Folding origami from white paper

If you have several sheets of white paper at hand, then it is quite possible to make origami-style crafts from them. The article tells about what figures are obtained from a regular album sheet. There are options that even toddlers can handle. And there are several more complex figures for school children.

In the junior and middle groups of kindergarten, you can invite children to make simple animal figures out of A4 white paper. Kids 3-4 years old can easily cope with such crafts. The topic of domestic or wild animals will be relevant.

• Dog... You will need a white square. It is folded in half across. Then you need to fold it in half again and unfold it. After that, you need to make the ears of the dog. The triangle is pointed down. The lateral corners are bent in the form of hanging ears. The lower corner is slightly raised and bent upward. With felt-tip pens, you need to draw eyes, a nose for a dog. You can also draw spots.

• Pigeon... Fold a square of white paper in half. Place it on the table with the tip facing you. Bend each of the sharp corners located at the bottom upwards outward. They should be slightly higher than the fold line on top of the triangle. After that, you need to fold the future pigeon in half and turn it at a right angle clockwise. Bend the hanging wings upward. The bird needs to draw its eyes.

You can still do cute origami house. Fold the white square in half lengthwise and across. Expand. Fold the two upper corners towards the center. This is the roof of the house. Draw a window, a door, paint a roof with pencils or felt-tip pens.

For children 8-9 years old, more complicated figures are suitable. Schoolchildren can make a craft according to the scheme and decorate a postcard for mom.

• Bunny... Making a hare is pretty simple. The white square must be bent in half. Bend and unfold 1 more time. Bend the base of the triangle slightly upward. Turn the other side to you and make ears, bending the triangles at the sides. Wrap the ears up. Bend the edges at the top and bottom slightly to form a muzzle. Draw the eyes, nose, mouth of the hare.

• Flower... It is necessary to cut out blanks for the petals - 5-6 white squares of the same size. Fold the squares in half. Place with an acute angle up. Bend the side corners to the center. After that, each of them bends to the side in half. Further, the bent turns must be turned so that the side fold line is in the center. Sharp corners sticking out at the edges bend down. The resulting triangles must be folded in half along the fold line. The resulting figurine is rolled up in the form of a cone. The edges are fixed with tape or glue.

Teenagers 12-13 years old can be offered to make paper flowers. Below is a step-by-step diagram for making a rose.

1. Cut a square out of an A4 sheet. Bend in half lengthwise and across. Then make the folds diagonally. Roll up in a diamond shape.
2. Turn the lower left side up. Then turn the rhombus. Turn the other half of the workpiece up. You will get a figurine in the shape of the letter "L".
3. Lower the top down, twist the edges. The petals must be carefully wrapped around each other.
4. When the flower is ready its edges can be twisted a little with a toothpick... This will give the rose a natural flower-like appearance.

For those who have already mastered the basics of making paper figures, you can start making complex beautiful crafts. One of these will be a swan made in the modular origami technique. Consider the step-by-step manufacturing instructions.

• To make a voluminous bird with your own hands, you need to cut 16 rectangular blanks. Each should be 7.4 cm long and 5.3 cm wide. Next, we work with each module.... The workpiece must be bent in half. Fold in half again and unfold. The result is a fold line. After that, the sides need to be folded towards the middle. The edges of the protruding strip from below should be bent up. After that, you need to connect the edges of the resulting triangle with each other. It turns out a module. To make a large swan, you will need 459 blanks.

• Insert the corner of the first two modules into the center of the third. Insert the next pair of modules into the center of the previous one. Then 2 more modules. You need to make 3 rows. Further, the workpieces are connected according to the same principle. It turns out a circle of 30 modules.

• After that, you need to carefully unscrew the structure. Now the edges are folded up. You will get a product in the shape of a crown.

• Add 6 row of modules... After that, you need to make the wings. 7 row attach 12 modular triangles. 8 row skip 2 modules. This is the place for the neck. When erecting 9 rows the swan's wings need to be reduced by 1 triangle. The wings are made by decreasing each row by 1 module. 1 module should remain at the end of the wing. We proceed to the tail. The number of modules on each row also decreases.

• Next, you need to make the head from 20 parts. One of the modules on the head needs to be painted with a brown or red felt-tip pen... This is the future beak. The corners need to be glued. To make a bird's neck, the modules should be positioned vertically, inserting the corners of one into the other... Then proceed in the same way. After that, you just need to attach the neck.

For more on creating origami from white paper, see the video below.