How to make New Year's origami with your own hands?

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

The art of folding paper figures without glue and scissors is rooted in ancient China, where paper was invented. Initially, the figurines were used in religious ceremonies, and only representatives of the upper classes owned the folding technique. In the sixties of the last century, origami began to spread around the world, and today it has become a real international art. So why not do this creativity and make your own hands New Year's origami for the holiday?

Paper stars

There are many schemes by which you can collect stars with a different number of rays, both to create a garland and as independent toys. The basis for any craft (including New Year's origami) is usually a paper square. To make a star, you first need to fold it in half (at the corners, not the sides). Get a triangle. The action must be repeated. Repetition is needed to outline the middle line. Parts of the triangle are folded to the last (from the corner to the center). Then you need to bend the paper as in the figure (steps 5-6). It is necessary to do several repetitions, and then all that remains is to turn the upper triangle to the side to make an origami star.

Modular stars

You can make modular Christmas origami out of paper. Such crafts are more difficult, but look more effective. The principle of modular origami is that, first, individual identical parts are folded in the right amount, and then connected to each other. So from the same elements, completely different figures are obtained. How to make Christmas origami? You need to bend both sides of the square towards the center to mark the fold line, and then fold both parts towards the center. The lower small triangle also needs to be bent up. Then turn the figure over and bend the lower corners to the center (as in the picture). Fold the corners with an accordion. The modular element is ready. Now you need to add at least three more such figures, connect them with “accordions” to each other to make a star.

Christmas tree for decoration

Christmas origami toys can look very stylish and can even be used to decorate the office. Modular Christmas trees will create a New Year's mood in any atmosphere. You can make them from colored or white paper, but crafts made from kraft paper or wrapping paper look much more beautiful.

The base is a square of any size(the size of the figure will depend on the size of the square). Fold the square along two diagonals and iron well to outline the fold lines. Now you need to bend the figure along to get a rectangle. Then, along the last fold line, you need to fold the triangle. You will get the so-called cracker triangle. The right and left edges must be bent to the center, combined and smoothed. The part must be turned over and the edges of the triangle must be aligned in the center line. We got fold lines along which it will be convenient to fold the figure further.

Each resulting fold needs to be straightened. The result is a quadrilateral, which must be folded along the midline. So gradually quadrangles and triangles alternate. The folds can be gently pressed with scissors so that the New Year's origami figure fits well. The resulting figure needs to bend the corners, which are then tucked inside the Christmas tree.

Now it remains only to use scissors to make horizontal cuts along the sides of the Christmas tree. Then the corners are bent to the side (towards the center line). Such a New Year's origami craft will become a stylish desktop decoration.

The video will help you get it right.

Simple paper snowman

With very young children, you can make a very simple origami snowman with your own hands. New Year crafts will be a good decoration for the Christmas tree, can be used as a decorative element for gift wrapping or an application element. The great difficulty in creating suchthe figures are not even the snowman himself, but his scarf. You will need a sheet of white paper, a sheet of green or any other colored paper, red and black felt-tip pens (to draw button eyes, a carrot and a bucket on the head).

Folding technique

To make a snowman, you need to take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half to make a rectangle. Turn any three corners of the rectangle back. Now you need to take a sheet of colored paper and bend it in half diagonally to mark the fold line. Expand the square and bend in half, and not along the middle line (so that a thin white stripe remains at the top of the resulting triangle). It is necessary to bend the triangle from bottom to top alternately in different directions. You will get one strip - a scarf.

The part must be placed under the snowman figurine so that a little less than one third of the craft remains on top (there should be an acute angle on top, not bent), and bend. The final touch is to draw beady eyes with a black marker, a carrot and a bucket (draw a sharp corner).

Paper Santa Claus Costume

To make a cute Santa from two squares of red colored paper, you only need material and a few free minutes. Put the first square with the colored side up, bend the small stripes from above and below towards you, turn the figure over. On the other hand, mark the center line of the resulting rectangle (vertically) and bend the edges to it. Now you need to turn the upper triangles towards you to get a figure that resembles a Santa's cloak. Upperpart is bent under the craft. It turns out the costume of Santa Claus.

Origami Santa head and hat

Next, you need to separately make the head of Santa Claus. The upper left corner of the square and small strips from the bottom and left are bent over. The figure needs to be turned over to the other side (the white side will be on top), bend the side triangles to the center. Now the top of the cap is bent back (away from you). Repeat the last action with a small corner on the tip of Santa's hat. Now you need to connect the figures, and on the face of Santa Claus draw eyes, nose, beard.

Penguin

Cute little penguin is a great Christmas craft. Origami is folded from a square of blue colored paper. You need to bend the top and bottom corners towards the center to outline the center line. Then narrow corners are folded to the center, the right angle of each element is bent twice to make a foot. The figurine is folded in half along the midline. Now the resulting triangle needs to be turned over, the upper corner is bent towards itself, and the right one is wrapped under the “paw” of the penguin. Now it remains only to make a foot at the bottom and form a muzzle. The last step is to draw the eyes on the face of the penguin.

Christmas wreath

A simple origami Christmas wreath can be made from a few strips of paper. It is better to take a different one to make the wreath bright. You need eight strips, each should be 4 cm wide and 8 cm long. Each of them is first folded in half lengthwise, the corners needbend from top to bottom. Then the figure is bent across. From such blanks, you can assemble a wreath by alternately inserting one into the other.

If you take strips of kraft paper or with New Year's ornaments, you get a very stylish decoration for your home or Christmas tree. If you proportionally increase the strips of paper (for example, cut them 8 cm wide and 16 cm long or another size), then the wreath will turn out larger. This craft can decorate the front door to the room.