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Hand placing an orange origami pumpkin on a place for a place setting with some halloween candy near by.
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Fold an Easy Origami Pumpkin for Fall

Have fun folding an Easy Origami Pumpkin for Fall Halloween or Thanksgiving Decorations. They make cute place cards for the table. 
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Halloween Activity, Paper Craft
Cuisine: Craft
Keyword: easy origami pumpkin, how to fold an origami pumpkin, how to make an origami pumpkin, how to make origami pumpkins, origami pumpkin, origami pumpkin easy, pumpkin origami
Servings: 1 Origami Pumpkin
Author: Shelly
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • bone folder is an optional tool to press on creases

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Use a piece of square paper like origami paper or cut a piece of copy paper into a square.
    Fold the square into a triangle one direction and unfold. Then fold the square into a triangle the other direction and unfold.
    Fold your square into a rectangle one direction and unfold. Then fold it in a rectangle the other direction and unfold.
  • Turn the paper so that it is a diagonal in front of you on the work surface.
    Pull the corner on your right and the corner on your left up together so it makes an inward fold of triangles. This folds the paper square into a smaller square with these two small inward folds tucked inside. Please see the photo.
    Turn this square so that the loose corners are at the bottom and the paper is in a diagonal laying on the work surface.
  • Hold the right corner (top layer only) and fold the edge below that corner towards the center crease of your diamond. Crease the fold well.
    Hold the right corner that this fold has created and pull the top edge down towards the center crease and press well. See the picture.
    Turn the paper over. Now using the left corner of the diamond paper fold the bottom edge towards the center crease. Crease well
    Hold the top left corner that this fold has created and pull the top edge down towards the center crease. Crease well
    Pick your paper up and pull open these two new folded areas so that you see a long diamond shape in front of you. Then pull the two back flaps out underneath this so you see the diamond on top of your larger diamond square.
  • Turn this whole paper over and find the center point of the up and down crease line of your diagonal folded paper. I put a ruler or a piece of paper from the right corner to the left corner of the diamond. Then I could see where that center point was.  
    Now fold the top corner down to the center point. This is where a bone folder is helpful, as you want to crease this fold well. Then fold the bottom corner (all the overlapping points) of the paper up to the center point as well. Crease the fold well.
    I like to put a piece of tape over where the two corners meet in the center to hold them in place.
    Now fold the right corner in about halfway to the center point and then do the same on the left side. Flip your paper over and you have your pumpkin!
  • I cut a small piece of contrasting paper into a rectangle and use a glue stick to glue it to the top for a stem. 
    To make this a Jack-O-Lantern, use a black sharpie and draw a pumpkin face on the front of your origami pumpkin!

Video

Notes

The pumpkin can be any color you want!!
The two triangle pieces on the right and left cause your paper pumpkin to sit up. Which makes it look nice if you use it for a place card on the table. Just write the person's name on the pumpkin and they will know where to sit