New Year's crafts using origami technique for elementary school. Gnomes
Today, origami, which refers to the art of paper crafts, has become especially popular. Children make it in educational institutions, making decorations and gifts for the New Year and other holidays. This is quite simple if you have diagrams on hand or a video recording of the execution process. Origami does not involve the use of glue or other improvised means. A more complex technique is modular origami, when paper crafts are made from several components. We invite you to collect a figurine of the Snow Maiden for the New Year. Instructions, diagrams and videos will be your assistants. Paper crafts in the shape of the Snow Maiden belong to the “modular origami” type, i.e. We will assemble it from several components.
Snow Maiden
To make the Snow Maiden paper craft, we will need sheets of blue, white and red paper. Take a sheet of blue paper measuring 15x15 cm and place the colored side up. Fold it in half and straighten it to mark the middle line. On two sides of the paper opposite each other, bend a strip measuring 0.5 cm, on two opposite ends bend strips 2 cm wide. Fold the upper corners and lay the origami with the working side up. Focus on diagrams and videos
Turn the modular origami back side up. Bend the previously folded corners with the white side up, connecting them in the middle. At the top of the paper craft, fold a small triangle onto the front side. Fold back the bottom corners. Turn the craft over again so the front side is facing you. Finish the Snow Maiden's fur coat with a thin white stripe, attaching it to the top and bottom folded corners. Check, rely on the diagrams and videos to see what you got.
We continue to perform modular origami Snow Maiden for the New Year. At the next stage, we will need two squares of blue paper, 2 cm on each side. We turn them over to the wrong side and fold the corners diagonally, using the fold to mark the finger.
The cap is made from a rectangle with sides 4 and 5 cm. Bend it in half. Bend the upper corners to the fold line, fold the remaining strip to the wrong side. Fold the top corner right side over to complete the hat.
The Snow Maiden's head is made from a square of red paper with sides 9 cm. Bend the square diagonally to mark the fold line. Turn it over to the wrong side and connect the opposite parts of the square at the fold line. Repeat the procedure again. On the resulting figure, mark a diagonal line in the middle and make a fold towards you. Mark a semicircle near the resulting fold line and bend it again. Decorate the hat with a white bow. Diagrams and videos will help you navigate.
Assemble a modular origami in the shape of the Snow Maiden for the New Year and decorate a Christmas tree or room with it. This is what we got.
Modular origami is very useful for developing imagination. Paper crafts help children become diligent, attentive, and collected. So don't be afraid to take the time to make them and spend the evening with your child making sheets of colored paper. And since we have already made the Snow Maiden for the New Year, we need to make Santa Claus for her too. The following diagrams and videos will help you complete the craft quickly and without errors.
3D with video
Father Frost
Take a square of red paper. Turn it over with the back side facing you and slightly bend it in half diagonally, marking the fold line. Do the same with the other diagonal. Fold the top corner with the red side towards you, bend the white edge up. Fold the bottom corner with the red side towards you so that it is larger and fold down the white edge. Connect the remaining corners in the fold line and turn the craft to the front side. Mark a triangle with the middle in the fold line and fold the corners inward along the marked lines. Fold the corners back and fold the smaller corners again towards the fold line. On the front side, draw the nose, eyes and mouth of Santa Claus, and the buttons on his coat. This is the kind of character we will have for the New Year.
Modular 3D
Of course, modular origami is quite difficult to perform. Look carefully at the diagrams and videos as they are completed. The video is especially good at helping you navigate, demonstrating the process in real time. For the New Year, you can make various paper crafts, not only Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. We wish you success on this interesting creative path!
Dog for 2018
Herringbone
Asterisks
Christmas tree toy (3D)
Many people believe that using paper origami is not serious for the New Year and that it is child's play in labor lessons, but in fact this is not the case. By cutting out various paper figures from plain paper or simply using origami as decoration, you can do a lot. Here's how you can use kirigami and origami for the New Year with your own hands to beautifully decorate your holiday.
How they can be used as Christmas decorations
You can find a variety of origami crafts for the New Year, created with your own hands. Decorations made of voluminous snowflakes that look beautiful on the windows and become real New Year's additions in the room, various, very beautiful napkins folded in an unusual way, and even Santa Claus and Snow Maiden made of multi-colored paper - what could be better? Here are a few ways you can interestingly decorate the New Year's beauty at home yourself using New Year's origami. 
