Katana is a long curved sword and is an indispensable element of the equipment of Japanese soldiers. Modern boys are very fond of imitating cartoon characters. Among them, one of the most popular steel ninjas. Therefore, many mothers ask themselves: "How to make a katana from paper and other materials at hand so that the child can play with pleasure?"
Of course, in the stores there are a huge number of a variety of toy swords and other weapons. But imagine how nice it will be for a child to receive a gift made by parents with love. Also, the boy himself can take part in the creation of such an important part of the costume.
How to make katana from paper: step by step instructions
With the help of our tips, making a katana is not difficult. If your child is still small, prepare him some surprise so that he does not get bored. A boy over 4 years old can be brought to work.
You can make a Japanese sword from cardboard or make origami from paper. Katana using the origami technique is done as follows:
Take a sheet of medium-density paper. For the hilt and scabbard, prepare similar parts of dark colors. Also required scissors, pencil, decorative foil, glue.
To create the main part of the sword, a rectangular sheet of paper is folded with an accordion. The result should be nine longitudinal stripes. Four extreme ribs stick together. It turned out a volumetric blade.
Next, the fastening elements are formed. They should be in the form of a rhombus with a side width similar to the width of the rectangle of the blade made earlier. On each side of the rhombus, rectangles are added to connect the elements and are bent inward. It will take two such blanks.
For the tip, it is necessary to make a three-dimensional pyramid with a similar rhombus at the base and fasten it with glue.
The resulting fragments are connected with glue. Rhombus blanks will be required to attach the tip to the sword. A paper katana is almost ready.
The handle can be created in the form of an origami boat. Then, cuts are made from the upper side, and the tip is bent inward. The handle is put on the blade and fixed with glue.
Now you know how to make a katana out of paper. It remains only to decorate it, and the ninja battle sword is ready.
Decorating katana
To simulate steel, the blade needs to be wrapped with foil. Each edge of the sword should be aligned, and at the point should be well wrapped and glue all the corners. The joints of the foil are glued with transparent tape. If there is no foil at hand, you can use silver paint. The handle looks good if it is glued with strips of contrasting color in a spiral and add the image of the coat of arms of your ninja.
Cardboard sword
There is another simpler way to make paper katana. You will need:
- Cardboard or ordinary waste boxes.
- Stationery knife.
- Glue.
- Paints of different colors (including silver).
On cardboard, draw a silhouette of the future sword and cut it out. The length of the katana should be at least 60 cm. The blade itself should be three times narrower than the handle. Additionally, we cut out two more fragments for the handle and fix them on both sides with glue.
From a small piece of cardboard, cut a rectangle and make a slot in the center to insert the blade.
It remains only to decorate the weapon, as described above.
Useful Tips
Do not make the katana too long and large. Such a model can bend. To strengthen the blade, you can insert a plastic or metal element inside.
Sheaths for weapons can be made of paper, but if you can sew them from durable fabric, they will help to save the sword and will look very realistic. On the belt, the sheath of real ninjas was fastened with satin ribbons.
To connect the elements, it is better to use PVA glue and adhesive tape. Mounting adhesive may also be useful for joining multilayer corrugated board.