How to make a boat out of paper or cardboard with your own hands
Origami is not only an educational art, but alsoan excellent opportunity to captivate a child with an entertaining game with paper figures. If the kid does not yet know how to make a boat out of paper, be sure to teach him how to fold such a toy. The child will develop the further scenario of the game himself: a paper boat can roll animals from Kinder Surprise, and a “real” canoe is simply irreplaceable for every Indian for hunting and exploring mysterious rocky grottoes.What will you name the boat?Canoe and flat-bottomed boat made of paper. The origami boat is easy to fold and the detailed step-by-step instructions will help you to cope with the task in a couple of minutes. Having mastered the proposed schemes, show them to the kids in practice. For children, the first origami skills will be very useful: this is an educational game, and training in accuracy, and an exercise in concentration. Let's consider step by step how to fold a boat out of paper with your own hands, based on 2 elementary schemes.
Option 1 "Flat-plate"
Making a flat-bottomed boat from a sheet of paper Thisa paper toy for kids is especially interesting because it is quite possible to seat small passengers in it and send them on a real river cruise - miniature crafts and small toys this origami boat will easily stay on real water. The scheme is simple:
- Rectangular (you can square) the sheet folded in half along, then across (for ease of orientation to the center), then return it to its original state;
- Turn the upper edge of the sheet inward to the middle, repeat the operation with the underside. Note that the rectangular (not square) sheet is folded in a similar way from the horizontal orientation;
- Continuing to fold a paper boat, smoothly bend inside each corner of the workpiece (as in Figure 1);
- Accelerate the sharpness of the conical parts of the workpiece from the paper to go to the final stage of folding the toy - again bend the corners, as shown in the diagram;
- Fold the product away from yourself on the central edge of the workpiece, and then gently turn out the structure, opening the central cleft (take a pliable paper, it can not turn out of cardboard);
- Carefully stretch the toy, press the inner folds - your origami boat is ready for launching.
Option 2 "Canoe"
Making a canoe from a sheet of paper You can fold it andanother boat made of paper with your own hands, without spending extra time. The Indian canoe will require a little more attention due to its design features - closed bow parts of the toy. It is better to make a pie out of paper, because it may not work out of cardboard. The canoe is folded in the same way as a flat-bottomed boat. Let's take a closer look:
- The square sheet is folded in half and from top to bottom, and from left to right - a central intersection of the workpiece is formed;
- Then each corner evenly wrap inward, focusing on the center - you will get a neat square of smaller size;
- Expand the sheet into its original state and again bend each corner inward, but now the vertex of the corner is equal to the nearest face (see Figure 2);
- It turns out that each corner will now be bent inward twice - a "TV" is formed (a square in a neat "frame");
- Turn the folding paper from the paper downward with the "face" and bend the upper quarter of the workpiece toward you, focusing on the center. Do the same with the lower quarter;
- Bend the inside corners of the resulting rectangle - the boat is almost ready;
- Accelerate the sharpness of the conical protrusions, additionally bending the interior of the corners (as in Figure 2), blunt angles, too, "zalomite" to yourself;
- Carefully open the workpiece and, holding the folds, turn it inside out, then straighten the canoe noses from the inside.
Not right away, but your child can do it toofold an original boat from a simple sheet of paper. It is possible that soon the growing member of the family will surpass you in origami skills. After a couple of months, do not be surprised if the child comes to you and shows how to fold a submarine or make a paper boat, or even more difficult - a real twin-pipe steamer! Origami is an exciting art, you just have to get carried away once. Why not start now with a small paper boat?