Folding paper is a developing activity. Children learn to memorize patterns of work, the sequence of folding paper. At the same time, you need to act carefully, first straighten the edges of the paper, and only then smooth the fold with your fingers or a ruler. The child must understand that if he does the work unkemptly, then the craft will look ugly.
Let's start our acquaintance with origami according to the scheme with a simple fish. Learning how to fold it correctly from paper of different sizes and colors, you can make a large colorful application for an exhibition in a kindergarten or elementary school.
The first version of the fish
How to make an origami fish? You need to act according to the scheme proposed in the figure below. You will need a square sheet of thick paper, it is best to use a color double-sided printer. You can make an even square under the ruler, or you can bend one corner of the sheet in A-4 format to the opposite side.
Next, the square is bent in half, first vertically, then horizontally, having received 4 identical square parts. Two of them are folded inward by triangles, and the other two are arched outward. In the diagram, it is highlighted in two different colors - pink and white.
In the origami diagram of a simple fish, it can be seen under No. 4 that the upper right triangle is bent in half down. The same procedure is carried out with the lower part No. 5. It remains only to bend the resulting square in half and turn the craft on the front side. The fish is ready, you only need to draw the scales, eyes and a semicircular leaf for the gills.
Origami fish for children
Children in the senior group of the kindergarten are quite capable of making origami according to the instructions and the model of the teacher. It is advisable that the tutor or parents prepare a square sheet of paper in advance. You can give the child several blanks of different colors and sizes. With each folding of the sheet, the baby will get better and better, and by the end of the work he will remember the whole origami scheme of a simple fish by heart, then he will be able to teach her how to make friends.
First you need to bend the square diagonally and in half horizontally. Then the workpiece is straightened to its original state. The next step is to press the fingers on both sides so that the paper folds inward as an accordion, as in the figure above.
Further, the extreme front corners fall down a little further on the bisector of the upper corner. Lock the paper firmly.
The same thing is repeated with another corner. As a result, the tail of the fish from two sharp corners should turn out when turning the part on the back side.
Fish applique
Having created some simple fish according to the origami scheme, you can make a collective application on a large sheet of whatman paper. Draw fish with markers or wax crayons on the eyes and scales, mouth and semicircle of gills. First, algae cut from green paper is glued to the background sheet, and only then the fish themselves are attached.
To make them look voluminous, it is enough to spread only the tail and the upper fin with PVA glue. White circles - air bubbles look interesting.
As you can see, the origami scheme is easy to do, older preschoolers will cope with the work. Dream together with children, good luck and success!