Autumn leaves are a wonderful material for creating interesting crafts. But sometimes they themselves can become crafts if you create them with your own hands. We offer you several master classes on creating origami. You can make autumn leaves from paper either yourself or with your children.
What is needed to create a craft?
The first thing you need is paper. It can be either white or colored. If you decide to make leaves from white papyrus, then you will need to color it with pencils, felt-tip pens or paints.
Color preference:
- red;
- orange;
- yellow;
- brown;
- green.
And it will be possible to make the leaves more original if you use special paper with an ornament (or wrapping paper). The main thing is that its shade is from the autumn palette, with notes of red and yellow. You can choose any ornament: geometric (stripes, diamonds, checkered patterns, etc.), abstract, or even with the image of leaves).
You will also need scissors and glue. In some cases, it is more convenient to use a glue stick. An alternative to glue can be double-sided tape.
Paper leaves: form No. 1
Instructions for creating paper autumn leaves of the first basic shape (for example, like those of a birch):
- Take sheet A4.
- Fold it in half.
- Cut along the drawn line.
- We leave the part that unfolds (picture 1).
- Fold the resulting triangle like an accordion, as in picture 1.
- We make a stem from the remaining paper (picture 2).
- Glue the leaf and twig together (picture 3).
The first form of autumn leaf is ready!
Paper leaves: form No. 2
Instructions on how to make origami using the technique autumn leaves made of paper, reminiscent of maple (second main form):
- Take A4 and fold it in half.
- Draw a line with a pencil from one corner to the opposite.
- Draw a zigzag, herringbone-like line on top of the straight line.
- Cut along the intended contour (picture 1).
- Fold the resulting sheet of paper into an accordion shape.
- We make a stem (picture 2).
- Glue the parts together (picture 2).
The second form of autumn leaf is ready!
You can make any leaves using this method. To modify them, you just need to change the contours (edges), along which you will then cut out the craft.
Wreath made of paper autumn leaves
To make autumn leaves from paper for such a wonderful wreath on the door, you will need ten sheets of colored paper 8 x 8 centimeters per leaf. You can use smaller or larger sheets, the main thing is that it is a square.
Instructions for creating a wreath from autumn paper leaves:
- Take one sheet of paper.
- Fold it in half to make a triangle.
- Unfold the sheet and place it with one of the corners facing up.
- Fold the left and right corner of the diamond to the center fold line, as in picture 1.
- Fold the new left and right corners of the figure towards the center again, as in picture 1.
- Make three pieces of the same parts as in step 4.
- Make six of the same pieces as in step 5.
- Take one part from point 4 and two from point 5.
- Fold the three pieces as shown in picture 2.
- Lubricate the top part with glue and glue the bottom two to it.
- Make two more parts in the same way.
- Glue all three components together, as shown in picture 3. Each component must be placed on top of the other. As a result, you will have a finished leaf.
- Now you can make a branch. Glue the paper to the back side of the finished leaf so that one corner peeks out (diamond-shaped).
- Trim the glued sheet of paper on both sides and fold it as shown in the picture below.
- One autumn sheet of paper is completely ready. Make a few more leaves and combine them into a wreath shape.
Magic autumn leaves made of colored paper
To make such a miracle leaf, you will additionally need to take a set of needles, pins, tweezers and a board.
Instructions on how to make magical autumn leaves from paper:
- We take a regular sheet of paper and draw a maple leaf with several veins on it (picture 2).
- Place the sheet with the design on the board (picture 3).
- We cut a bunch of multi-colored strips up to a centimeter thick and about 10-15 centimeters long (picture 5).
- We insert pins along the contours of the drawn sheet into its sharp corners.
- We fold each strip of the same color in half and attach it to a pin (pictures 6-9).
- Lubricate the contour, each strip with glue.
- Take a strip of a different color, twist it and put it in one of the cells of the outline (picture 10).
- We fill all the cells of the frame in this way.
- We make a stem (picture 11).
You can give a leaf a special color - a transition from one shade to another. To do this, dilute red, orange paint and each in a separate container. Take a sponge. We soak it in red and blot the finished leaf on top. Then dip the sponge in orange and add color to the middle. Finally, paint the bottom of the leaf with yellow paint.
The autumn leaf is ready!
