How to make polyhedrons out of paper?

Paper is an excellent material for creating interesting and unusual designs. If you have the skills from ordinary album sheets, you can make a swan, a beautiful house, Christmas tree, tulip and even a snake. But special attention is paid to polyhedra made of paper - geometric volumetric figures.

The first step to creating a polyhedron is proper sweep

Despite the apparent complexity of the creation process, it is possible to make a volumetric polyhedron the first time. In addition to a margin of patience and perseverance, you also need to know that it is based on the correct development of the drawing. Any paper crafts, including geometric shapes, are made from a cut scan. However, the scan can take a lot of time from the novice designer. This procedure is interesting and fascinating; it develops spatial thinking abilities , a living mind in a person. Regularly practicing the development of paper crafts, you will soon learn to independently reproduce even complex designs.

Tools for the creative process

In order to make a polyhedron out of paper with your own hands, you will need a set of the following tools:

• comfortable table with a flat surface;
• good lighting;
• high-quality glue (PVA recommended) and a brush to it;
• ball pen;
• long ruler;
• paper (preferably thick).

detailed instructions

1. It’s better to start with the simplest figure. In geometry, this is a cube. As you know, a cube consists of six squares that make up its sides. Now you can start drawing a sweep model. Do not forget about the special side labels that you need to leave in order to make polyhedrons made of paper conveniently glued. Solid lines mark the areas that need to be cut, and dashed - the bends of the figures.
2. Now the scan can be cut, wielding scissors only in solid lines, without losing sight of the labels. The side of the paper with the pre-drawn lines will be the inside of the polyhedron. External faces can be painted at your discretion with bright colors, colored pencils or felt-tip pens.
   
3. Having cut out the figure, arm yourself with a ballpoint pen and draw it with a ruler along all the bends of the future cube. This method will help you easily bend the paper along the desired lines. Paper polyhedrons are a kind of art, so when you create them you will need patience, a flight of thought and perseverance.
4. After bending the paper shape along all the marked lines, use a brush to apply glue on the side labels. The most important part is the sticker of the last tab, which depends on the density of the selected paper.
5. After completing the basic steps, allow the resulting cube to dry. Only then can we proceed to the final act - coloring the model. The paper hexagon is ready!

Origami polyhedron

Another equally beautiful craft is the polyhedra of paper in the origami style. To create them, you need 3 sheets of yellow, blue, red and green paper.

1. Take one of the sheets, for example green, and draw a 11 x 11 cm square on it. And then cut it with scissors. In total, you need three boxes. They will be the first modular line of your polyhedron.
   
2. Using the same principle, create the rest of the modular lines in different colors.
3. Take one red square and fold it in half to make a rectangle. And then expand it. Rotate the square 90 degrees to the right and fold it again in half. Unroll the structure again and fold it now diagonally. Expand, turn 90 degrees to the right and fold along the diagonals, forming a triangle. Expand the paper and form a three-dimensional shape from the obtained bends.
4. Following this principle, create 11 such shapes.
5. Now you can start creating a polyhedron. Fasten the modules by unrolling them slightly and putting them on top of each other so that a three-dimensional multifaceted structure is formed.

Now you know how to make a polyhedron out of paper. Experiment, train - and soon you will become a virtuoso in this special art form!