First of all, thanks to the origami technique, various large hanging decorations can be made from paper for the New Year. For example, snowflakes, which look no worse in a large room than store-bought room decorations and hanging garlands. White snowflakes made of plain paper can decorate a room with high ceilings. Even a beginner can make them using the diagram, but in combination with various decorations they will look very beautiful and stylish. You can choose different decorating schemes to make the snowflakes look great in your space. 
If you alternate them with various large golden balls decorated with artificial snow or white decorations, such as bows and other paper decorations, you will get a very stylish, vintage winter look that creates a New Year's mood. And, using in combination with multi-colored snowflake stars made of shiny paper, plain decorations of a neutral shade (for example, white matte balls, beige and even black), you can create bright and modern carnival images. Such an interior will create a festive mood in the room where various concerts and events will take place. 
Origami Christmas trees can be used in New Year's decorations of tables and windows. If you bought a regular white tablecloth for the holiday, then you can place beautiful green Christmas trees on it among the glasses. Or surprise your guests with unusual napkins that will create a festive mood. You can also hang New Year’s origami on the windows or come up with a whole composition for the New Year that will look very beautiful and stylish. Typically, complex origami is made from paper to place an unusual Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, as well as various characters such as a snowman and even a deer, under the tree. However, those who are not yet familiar with the art of origami can be advised to start creating New Year’s toys with simple decorations that are used in interior design. Here's what beginners can do on their own for the New Year. 
Big snowflake origami star
Beautiful and quite simple DIY New Year's toys that you can make yourself from regular printer and copier paper. To do this you need to take:
- stapler;
- 6 or 8 sheets of plain white large paper;
- scissors;
- a thread or rope on which you can hang stars from a window, Christmas tree or from the ceiling.
How to make a snowflake star
The paper needs to be cut so that you get squares of the same size. Then cut as shown in the diagram so that you get squares that are not completely cut. After this, you need to connect the opposite ends with a stapler so that you get the volumetric part of the snowflake. Then, using a stapler, you need to connect the parts and the snowflake is ready. You can decorate a New Year's room with it, as well as various ones you can simply hang them on Christmas trees. Large snowflakes will look interesting under the ceiling in a wide room, and small ones can be used to complement New Year's decor. 
You can also use origami to make regular, classic-shaped three-dimensional snowflakes. They look especially impressive if they are made of silver or gold paper. However, white origami snowflakes can become a wonderful Christmas tree decoration or simply an element of New Year's paper garlands. Schemes on how to make them are available on the Internet. They can be completely different, but in any case, even a beginner will get a beautiful and bright snowflake. Such crafts made will look harmonious in the house when creating New Year's decor.
Small Christmas trees
For beginners, you can use origami New Year's toys - beautiful Christmas trees that can be made from napkins and various other materials. The easiest option for beginners is a small voluminous Christmas tree on a leg. 
In order to do it, you need to take:
- green thick paper, the same color on all sides;
- a toothpick to keep the paper in place.
Now you can learn how to make a Christmas tree
At the very beginning, the paper needs to be folded in the same way as ordinary snowflakes. Then cut out a Christmas tree according to the template and place it on a toothpick stem. These green beauties can be used to make napkins, or simply as an additional decoration for the New Year's table. 
You can also make original beautiful origami with your own hands, for example, Christmas trees from napkins. However, if you are using modular origami and complex patterns, then the napkins should be thick enough. For origami, you need to take different types of thick paper, otherwise it may be damaged during the making of the Christmas tree. 
New Year's crafts can be different. For example, you can create a beautiful three-dimensional Christmas tree from green thick paper. It is first folded like snowflakes to form a triangle, then cut on all sides so that there is an equal distance between the cuts, and then the corners are bent in different directions. As a result, you should get a small voluminous Christmas tree. However, a simpler option can be made from soft napkins. To do this, 3 napkins need to be folded into triangles of different sizes, but of the same shape. String the top ones on the bottom one, and then place or place such trees on the table. They look impressive just on a regular plate, next to the cutlery. 
Having mastered the simple ones, you can proceed to more complex decorations and make other New Year’s crafts. They will look no less beautiful in your New Year’s interior, and perhaps they will become the basis for a wonderful holiday composition for children.
Winter and New Year holidays are a special time when even adults begin to believe a little in miracles, fairy tales, make wishes and sincerely expect them to come true. And there’s no need to talk about the children’s mood.
