Easter egg from modules: master class, scheme

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Origami is a very interesting art form. We invite you to familiarize yourself with it a little closer and learn how to make such an interesting craft as an Easter egg from modules (a master class, a parts assembly diagram is attached).

What is origami?

Origami is the art of folding paper into various shapes. The word is derived from two Japanese words, which literally means “fold” and “paper.”

In Japan, this art form originated many centuries ago and has found its fans all over the world.

The most popular creation is the crane. The Japanese even have their own legend about this. They say that the person who folds a thousand paper cranes in his life will be happy and rich.

You can make a lot of different things using the origami technique: toys, crafts, decorations and useful things for the home, gifts and so on.

Types of origami

There are such types of origami techniques:

1. Simple. It is limited to such manipulations with paper as accordions and folds. Suitable for beginners.
2. Sweep folding. A more complex type of origami. The principle of the technique is as follows: the paper is marked with folds, and then neatly assembled into a figure.
3. Wet or wet folding. A technique that is used to fold flowers and animals. Its principle is this: the paper is slightly wetted with water, after which the figure is assembled. The result is smoother fold lines that are very close to natural shapes.
4. Modular origami. This technique involves the use of several sheets of paper, different not only in color, but also in size. As a result, you should get a figure consisting of several parts.

Origami from modules: Easter egg

Most often, in such a technique as modular origami, various objects are created that have a spherical shape. Therefore, the Easter egg is best done in this way.

There are two ways to make this craft:

• First: it will require several colors of paper, which alternate in sequence. The result is a striped egg.
• Second: the Easter egg will turn out with a beautiful ornament.

You can also make an egg stand from modules. This decoration can be placed in the center of the festive table.

Creating modules

Universal master class for creating modules for origami crafts:

1. Take a rectangular sheet of paper and fold it in half (Figure 1).
2. Fold the sheet in half again to form a fold line perpendicular to the previous one, andunfold it (Figure 2).
3. Fold the left and right corners to the center line. You have a triangle with one sticking out side (illustration 3).
4. Curl the right edge of the left side a little so it's not visible.
5. Do the same for the right side (Figure 4).
6. Turn the figure upside down (Figure 5).
7. Fold the protruding parts (Figures 6 and 7).
8. Turn the shape over (Figure 8).
9. Fold the peeking corners down (Figure 9).
10. Turn the figure over again (Figure 10).
11. Fold the edges by folding back the corners (Figure 11).
12. Hide the corners at the bottom by folding up for this edge (Figure 12).
13. Fold the figure in half (Figure 13). You have the first module ready (Figure 14).

Methods of attaching modules

Modules can be connected to each other in several ways:

• The first way (illustration 1). Two modules are inserted into the middle of the third with their wings along the long side.
• Second way (illustration 2). Two modules are inserted into the middle of the third with their wings on the short side.
• The third way (illustration 3). Two modules are inserted with their wings long side into the middle of the third on the short side.

The first version of the assembly crafts

Master class on how to make an Easter egg from modules:

1. Assemble many pieces of paper in three colors (such as white, green and blue).
2. Prepare ten pieces of blue for the first and second row of crafts.
3. Connect them together in the second way, that is, along the short sides.
4. Close the row in a circle.
5. Now you need to double the number of parts. To do this, put on each corner of the modules of the last level, one blue part with one pocket.
6. Put on twenty blue modules in the fourth row.
7. The fifth row also consists of twenty modules, but already in white.
8. Sixth row - twenty green pieces.
9. Seventh row - twenty white.
10. Eighth and ninth row - twenty blue modules each.
11. The tenth row will already consist of only ten modules. To do this, put on the details through two corners.
12. The eleventh row - ten blue modules, put on at once on the four corners of the details of the previous rows.
13. Do the last row in the same way as the previous one. Thus, the Easter egg, made in the technique of origami from modules, is closed.

Craft done!

Second way

Master class on how to make an Easter egg from modules with a pattern:

1. Assemble a row of ten blue pieces using the second assembly method and close them into a circle.
2. Put on the second row of ten-piece blue pieces.
3. In the third row, the number of modules is doubled. To do this, the parts are inserted between the elements of the secondrow.
4. Fourth row - twenty blue modules connect the details of the second and third rows.
5. Fifth row - alternation of ten blue modules and the same number of purple ones.
6. The sixth row consists of forty blue modules inserted between the details of the previous row.
7. Seventh row - forty purple and blue modules that connect the elements of the previous level.
8. Until the nineteenth row, the modules are strung in forty pieces. Do not forget that you must follow a certain color sequence in order for the pattern to come out.
9. On the fifteenth row, reduce the number of modules to twenty. The procedure is the same as in the previous master class.
10. On the twentieth row, sharp zigzag tips begin to form.
11. If the top of the egg diverges, then it can be fastened with PVA glue.

Assembling the stand

Master class on how to make an Easter egg on a stand of modules (photo attached):

1. Twenty-four purple modules come together and connect into a ring.
2. The second and third rows consist of orange and blue pieces of twenty-four each.
3. In the fourth row, the number of modules decreases. To do this, a red module is inserted, after which two purple parts capture three corners each. The red element is inserted again and the process is repeated until the end of the row. The result is eighteen modules.
4. Fifth row - two red modules are inserted.
5. Sixth -the number of modules is reduced to twelve.
6. Seventh, eighth and ninth rows - twelve modules of different colors.
7. Tenth - the number of modules increases in two rows.
8. Eleventh - green modules are additionally inserted.
9. Twelfth - two purple modules are inserted.
10. Thirteenth row - insert orange modules between purple ones, and reduce the number of green ones.
11. Fourteenth - insert two orange modules each.
12. Fifteenth - add red modules that are inserted between the orange ones.
13. Sixteenth - an additional red module is inserted.
14. On the seventeenth row, branches are formed. To do this, skip modules between orange.
15. Eighteenth - one orange module is removed.
16. Nineteenth - leave two red pieces.
17. Twentieth row - attach the orange module and continue to form branches.
18. The ends of the branch are decorated with two orange modules.
19. All branches are made in the same way.

Stand ready! An egg is placed in its middle.

Another way to make a coaster

Master class on how to make a simple Easter egg stand from modules (assembly diagram is described):

1. Assembling a circle of yellow modules (illustration 1).
2. We put on the same number of modules, alternating yellow and white colors (illustration 2).
3. The third row consists of all white pieces(Illustration 3).
4. The figure should be collected and compressed a little (illustrations 4 - 6).
5. The fourth row consists of yellow modules (Figure 7). The first half of the stand is ready.
6. Assemble the second part of the stand in the same way, only alternating colors differently (Figure 8).
7. Connect the two halves of the stand together (Illustration 9 and 10).

A simple Easter egg stand is ready! Tip: if you want the egg not to fall out of the stand, then glue it with PVA glue or double-sided tape. And if you want the craft to serve you for a long time, then make it from thick paper in bright colors.