Modular origami is aimed at middle and young children. It is an additional education, a creative hobby and a method for the development of fine motor skills. Such paper souvenirs will be a great gift for parents and friends. Origami can decorate a corner with crafts or a shelf with indoor flowers. This article will explain how to make a modular origami chicken.
Amazing Origami Art
Modular origami is the national Japanese art of folding various animals or paper figures. The art of this hobby is a mystery to all adults. Such technology as a magnet attracts children of all ages. They create incredible objects out of paper with joy and curiosity. In a bent sheet, various images of animals, buildings, cars can be hidden. In the imagination of children, these images come to life. They experience mixed feelings of joy, childhood, satisfaction from do-it-yourself crafts. To make modular origami chickens, the assembly includes several simple steps. In the first stage, it is necessary to prepare a special paper for the manufacture of crafts in advance.
Preparation for work
All children love small, fluffy yellow chicks. Such creatures cause tenderness, tenderness and a desire to protect them from the outside world. Especially joyful emotions occur in children, whom parents call "my little chicken." Modular origami chicken is a symbol of childhood, the bright sun and summer. To make this unpretentious craft, you will need:
- Cardboard or heavy colored paper.
- Scissors.
- Office glue.
- Stand or computer drive.
- Ruler.
To make a chicken - modular origami without any complications, the master class should not last more than 1 hour. Children need a break. Otherwise, this process of making crafts can negatively affect the eyesight of children. The workplace should be flat and with good lighting. It’s best to master the art of origami on your desktop. The surface is pre-covered with oilcloth so as not to stain it with glue.
Manufacturing Modules
Modules are small triangles. They are made up of cardboard or colored paper. To make a modular origami "Chickens", you need yellow paper. The aspect ratio of the sheet should be equal to 1.5x1. Most often, such rectangles are made up of album sheets of A4 format . It is divided into 4 equal parts vertically and 4 equal parts horizontally. In total, 16 rectangles should be obtained on one sheet. All sides are drawn in straight lines. Each rectangle should be approximately 74x53 mm. If the horizontal side is divided into 8 parts, and not 4, then the size of the rectangles will be 37x53 mm. You can add origami modules from half a square. To do this, use blocks for records.
- The rectangle bends in half.
- Another line is drawn in the middle and again bends in half.
- The workpiece turns mountain to itself.
- The edges bend to the middle.
- Then the module flips over.
- The edges rise up.
- Corners are bent through large triangles.
- Then they unbend.
- Triangles are added along the outlined lines.
- The edges rise up.
- The workpiece is bent in half.
- Correctly turned out module should have two small pockets and two corners.
To connect the modules to each other, they are inserted with long and short sides. Depending on the scheme, different volume figures are obtained. Next, we will talk about making bulk chicken.
Chicken Body Assembly
To make a modular origami “Chicken in the Shell”, the scheme includes 315 bright yellow modules and 7 red modules. Their size should be equal to 1/64 of the A4 album sheet. The first, second and third row are assembled simultaneously. To do this, you need 66 modules of 22 per row. In the first row, the modules are installed on the short side, and in the second row they are put on with the long side down. In the third row, the modules are also worn with the longest side down.
Then they should be closed in a smooth ring. The resulting circle is turned inward so that the long side of the modules is directed outward. In the 4th row, 22 modules are also used. They are laid long side out. To make a chicken - modular origami, the scheme repeats the following 5.6 and 7 rows in the same way. Torso figures give a rounded shape.
Assembling the neck and head of the chicken
In order to make the neck, 22 modules are also needed. In row 8 they are worn with the short side out. They must be placed vertically. For the design of the head, 22 modules are required with the long side out. The following 5 rows are worn identically. A total of 14 rows should be done. The head is rounded. On the 15th row, the number of modules is reduced by 2 times. They are worn on every second lower module. Then they should be closed closer to the center. You should get the perfect modular chicken origami.
Origami design with wings and tail.
Instead of the beak, a red module is glued. It is located in the middle of the created chicken head. To create a scallop, 6 modules are assembled into a column. They need to be slightly bent in an arc. Then the scallop gently adheres to the chicken's head. For this, stationery glue is used. To create a ponytail and two wings, 2 modules are glued together.
Then, three more are glued on their upper side so that the middle module is in the middle. Then the created wings must be inserted between the body. They are carefully glued with glue. A tail is glued to the back of the figure.
Origami design with eyes and eyelashes
To completely create a modular origami chicken, you need to make black eyes. To do this, you need thick cardboard or colored paper. Two small pieces with a diameter of not more than 4 mm are cut from the material. A rectangle is also cut out. Then it must be incised so that cilia are obtained. Eyes and eyelashes are glued to the chicken.
On black circles you can drip with clerical glue, white paint, or glue on them another circles of a different color. So the eyes will be more lively. It should be a modular origami "Chicken in the shell." Also, for the decor, it is allowed to use purchased eyes. Usually they are sold in sewing or office supplies.
Making grass crafts
From green cardboard, you need to cut even rectangles. Their size should not exceed 3x5 cm. Then one edge of the rectangles is cut into several even parts. It should be the fate that it is impossible to reach the edge by more than 5 mm. Then the notched rectangles are twisted with scissors. Along the edge, carry the sharp side. It turns out small paper curls. Then they can be glued on a plank, thick cardboard or a computer disk.
A chicken is glued to the center of the support. On such grass you can glue butterflies, flowers, dew. To create a modular origami "Chickens", the craft can be made several times. Then you get a whole family of unpretentious yellow chickens. And to create mom and dad, you just need to take the modules a little larger. Then the crafts will be larger.
Shell craft decoration
To make a modular origami "Chicken in the shell", you need white paper. It folds into special modules. Then 36 modules are stacked with the short side up. In the second row, 36 long modules are superimposed on them. It is necessary to carefully bend the resulting craft in a semicircle. Modules are fixed with clerical glue. After they fold identically in rows 3-10. To create the effect of a bursting shell on the last row, the modules are put on through one. To get the perfect modular origami "Chicken in the Shell", the scheme for creating the second part of the craft is identical.
To create a hat, one part is put on the bottom of the craft, the second on the chicken’s head. But it is worth noting that in this case you do not need to make a scallop, since it will close with a shell.