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Fine motor skills
First Origami: The Fortune Teller and the Boat
A square piece of paper, a few sharp creases pressed with a fingernail, and magic happens: a hat you can wear, a boat that floats in the tub, or a fortune teller with fun questions. You each fold your own sheet, step by step together.
- Age
- 4 to 6 years
- Duration
- 20-30 min
- Materials
- Square sheets of paper (print folding guide lines for beginners)
- Supervision
- Semi-supervisé
The activity sheet plus anything to print. Free, with an account.
Step by step
- Make square sheets together from A4 paper: fold one corner down to the opposite edge and cut off the leftover strip. That's your very first fold!
- Sit at a clear, hard table with one sheet each: fold alongside your child, never doing it for them.
- Show the step on your paper, let them copy on theirs, using simple words (“corner to corner”, “edge to edge”).
- Flatten each crease firmly with a fingernail before moving on. Crooked fold? Just unfold and try again calmly—it's part of the fun, not a mistake.
- Wear the hat, float the boat (try it in the bath!), or pick colors and numbers with the fortune teller.
- Next time, try 8 to 10-fold models, then look at step-by-step diagrams together; keep all the finished creations in an origami treasure box.
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