The origami rabbit is one of the easiest origami animals you can make, and my entire family finds making them entirely addictive.
When I was in grade school, I loved origami. One of my good friends was Japanese, and I have strong memories of folding cranes and boats in her house to hang on a community Christmas tree. The cranes were tricky, but learning the series of folds tested and strengthened our memories, while the physical folding was good for fine motor skills.
And when I taught middle school, my students and I were inspired by the story of Sadako and the thousand paper cranes as we folded 1000 cranes to hang around our school in memory of Sadako and the victims of the Hiroshima atom bomb.
When I first did this with my 3 year old, she didn’t have a hand in this project, but once she turned four she could easily fold up a batch of these origami rabbits in one sitting.
Origami Rabbit Supplies
- Origami Paper. You can find origami paper in shops such as Daiso, Paper Source, Jo-Ann Fabrics, and Amazon (affiliate)
- Sharpie
How to Fold an Origami Rabbit
Fold your paper in half to make a triangle.
Fold the creased side of the triangle up about 3/4″.
Fold one side toward the center, line up the points, and crease.
Match it on the other side.
Turn it around, and fold the bottom up about 1″. This will be the base.
Flip it over.
Fold the top point inside to create the top of the rabbit’s head. Crease.
Give your rabbit a face.
I used a Sharpie because washable markers would smear on this paper, but you may want to experiment with different kinds of drawing tools. Make one or make a bunch. Because they’re so easy to make, I find the process is pretty addictive and made a little family in a matter of minutes.
Display somewhere festive, hide them around the house, or plant them in funny spots around the neighborhood where friends might find them.
More Rabbit and Easter Ideas
If you’re looking for more Easter ideas this week, hop over to our list of 60 egg activities for kids (and grown-ups too) and The Chocolate Muffin Tree’s 10 Egg Activities and Experiments.
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Going to stop back after school to show my daughter – she will love making!
Awesome, Ann. Did you end up making these?
super cute and a timely post for us! today my N has been folding paper fortune tellers with daddy (sick day – home from school with a cold.) also, i’m obsessed with daiso! 😉
Sorry to hear that N has been sick — Scott is sick too. What a dreadful time of the year! Isn’t Daiso great? I’m sort of addicted to that place.
Ah, this post reminded me of the fortune tellers we used to make in school. I tried making some simple origami projects with my son – a frog, a plane, a boat. He mostly watches, but he likes it a lot. And we get to talk through the steps and it’s a wonderful way to learn math.
I loved making those little fortune tellers and predicting my future husbands and such. Thanks for reminding me about those little jumping frogs; I’ve been searching for a good tutorial.Â
Love this! We will try to make these into placecards somehow for the Easter table. We’ve been enjoying the egg experiments too!
That’s a great idea, Sarah! These would be really cute as place cards. And thanks for the feedback on the egg experiments — it makes me so happy to hear that this site is inspiring.
Thank you, they are very pretty and easy!! I love them and I will try to make them for kids at daycare! 🙂
Super cute and easy. I made a few in just a few minutes. I think these will look very cute on the table around my easter cookies for the office. Thanks for sharing.
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