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Origami gift ideas

Origami gift ideas to fold yourself: boxes and pouches to wrap a present, flowers, hearts, rings and bookmarks to give, all explained on video.

An origami gift needs only a sheet of paper and a little time, and it fits any occasion. This page brings together two kinds of ideas: ways to wrap a present, with boxes and pouches, and things to give as they are, such as flowers, hearts, a ring or a bookmark. Each tutorial lists the paper you will need.

For a last-minute gift, the gift box is folded from a single square of any size and closes without glue. A bookmark takes just a few minutes.

If you are looking by occasion, head to our pages for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day or Christmas. Models of medium difficulty take more time: try them first on scrap paper, then fold again in a nicer sheet.

To wrap a gift

Boxes and pouches, from the simplest to the most elaborate. The last four (resealable, cubic, flower and hexagonal) are of medium or high difficulty.

To give

Flowers, hearts, paper jewellery, bookmarks and cards. The last five are of medium difficulty: allow a little more time.

Gifts for children

Small paper toys to give to children: a helmet, slippers, a drinking bird, a propeller. The last two (rotor, spinning top) are of medium difficulty.