Simple autumn leaves
The easiest way to make autumn leaves out of paper with your children is to use a special shaped stapler (sold in large office supply or specialty stores). If there is no such thing, but you don’t want to buy it, then you can resort to the old method: fold five pieces of paper (or take one and fold it several times), draw the outline of a leaf (for example, aspen) and cut it out.
Using these blanks you can make original wreaths.
To get wreaths like the ones in the picture, you need:
- Make a lot of colorful paper leaves (at least fifty pieces).
- Cut a circle of any size from cardboard or other dense material.
- Glue the leaf blanks to the circle, starting from the outside, not from the middle. To do this, you can use either glue or double-sided tape. In the second case, you should cover the circle with tape, not the leaves.
- Glue with reverse side a circle of lace, from which you can then hang the finished wreath.
- Decorate, for example, with a bow.
The wreath is ready!
Use the tutorials below if you don’t know how to make autumn leaves. perform, so you can also involve the children.
Little craftsmen's favorite crafts on the theme of autumn are a postcard or an applique. And autumn origami is now very popular among adults. Its main theme is woody and plant motifs. Any such composition made of paper can become an interior decoration.
Almost everyone can create such a craft with their own hands. It can be a leaf, a tree or an entire forest, individual flowers or a bouquet, a wreath or bright rowan berries.
Various leaves made using the origami technique will also suit our theme. This craft will not take up much of your time. The main thing in this matter is to have perseverance, a small amount of materials, step-by-step instructions and attentiveness - then you won’t need to ask someone how to make autumn origami.
The basis of origami from the golden age is the maple leaf. Having mastered the basics of its creation, it will not be difficult to master the ability to fold other objects. Our master class will teach you how to compose an entire composition with your own hands. Don't be intimidated by the abundance of elements - it's not difficult at all!
Origami autumn leaves are the main elements of trees or bouquets. They will need:
- colored paper(remember that autumn is the time of yellow, red, orange shades);
- ruler, scissors, glue, simple pencil.
Let's take a step-by-step look at creating maple leaves from paper with your own hands:
- Take one sheet of paper and cut it into 10 equal pieces. 9 elements are used to create a leaf, and 1 is used to create a stem. The size of the craft depends on the original paper format. For an unusual seasonal bouquet, you should use blanks of different sizes.
- Place the sheet in front of you and, using a ruler, bend it in half, connecting the opposite corners. You should get a triangle. Iron the fold carefully.
- Fully open the triangle. In the resulting square, fold one side towards the fold line. Then bend the second one. For one maple leaf you need 3 such elements and 6 more complex ones.
- A more complex part is made on the basis of a simple one. After you have folded two opposite sides into the middle, turn the workpiece 180 degrees. Fold the remaining two sides in the same sequence.
- The next stage is assembling the maple leaf. Take 1 simple element and 2 complex ones. Connect complex parts in the area of the folds of the sides. Glue a simple element on top of them. This will give you 3 main parts. They are glued together with an overlap.
- All that remains is to make the stem. The scheme for its creation is simple. Glue the remaining square to the back of the base of the leaf, corner up, so that half of it is visible. Cut the sides along the contour of the leaf, but do not cut off all the way. From the resulting tail, fold the stem, overlapping the corners one on top of the other.
Such crafts will definitely become a real highlight of the decor. They can be made by both adults and school-age children. And kids can please themselves and others with crafts made from colored paper in the form of appliqués.
Kids in preparatory group kindergarteners love creativity. Due to their age, it can be difficult for them to create real Japanese origami. That's why good view creativity for preschoolers - applique crafts on the theme of autumn with origami elements.
To do this you will need a regular sheet of paper, pieces of colored paper, scissors, and glue. We won’t describe the process step by step, because it consists of just two steps: draw an image of a suitable theme - trees, fruits of the autumn garden, bouquets - and then use glue to decorate the picture with multi-colored elements.
Autumn modular origami in senior group may look completely different. Children 5-6 years old can easily cope with more complex tasks. Children of this age can be offered a master class on volumetric applications. To do this, you need to make a “book” out of colored paper of the same shade, folding them evenly into a stack. On it, draw the outlines of an autumn fruit or vegetable (pumpkin, pear, apple). Having carefully cut out the elements, glue them together, not completely sealing the edges or moving them a couple of millimeters to the side, and then going back. This will create a voluminous applique.
Autumn origami for students in grades 1-3
Primary schoolchildren are masters of glue and scissors. They can already create more complex applications. To do this, you just need to stock up on a set of colored paper in all autumn shades, glue, scissors and a pencil.
