On May 5th in Japan it is Kodomo no hi こどもの日 – Children’s Day!
Origami is really popular in Japan just now with folk staying at home more, and this origami samurai helmet can be worn by children or adults alike, depending on the size.
Around the time of this day for children, families may display inside their homes a small helmet or samurai dolls symbolising bravery and strength, or Japanese iris flowers to keep evil at bay.
Start with a square piece of paper, you can use any paper as long as it isn’t too thick, mark it into a square and trim with scissors. We used coloured paper, and also tried A2 sized newsprint (in the video) which was the ideal helmet size for Blair to proudly wear.
You can use newspaper too, which is a good size for a samurai to be able to wear.
The first part of the video is drawing the pattern, which is optional so you can skip ahead a bit for the folding. Have fun and send us a pic of you wearing your kabuto 兜 helmet!
Watch this longer 5 minutes video demo:
Here are some delightful photos of participants in Japan and UK looking lordly in their samurai kabuto helmets!!
Congratulations on your large sized Children’s Day helmets, we hope you’re not battling each other! 🙂
Thanks to the energy of the young people of Yokohama nine close companions are all set with their kabuto. Doraemon suits the look!
Great pose with your kabuto children’s day celebratory ornament.
Your mum was surprised that it became like this! Much more funky!
Love this battle gear OM in Japan complete with printer cartridge eyewear and home made mask.
Nicely folded symmetrical newspaper kabuto well done to you in Osaka!
We bow and pay our respects to you 🙂 Thanks Laura and Pooka the samurai.
That’s a great idea Becky, bringing in the print and the images, has a sharp edged but soft tonal feel, and we love the fashionable style!
We marvel at the tiny size 1.5cm size of these origami flowers and ball, thanks for sending KO in Kansai, Japan. The larger clover and spring flower have interesting shapes too.
More of us are being at home now, so we are bringing you some regular fun and relaxing activities – Creative Time – to encourage you to have some creative enjoyment and stay in touch!
It would be great if you would like to send us an image of anything you make, for us to show online if possible, please either 1. post on our Facebook page or 2. email us your image.
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