How to create crafts in the classic origami, creating a Christmas tree in the technique of modular origami.
Children at the age of ten are very active.They already know a lot, they can do a lot. There are a lot of different games for them, both outdoors and computer games, with the advent of the era of high technology. The latter are becoming increasingly popular, which cannot but cause concern among parents. Excessive intent peering into the monitor during the game, loud sounds that accompany intergalactic battles or military operations of tank troops, and great emotional excitement from dynamic computer games should sometimes be replaced with calm options for spending free time. Origami is perfect for distracting a child, bringing him to a peaceful state, especially in the evening. In this wonderful type of handicraft, there are options for crafts for both boys and girls. After all, you can make almost anything from paper, from simple animal figures to complex modular origami. Creating works in this technique, children concentrate and focus better, logical and spatial thinking develops, they learn to find a creative approach to solving non-standard problems. All this will be useful to them in school, and beautiful crafts will become a source of pride, will increase self-esteem and will please loved ones. All boys love sports. For some, chess will be a passion, for others, football and basketball. Using the origami technique, you can create a basketball hoop and a catapult for throwing balls from paper. Such a craft will also become a wonderful toy.You will need:
- Sheet of paper 20x20 cm for catapult;
- Album for the basketball basket;
- A little foil for the ball (you can replace it with a light candy wrapper from a candy or a piece of thin colored paper).
Basketball hoop. Fold the top right corner of the rectangle down so that a triangle appears in the foreground. The fold line is on the right. Unfold.Repeat the same manipulation with the upper left corner.Turn the sheet face down and fold it downwards so that the fold line is at the point where the diagonal fold lines from the points above meet. Unfold. Turn the paper back to the front and turn it so thatso that the fold lines are on top. Press the edges at the horizontal fold line so that they touch, the top side of the rectangle drops down and a double triangle is obtained in the foreground.Fold the free right and left corners of the triangle towards each other, insert one into the other. This is a ring.Bend the right and left edges inward at a 90° angle. This creates a standing basketball hoop. Catapult. Fold and unfold a square sheet of paper diagonally. Place the fold line horizontally.Fold the top corner down.Bend the edges adjacent to it so that their ends meet along the entire length of the folded edge. Pull out the corner that was folded earlier and bend it to the left toward the corner. Fold the edges that were folded earlier towards the center again.Turn the workpiece over.Fold the bottom edge.Fold the craft in half.Raise the throwing element up to the level of the outer edges and carefully iron all folds.Bend the outer edges like wings. Open the small triangle on the throwing element. This is the ladle. Pinch it at the base.Roll a ball out of foil, candy wrapper or thin paper, put it in a ladle, take it and pull the wings. The throwing element will straighten out and the ball will fly into the basket. Of course, girls who love basketball can also create such a design, and for those who love flowers, for boys and girls, below is a lotus flower in origami technique.Fold and unfold a square sheet of paper along the diagonals.Fold all 4 corners, connecting them in the center.Bend the newly formed corners, connecting them again in the center.Turn the workpiece over. Bend the corners in the same way so that they connect in the center.Bend the small triangles towards the center of the figure. Turn the work over.Start turning down all the previously folded corners one by one. These will be the petals. Turn the structure over, the lotus is ready. Fish live in the pond with beautiful lotus flowers. You can make an inflatable fish using the origami technique.Fold a square sheet of paper horizontally, vertically and diagonally. Holding the edges, bring them together horizontally. Flatten the figure, you get a double triangle.Fold the bottom corners of the front layer of the triangle up so that you get a diamond in the foreground. Bend the top corner of the diamond (it consists of two halves) and unfold it in half.Connect the right and left corners of the rhombus in the center.Bend the top corner of the rhombus (made of two halves) along the previously marked line and tuck it into the pockets that were created after bending the right and left corners of the rhombus.Expand the work.Bend the lower corners of the triangle to form an irregular rhombus.Fold half of the lower right corner of the rhombus to the right.Bend the entire left half of the rhombus to the right.The fish is ready, you can inflate it.Children love practical jokes, adore firecrackers. You can also create something similar in origami. A regular notebook sheet (double in the spread) will do for this.Bend and unfold horizontally, marking the center line.Bend all 4 corners inwards slightly. Fold in half horizontally. Fold line at the top.Bend and unfold in half vertically. Lower the upper corners down so that they meet at the central vertical line.Fold in half, fold line on the left, you get a triangle, the bottom corner of which is formed by the corners from the point above.Hold it by this lower corner and sharply lower it down. An inflatable volumetric bomb into which you can pour water.Fold and unfold the sheet in half horizontally,vertical and 2 diagonals. Holding the sheet by two sides, bring the extreme points of the horizontal midline closer. Flatten the figure, and you will get a two-sided triangle with the base down.Bend the corners of the base upwards so that they touch the top corner. Repeat on the front and back sides, you get a regular rhombus.Bend the right and left corners of the rhombus so that they touch the central vertical line. Repeat on both the front and back sides.Bend the top corners to the right and left on both sides.There is a hole at the bottom where you can blow or pour water. The bomb is ready. Christmas tree in the modular origami technique.This forest beauty will not only be an objectthe pride of the baby. It can become a wonderful decorative element for a New Year's event and for everyday life. It is created from individual branches, so the size of the tree is adjustable. For this figure, you need to make 391 dark green modules and 246 light green triangular modules. The composition will be assembled from individual branches. First, assemble the required number of modules according to the diagram. Fold a rectangular sheet of paper in half horizontally. The fold line is on top. Bend and unfold vertically. Lower the upper corners down so that they meet along the vertical center line. Raise the edges that protrude beyond the base of the triangle in the background up. Bend and unfold the small corners that protrude beyond the sides of the large triangle. Fold back the edges from point 1 above. Bend the small triangles again. And again bend the edges up. Fold in half along the vertical center line.The result is a module with two pockets.When the required number of modules is created, start assembling the Christmas tree. Assembling the first branch. Insert the third module into two modules located with the longest side up, into two adjacent corners into two pockets of the third module. You get two rows of the branch. The first is 2 modules, the second is 1. Third row. Pockets (located closest to each other) of two more modules are put on the corners of one module. In this case, the free corners form needles. Alternating one and two modules, assemble a branch.Dark green - 12 rows, light green - 2 rows. It is important not to put the modules on too deeply and periodically squeeze where the modules connect. Bend the assembled branch a little, like a real Christmas tree. Assemble a structure of 5 rows for the side branches. Count three needles from the outer edge of the branch and insert the side branches into the fourth on both sides.Put together 5 of these blanks, each one takes 35 modules. This is the bottom row. Connect 2 branches with another module. For the intermediate ring (4 pieces are needed), separating the rows of large branches, you need to take 14 modules. 7 for the first row and 7 for the second. Make the next 5 branches smaller in size – 9 rows of dark green and 3 rows of light green. For the side branches – 3 rows. Connect the branches again.The next third circle of 5 branches is 10 rows for the large branches and 3 for the side branches. The fourth circle of 5 branches is 8 rows. Do not make the side ones. The fifth circle is 6 rows and do not make the side ones either.Assemble the top of the tree in the same way as the branch, using eight rows.Assembly: You can use a regular eraser and a wooden skewer as a stand. Put on the first row of twigs, the largest one, then the intermediate ring, alternate circles of twigs and intermediate rings, finish with the crown.The Christmas tree is ready.