To get a beautiful maple leaf, cut out the following blank from cardboard:
Then fold a piece of colored paper in half. Attach the stencil to the fold line, trace it along the contour and cut it out. You should get a workpiece with symmetrical sides. Fold the paper like an accordion, starting from the wide side. After this, fold the workpiece in half, connecting the strips of the wide side with the terminal.
I present to you a step-by-step overview of how you can make an origami maple leaf in the most in a simple way. It’s not scary that it consists of many parts; anyway, the process is not complicated, unlike those options where a leaf is created from a single sheet of paper.
What will you need for work?
- Colored paper matching the maple leaves. Also, the choice may depend on what kind of sheet is needed. If it is autumn, then it can be yellow, red, orange. The spring-summer option is green.
- Ruler, scissors, pencil, glue stick.
Origami maple leaf step by step
Preparing parts
The sheet consists of 10 square parts. Therefore, measure and cut 10 squares from colored paper. 9 per leaf and 1 per stem. Sizes can be very different. My red one is quite large, the sides of the squares are 8 cm. The smaller leaves have sides of 5 cm.
Place one square in front of you.
Bend it in half, connecting the opposite corners. You should get a triangle. Press the fold side down well.
Open the triangle; the dotted line in the photo indicates the fold line.
Fold one side of the square first, aligning it along the fold line.
Then the second side. It should look like this.
For a maple leaf you will need 3 similar parts and 6 more complex ones.
Let's move on to a more complex detail. First you need to do all the steps, as in the previous three. We take one square to work.
Fold it in half, marking the fold line along which you want to align the sides.
We bend both sides in the middle.
And then the second one.
We will need 6 such parts.
Thus, we now have 3 simple parts, which have two sides folded on one side, and 6 more complex ones, which have both sides folded and 4 sides.
Assembling an origami maple leaf
Now let's start assembling. At this stage the sheet will consist of 3 parts. Each part will consist of 3 folded pieces.
Take 1 simple detail and two complex ones.
Connect two complex parts at the sides. Apply glue as shown in the photo. Note that these parts are not yet glued, the third simple part will connect them together.
Glue it on top.
Make 3 of these petal pieces. The photo shows them from the reverse, main side.
Glue the third part in the same way, which will overlap the second.
The maple leaf is almost ready, but you still need to make a stem for it.
To do this, take the remaining square of colored paper and apply glue to half of it.
Glue to the back of the sheet, further securing all 3 parts.
This is what it will look like from behind.
Cut through the visible triangle, but not all the way to the end. There should be an area of approximately 7 mm between the side cuts. She will be the stem.
Fold the future stem to one side.
Then to another.
Cut off the excess and glue the bifurcating parts of the stem.
That's it, the origami maple leaf is ready.
It is beautiful in different colors.
Interesting with the eyes.
The article presents a variety of paper accordion leaves, templates and step-by-step instructions for creating a particular leaf. Such leaves can be in very different colors, for example, if they are dedicated to autumn events, it is better to use colored paper in yellow, orange and red colors; for spring events, leaves of light green and light green shades would be a good option. Even for winter celebrations, you can make leaves from silver or white paper.
For work you will need the following materials:
- Colored paper of various colors suitable for leaves;
- Scissors, glue stick, simple pencil.
Paper accordion leaves step by step: 8 options with templates
Option 1. Accordion paper maple leaf
You will need yellow or green colored paper. Cut an arbitrary rectangle from it.
Fold it in half.
Draw or print the template for yourself. Cut it out and attach it to the colored paper folded in half, taking into account that the straight long side on the template falls on the fold.
Trace with a pencil. In the photo the fold is on the left. And in the future, all stages presented with paper folded in half will be folded on the left.
Cut out the workpiece, carefully cutting off all wavy lines.
Now open it. You should end up with a similar piece, with symmetrical edges.
At this stage, it's time to make a paper accordion. It is better to start from the bottom, widest side. Fold a small fold, no more than 7 mm wide, but extending over the entire area of the sheet. Press carefully and then fold the same fold in the other direction. Repeat this process until all the paper has turned into an accordion.
For convenience, turn the accordion over with the long side up.
Find the middle and fold it in half. Press well, especially in the area of the bottom fold, and glue the inside sides together. In the photo this area is shown with arrows.
