If you do not know how to make an iPhone out of paper, then use some simple recommendations, and in a few minutes you will have a home-made device in your hands. With it, you can:
- surprise or satisfy the desire of your child;
- use it to shoot home videos;
- to please yourself if you like to craft paper crafts.
What do you need to make an iPhone?
How to make an iPhone out of paper, we will describe in detail below, but first of all you will need the following things for its successful manufacture:
1) Computer (laptop) and Internet access.
2) Printer (preferably with a color cartridge).
3) Xerox office paper. If you have photo paper, then even better.
4) Stationery knife or needlework knife, manicure scissors.
5) Sheets of cardboard.
6) PVA glue (if available, it is best to use glue stick).
7) Double-sided transparent tape.
8) A small piece of clear plastic.
A few tips for creating a paper iPhone
To simplify the solution of the question of how to make an iPhone out of paper, you need to use some tips:
- If you have at your disposal such a device as a paper cutter, then it is better to use it instead of an office knife or scissors. It is needed in order to cut all the straight edges of the template neatly and evenly.
- When cutting a template for an iPhone, it is better to use a needlework knife or nail scissors.
- Before you start making iPhone out of paper, decide on the generation of the gadget to be done, because different generations have different parameters.
- The cardboard base and paper template should be perfectly identical and even, so as not to deform the paper.
Where to find and how to print an iPhone template?
In order to make an iPhone out of paper with your own hands and at the same time get its most plausible look, you will need to perform a few simple steps:
1) Search for a template for the iPhone you like or like. To do this, you need to choose a device that you or your child will like and is suitable for the purposes that stand before you.
2) Printout of the selected template on a high-quality laser printer. You need to print a paper iPhone template of the selected model on a printer with high print quality and use glossy photo paper best of all. Of course, you can use ordinary xerox paper and a regular printer, just the image quality will turn out less realistic.
How to cut and fold an iPhone pattern?
Now you have in your hands a sheet with an image of an iPhone, so what next?
1) You need to carefully cut the pattern with the scissors along the lines that are usually applied. Cut the front, back and side parts without cutting them, as you will need to connect them together anyway.
2) Next, along the fold lines, you need to fold the iPhone out of paper. To do this, you just need to bend the side edges at an angle of 90 degrees to get a three-dimensional model. Valves that remain on the side parts do not need to be touched yet, they will serve for convenient bonding.
How to assemble a paper iPhone?
A template with a believable screen is already ready, but how to make an iPhone out of paper? To do this, you need:
1) Take a sheet of hard cardboard and draw on the template the shape of the existing model in order to make the iPhone more credible, long-lasting, durable and with more weight.
If you want to make the gadget stronger and more durable, use a piece of plywood for the base.
2) Next, you need to cut the cardboard base neatly and evenly along the line so that the paper pasted on top does not deform.
Based on the thickness of the cardboard that you use and the thickness of the iPhone of the desired model, you need to use 2, 3 or 4 of these parts, after gluing them together.
3) Take the cardboard base and put the front of the iPhone template on top and the back on the bottom. With a little glue or using glue stick, glue the paper template to the cardboard base.
4) There were additional valves on the paper template, with the help of them glue the remaining parts of the iPhone. To do this, the valves need to be slipped under the bottom of the part and fastened well in these places.
Some ready-made templates have slots for inserting valves for better fixation of the model.
How to decorate a finished iPhone beautifully?
In order to decorate a finished iPhone from paper, you will need:
1) Take a piece of thin plastic (a transparent piece of a notebook or book cover) and circle an iPhone model on it. A piece of such a film pasted on the finished product will make your gadget more believable and shiny. The film should be strong and tough, but not very thick.
2) Cut the coating film exactly along the marked lines. If the coating turns out a little less - do not worry, the film on a real iPhone has the same appearance.
3) Next, you need to make a round slot with the help of a stationery knife or manicure scissors for the Home button at the bottom of the screen.
4) Using double-sided tape, glue the film to the finished iPhone model. Due to the fact that the film is poured, the adhesive tape will not be visible.
What other interesting paper crafts can you do yourself?
You can also make any voluminous paper crafts that you and your kids will like. For example, a handset-phone of the times of the USSR or a cardboard phone with a dial.
From such simple and generally accessible material, you can make any paper crafts, instructions for which are the main element for successful work. For example, you can not only please yourself with a good job, but also congratulate your family and friends with the help of:
1) A beautiful postcard made by yourself.
2) A handmade heart-shaped postcard will undoubtedly delight your soulmate.
3) An original bouquet made of corrugated paper, lollipops and bright napkins.
From paper and cardboard you can also make:
- favorite characters from cartoons;
- layouts of houses;
- frog model;
- a dollhouse from an ordinary box and furniture from plastic cans, glasses, boxes.
From paper you can build everything that the soul wants, most importantly, have some free time and inspiration.