There probably is not a single person in the world who does not have a ball in his childhood. There are a huge number of games based on the use of this sports attribute: basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis and, of course, football. And what do sports balls and origami have in common? It turns out that there is a special technique for making a sports ball out of paper. Of course, playing it will not work, but the original gift is definitely guaranteed. Let's see how to make a ball out of paper?
What do you need?
Soccer balls are made from modules of various shapes. Their size and quantity will depend on what kind of volume you need. The most popular balls of 8, 18 or 32 modules.
Consider the option of making a sports gift from 32 panels. You need to make blanks of 12 pentagonal modules and 20 hexagonal. The main thing is that all their sides be the same. In order to maintain the traditional colors of the soccer ball as a result, it is better to make pentagons of black paper, and hexagons of white. You can go the other way: stick colored self-adhesive paper onto the pentagons.
How to make a paper ball using modules?
To begin with, all pentagonal and hexagonal modules should be carefully folded in a stencil. For this we produce a hexagonal module of a smaller size than our workpieces. In each of the 20 hexagons in the center, we place our stencil and bend all the edges of the model inward, get the base and again iron all the bends at an angle of 90 degrees. When creating pentagonal modules, we will use the same hexagonal stencil. For this, all edges of the model will also need to be bent inward, but we will apply the stencil from the outside so that all sides of all 32 modules will be the same as a result. We gently iron all the edges along the folds, turning them at an angle of 90 degrees.
How to assemble a soccer ball?
The rules for assembling the ball are very simple. Each pentagon must be connected with five hexagons, while each hexagon will border three hexagons, and the pentagon should not border any pentagon. We begin the assembly by attaching one pentagon to the hexagon, gluing in turn the remaining hexagonal modules around our base. Gradually, our workpiece begins to bend, taking the shape of a ball. Next, add 5 pentagons and 5 hexagons. Thus, it turns out that half the structure is assembled. To understand how to make an entire paper ball, you need to be very careful. Now we take 5 hexagons, and then 5 pentagons. Then it remains to glue the remaining hexagons, and at the end the last pentagon. Carefully insert the last module into the hole. Leave the ball to dry for a day. A beautiful and unusual gift is ready.
So, knowing how to make a ball out of paper, you can solve the problem of choosing a gift, for example, for a man on February 23. The original soccer ball will be an excellent decoration of the interior and will remind you.