Depending on the structure of the paper, sometimes it becomes necessary to glue the bottom two or three folds of the sheet. Most often they come apart in very thin paper. Dense holds all the folds together well without glue.
The accordion paper maple leaf is ready, straighten its folds and glue a thin stem.
Option 2. Autumn leaf made of accordion paper
Of course, it can be not only autumn. If you make it from green paper, the leaf will look like spring or summer.
To create it you also need a rectangular piece of paper.
As in the first option, the paper needs to be folded in half.
Then you should use a template or draw a simple zigzag line, reminiscent of one part of a Christmas tree. 
This line should start from the fold of the paper and end at the bottom.
Cut out the drawing obtained using a template or your own efforts.
Open the sides.
Make small folds, length from one side to the other, and width of 5-7 mm. If the sheet is large or the children are small, the folds may be larger.
The accordion is made; for convenience, turn it wide side up.
Mark the middle and carefully fold it in half. Press down, especially at the very bottom.
Apply glue to one of the inner sides and glue them together. In the photo this area is shown with arrows. If necessary, glue a few folds at the very bottom of the leaf.
At the end, straighten the accordion sheet a little and glue the petiole, which is a thin strip of colored paper from which the sheet itself is made. But such a stem is not strong, it can only complement the leaf, and, for example, gluing leaves to a homemade tree will not work. It is better for these purposes to use colored cardboard, or colored paper, twisted into a flagellum and threaded through a hole in the bottom of the sheet.
Option 3. Oak sheet of accordion paper
The outline of this leaf is similar to that of an oak leaf, only the longitudinal folds slightly worsen this definition. But for variety, this version of the leaf will also come in handy, especially in those jobs or events where you need a lot of leaves of various shapes.
Cut out a square from paper.
Fold it in half, the fold is on my left.
Use a template or draw large waves yourself, starting from the fold side and reaching the bottom side. 
Cut the part through two sides at once, but without touching the left one. She must be whole.
Open the paper.
And, as always, make thin folds, starting with the widest part of the paper. Carefully fold all the paper into an accordion, one fold in one direction, the next in the other. For convenience, the paper can be turned over during operation. As a last resort, draw light longitudinal lines with a simple pencil and then fold a leaf along them.
Place the resulting accordion with the longest side facing up.
Find the middle and fold the accordion in half. Glue the inside sides together.
Straighten the folds, glue the petiole and the accordion-shaped oak leaf is ready.
4 version of accordion paper sheet
This species looks like a hornbeam or beech leaf. And on the leaves of many other trees. The main thing is that it does not require any templates; it is extremely simple to make.
To make this oblong leaf, you need paper triangular shape. You can first cut a square out of paper.
Fold in half, connecting opposite corners.
Cut in half and you get two triangles.
You will need one triangle per sheet. Turn it wide side down and start making folds there, like an accordion.
Turn the entire triangle into an accordion.
For convenience, turn it over with the longest side facing up.
Find the middle and fold exactly in half, bringing the ends together. In the middle, apply glue to one side and glue the side parts together.
Straighten it a little and glue the stem. The sheet is ready.
5 version of accordion paper sheet
The most common type, the shape resembles the leaves of poplar, linden, and birch. For variety, let it be green, although the leaf in the autumn, yellow-orange version is no less interesting.
It requires a not very wide paper rectangle.
Fold the rectangle in half, the fold in the photo on the left.
Use a template or draw a convex line yourself, the beginning of which is from the side of the fold, and the sloping slope reaches the bottom side of the sheet folded in half. 
There are no exact proportions or markings here. If you want a more prominent narrow tip, the indentation on the line can be made more pronounced.
Cut out the design without touching the left side.
Open the paper.
Make an accordion, starting with the straight, longest side. As usual, the width of the folds is ideal in the region of 5-7 mm.
Turn the accordion over with the straight side facing up.
Fold in half and glue the inside sides together. If necessary, glue the bottom folds.
Spread the leaf and glue the stem.
Option 6. Another maple leaf made from accordion paper
There are quite a few varieties of maple leaves made from folded paper. It all depends on the template. There are very simple ones that can be drawn almost arbitrarily, and more complex patterns that it is still advisable to follow as accurately as possible. In the second case, the maple leaves are more perfect, closer to the original.
Despite the fact that I was the first to show one type of maple leaf, I still can’t resist and show you another one that I really liked.
For this you will need square colored paper.
This square then needs to be folded in half.
