christmas. Follow our how to make an easy origami penguin tutorial and fold this adorable duo.
16. Origami snowflake
Make this beautiful origami snowflake following the video tutorial over at I Love to Create. These are the ideal origami Christmas decorations, as you can make multiples to hang in your window, or from the ceiling.
17. Origami Christmas tree
This origami Christmas tree by Jo Nakashima is made from six sheets of square paper and is a fantastic project for the intermediate crafter. Follow the handy YouTube video which explains everything you need to do to make these gorgeous origami Christmas decorations.
18. Modular origami snowflake
Make these wonderful three-dimensional snowflakes using just three square pieces of paper. No scissors or glue are needed! Get the full tutorial over at Origami Spirit.
19. Origami angel
Make this stunning origami angel, designed by Max Hulme, following this handy YouTube tutorial. This origami model will take some patience, but take it slow and you'll create something truly impressive.
20. Origami heart Santa
Follow Beth Johnson's fabulous origami hearty Santa tutorial and thread a simple piece of string through the top to turn these festive friends into origami Christmas decorations. They're flat too, making them perfect for Christmas card toppers.
21. Origami St Nick
Impress friends and family with this origami model of St Nicholas! This model uses wet folding, which involves dampening the paper during the folding process to make it easier to manipulate and create soft creases.
22. Modular origami star
Make a big, beautiful star that's perfect for decorating your tree with, by following Salman Ebrahimi's Modular Origami Star Tutorial over on Paper Kawaii. We love the rainbow colours!
Buy Christmas origami paper
You can make origami designs out of any paper you have to hand. Most origami patterns use square paper so here are a few of our favourite Christmas origami papers you can buy today.
Basic Christmas origami paper collection
Want to kick start your Christmas origami projects? This selection of Christmas-themed origami paper will do just the trick.
These papers are beautifully packaged in a hand-folded spiral presentation box, making a perfect gift and a permanent container for your origami paper. There are 100 sheets, featuring 10 different designs on 15cm square paper.
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Double-sided origami paper
Sometimes when folding origami, both sides of the paper will be visible in the finished item. If you would rather show off patterns rather than a plain colour, something like this collection of double-sided Christmas origami paper is ideal. There are 50, 15x15cm sheets in a pleasing red and white colourway.
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12 days of Christmas origami paper
This festive collection includes 48 sheets of 6in x 6in Christmas-themed origami paper, featuring 16 different designs.
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More Christmas origami to buy!
Looking to boost your Christmas origami stash? Take a look at these brilliant Christmas origami buys.
Christmas tree cards - pride colours
Buy now: £5.75, Craft Wise Studio, Etsy
Show someone you care with these brilliant origami Christmas tree cards in pride colours by Craft Wise Studio!
Christmas origami gift set
Make your own Christmas origami baubles with this brilliant kit from Hello Ruth. Photo instructions are included in the pack, as well as enough William Morris inspired papers for you to make three baubles.
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Snowflakes, Sunbursts, and Stars by Ayako Brodek
This Christmas origami book includes 75 tutorials on everything from quilled window ornaments to coasters. It's a great way to expand your origami knowledge and make some festive decorations for your home.
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Fold your way through the festive season
Christmas origami is a fun, affordable activity you can do with all your loved ones. Whether it's in the lead-up to Christmas, on Christmas Eve or in the Twixmas period, crafting mini origami animals and festive motifs is a great way of having fun and relaxing.
Grab a cup of hot chocolate and a mince pie and start making your own Christmas origami creatures this December.
Discover more original origami projects with Gathered
We hope you’ve enjoyed these Christmas origami projects! We have plenty of other origami projects here on Gathered, like this origami lampshade.
