Jumping Origami Frog {Paper Craft}

Today, we have another fun origami folding extravaganza for you.

This one allows you to make your own frog with a few simple folds. While it’s a little more complex than some of our other paper crafts, beginners will have a blast trying this out. Plus, this frog can jump!

Origami is not only fun but also an excellent way to teach patience and can help develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

And let’s be honest, who doesn’t want a cool jumping origami frog?

Two origami frogs one light green and the other drark green on a pink background made from a origami tutorial from Skip to My Lou. — Ribbit!

We have many other fun origami tutorials on Skip to My Lou including Origami Paper Favors, Fold an Origami Bow Tie in 9 Simple Steps, Easy Origami 8-Petal Flower Step-by-Step Guide, and How to Fold a Fabulous Origami Fish: A Step-by-Step Guide.

Supplies Needed for This Origami Frog Tutorial

You will need the following supplies:

Square origami paper (any paper will do, however, but it must be square. Rectangular paper won’t work)
Art supplies (markers, pencils, pens, etc) to decorate your frog

Video Tutorial: How to Fold an Origami Frog

Instructions: Fold an Origami Frog in 14 Steps

Step 1: Take your square piece of paper to start the folding process. Fold it in half by taking the top right corner and folding it to the bottom edge of the paper on the left-hand side at a 45-degree angle. Don’t forget to squish folds you make to form a proper crease.

Two hands holding a square piece of green paper. — You need a square piece of paper, like this.

Two hands folding the top right hand corner of the paper down to the bottom left at a 45-degree angle to form a triangle. — Fold the top right side part of the paper down to the bottom edge on the left-hand side at a 45-degree angle to form a triangle.

Step 2: Unfold the paper to the original square shape and now fold the bottom corners up to the top edge of the paper to form a rectangle.

Two hands folding the bottom edge of the paper towards the top to form a rectangele. — Unfold and then fold the bottom of the paper up to the top to form a rectangle.

Step 3: Turn the paper 90 degrees and fold the top left corner down towards the right along the crease you originally made in Step 1. Do the same on the right-hand side.

Two hands turning the paper 90 degrees. — Turn the paper 90 degrees.

Two hands folding the top left corner along the visible crease line. — Fold the top left corner along the crease line.

Two hands folding the top right corner along the visible crease line. — Make the same fold on the right-hand side.

Step 4: Now make exactly the same folds from the bottom left and right sides of the paper.

Two hands folding the bottom left corner along the visible crease line. — Fold the bottom left in the same manner.

Two hands folding the bottom right corner along the visible crease line. — Fold the bottom right like this too.

Step 5: Unfold the paper into the rectangular form again. Fold the top section to form a triangle along the folds you’ve already made. If you are unsure, the video shows this clearly.

Two hands unfolding the paper into the rectangular shape again. — Unfold into the rectangular shape again.

Two hands folding the top section into a triangle. — Fold the top section into a triangle along the folds you’ve made.

Two hands pushing the top triangle flat. — Push down to flatten the top triangle.

Step 6: Make exactly the same folds, but this time with the bottom edge of the paper. You will now have a diamond shape.

Two hands folding the bottome section into a triangle. — Fold the bottom section into a triangle along the folds you’ve made.

Two hands pushing the bottom triangle flat. — Push down to flatten the bottom triangle.

Step 7: Fold the top left and right flaps upwards to form a small diamond shape. Watch the video if you are unsure of what folds to make.

Two hands folding the top right flap upwards. — Fold the right top flap upwards, as well as the left top flap.

Two hands folding the top left flap upwards. — Fold the top left flap as well.

Step 8: Repeat the process with the bottom left and right flaps.

Two hands folding the bottom left and right flaps to form a small diamond. — You need to fold the bottom left and right flaps in the same way.

Step 9: Now fold all four sections of the bottom and top diamond shape in half at a 45-degree angle. The video shows these folds clearly.

Two hands foldin gthe bottom right hand section of the diamond flap in half at a 45 degree angle. — Fold the bottom and top of the small diamond flaps in half at a 45-degree angle.

Two hands showing the completed folds. — This is how it should look once done.

Step 10: Flip the paper over and the bottom triangle upwards.

Two hands folding the bottom triangle upwards once the paper has been flipped over. — Flip over, and fold the bottom triangle upwards.

Step 11: Fold the left and right corners towards the center.

Two hands folding the right corner over to the center. — Fold the right corner over toward the center and crease.

Two hands folding the left corner over to the center. — Do the same with the left corner.

Step 12: Flip the paper over and in half along the center.

Two hands flipping the paper over. — Flip the paper over.

Two hands folding the paper along the center. — Fold along the center.

Step 13: Turn the paper 180 degrees and fold the top section back over. This forms the spring effect for the frog, allowing it to jump.

Two hands turning the paper 180 degrees and folding the top section back over. — Turn 180 degrees and fold the top section back over.

Two hands the top fold down. — The final fold should look like this.

Step 14: Push on the back section of the frog to make it jump! Boing!

A finger pressed on the back of the origami frog to make it jump. — Press on the back section and your origami frog will jump.

Now you could just leave the frog like this, but why not decorate it?

Other Fun Ideas for Origami

Be sure to check our some other awesome origami ideas.

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