Print the template and carefully reproduce its lines on colored paper, taking into account that the fold is on the left. 
Then everything is as usual. Unfold the paper piece.
Make narrow folds, starting from the straight, wide side and up to the very top.
Find the middle and fold the accordion-folded paper in half. Here you can see that this yellow paper is thinner than the previous ones; at the very bottom the folds are not held together. Therefore, they need to be forced to do this with glue. You can safely apply glue at the fold on the three lower folds. And, of course, glue the inner two sides together, where shown by the arrows.
Straighten the folds a little, glue the stem and the beautiful, accordion-style autumn maple leaf in this version is ready.
7 version of accordion leaves
Simple round shape sheet. There can be a variety of colors inherent in the leaves.
You will need a rectangular piece.
Fold it in half.
Using a compass or something suitable round, draw a rounded line connecting the sides of the paper. The fold is in the photo on the left.
Cut along the outline.
Open it up and you will have an even semicircle.
Make small folds, starting from the straight side of the semicircle and to the very top.
Turn the accordion piece over so the long, straight side is facing up.
Fold in half and glue the inside sides together.
Carefully straighten and glue the stem. The round sheet is ready.
Option 8. Thin oblong accordion leaves
The shape is inherent in the leaves of willow, olive and some others.
To make such a sheet, you need a rectangular, rather narrow strip of paper. The narrower it is, the thinner the leaf, although it is more difficult to make very thin ones.
Fold the strip in half.
Draw a slanting line. Please note that in the photo the fold of the paper is on the left.
Cut along the line to create a double triangle.
Reveal its parts.
Fold into a shallow fold. As you can see, it is problematic to make even folds on very narrow paper, but this will not appear on the sheet.
Turn the long side up and bend the accordion in half. Glue the middle.
You will get this narrow sheet of accordion paper.
Origami “Maple Leaf”, step by step photo for the manufacture of which we now present to your attention, can become a bright part of many autumn crafts.
How to make an origami autumn leaf?
To work, you will need double-sided colored paper that holds the shape well, as well as a standard stationery set: ruler, pencil, scissors, glue.
To make origami autumn leaves, from paper of the desired color we cut out one strip and several squares with different side lengths: one - 8x8 cm, two - 7x7 cm and two - 6x6 cm. In general, working with these squares will be the same, just obtained As a result, the leaves will be slightly different in size.
First of all, place the square diagonally and fold it in half.
Fold the right corner to the center fold line.
Fold the left corner to the center fold line.
Now we bend up the lower edge of the resulting irregular rhombus.
And put the upper sides on it.
Fold the bottom right corner up again.
Then we bend the left corner in the same way.
We unfold the structure on one side and, guided by the fold line, lift the bottom edge up.
We repeat this action on the other side.
Now we lift the lower corners up.
We turn the craft over and bend the lower corners again, only this time towards the center.
Our product takes on the appearance of a tulip.
But if you unfold its narrow sides, the tulip will turn into a leaf. But this is only part of the maple leaf that we plan to make.
We make the same parts of different sizes from the squares that we cut out at the beginning.
We arm ourselves with office glue.
And we begin to assemble an origami maple leaf, connecting individual pieces to each other.
From the strip we make a leaf petiole.
Glue it in the center, and our sheet can be considered ready!
You can make leaves of a variety of colors.
Craft from origami leaves No. 1 (Garland)
And turn them into a beautiful autumn garland.
Craft from origami leaves No. 2 (Wreath)
You can arm yourself with a compass and make a cardboard base for the wreath.
To make it more durable, glue green cardboard to white cardboard.
From the same green cardboard on one side and yellow cardboard on the other, cut out the number “1”.
Number "1"
And we hang it on a thread inside the wreath.
Turn the workpiece over to the front side.
All that remains is to complete the craft with maple leaves - origami. And now the original decoration is ready for September 1st!
Craft from origami leaves No. 3 (Postcard)
If desired, origami from “Maple Leaf” paper can be made even more original by painting the finished leaves in a variety of colors.
Trace one such sheet along the contour of half of the cardboard sheet folded in half.
Go along the contour with a stationery knife and glue the sheet to the other half, opposite the resulting hole.
You will get an original postcard! We sign “September 1” on it, color the free space to your taste - and now you have something to congratulate!
You can use origami leaves for a variety of purposes, as long as you use your imagination! You will find even more wonderful crafts in our section: ““.