Every family tries to decorate the house for the holiday and, of course, decorate the Christmas tree. And if you want the toys on your Christmas tree to be the most beautiful and original, try making various New Year’s crafts with your own hands with your family. Moreover, New Year's origami is one of the best unusual ways to decorate an evergreen beauty.
Gift from the Land of the Rising Sun
Origami became known to the whole world only in the middle of the last century, but in Japan, its historical homeland, this art has been known and loved since time immemorial. By the way, origami was a favorite pastime of noble persons of the state, so they often practiced it, and if someone from the upper strata of society did not master the artistic technique of folding three-dimensional figures from paper, he could be very ashamed of this, because he would be considered ill-mannered .
Today, both children and adults are interested in origami, because it is so cool, interesting and simple to create beautiful paper crafts with your own hands. Today you can make toys according to the classical traditions of technology (only one sheet of paper - plain and square, without using auxiliary tools like scissors or glue), or you can slightly break the ancient rules, giving free rein to your imagination and creativity. 
Japanese kusudama are perfect as New Year's toys. This was the name of the balls that were once sewn from fabric in order to use them as unique containers for collecting and storing medicinal herbs or for incense. However, today kusudama is made like a modular origami ball - they simply glue it from several separate paper modules. With this decor you can realize any interesting fantasy and make it a wonderful decoration for the New Year tree.
Balloons... Magic and miracle from nothing
Despite the apparent complexity, even a child can make kusudama. For those who doubt their abilities, there are many freely available master classes with diagrams, as well as video lessons in which you can examine in detail the entire process of creating a craft with your own hands.
So, if you are ready to get started, then you will need to prepare some materials and tools so as not to be distracted by anything:
- Of course, you will need the paper itself - keep in mind that you need to take square sheets. To make one kusudama ball, you need 60 sheets of paper. The diameter of the future toy will depend on the diameter of the sheets (for example, if you take standard A4 sheets and make squares out of them, you will end up with approximately a 30-diameter ball, but from small stationery sheets you will get a very miniature ball);
- also prepare a pencil and ruler;
- don’t forget about scissors and glue;
- decor - at your discretion - a ribbon to hang a toy, beads, sparkles, foil, etc.
Select the color of the paper depending on what kind of DIY craft you want to make.
- First you need to take your square and fold it. This must be done strictly diagonally.
- You will get a triangle, the side corners of which will need to be folded towards the top. Just make sure you do it symmetrically.
- Next, try to carefully straighten each of these folded corners. As a result of your efforts, it should turn out that the longitudinal fold will run in the middle.
- Now you will be dealing with diamonds. Their corners also need to be folded.
- After this, you will get a figure in your hands, on the sides of which there will be two small triangular envelopes. Each of them will have to be folded in half, bending the outer edges.
- It's time to use the glue. You need to carefully glue those narrow triangles that you got so that a petal comes out.
- Using the same scheme, model other petals of different colors, because there are five of them in each individual flower.
- Kusudama balls are complex structures related to modular or 3D origami, because the whole figure will consist of many identical parts or modules. For your craft you need to make twelve flowers.
The finished product can be sprinkled with glitter, decorated with small foil stamens, beads glued to it and a ribbon attached. Voila - the magic origami ball with your own hands is ready and will delight you, giving you a festive mood and a smile. 
You can also make any other New Year's toys using the origami technique. For example, it is very simple to cut eleven strips from a multi-colored sheet (the width of a sheet of A4 paper is approximately 19 mm). All the strips will need to be collected in a stack, tightly connecting them in the center (use thread or tape for this). Next, the inner edge of each strip needs to be folded towards the center and glued. This way you will get a beautiful three-dimensional toy.
Once you look at the diagram, you will easily collect a star with six or nine rays, flowers, snowflakes, and Christmas trees. The main thing is to just start. Let the flight of your imagination allow you to realize the most beautiful and original ideas in New Year's toys created with your own hands.
Origami is one of the most exciting areas in working with paper. Art originated in Ancient China, however, the hobby has not lost its relevance to this day. Today in our review we will show you which origami for the New Year can be made quickly and without much skill.
It is well known that professionals master hundreds of variations of different paper folding techniques; by the way, this is how the word origami is translated.
Important! If you plan to use paper decorations in your home, avoid fire hazards in advance: no sparklers or lit candles.
Advice! For New Year's decorations, choose different papers: there are gilded, voluminous, iridescent coatings that will be very useful for New Year's decor.
Origami in the form of a postcard
Such pleasant little things as New Year's will always be one of the long-awaited gifts, especially if they are created by children's hands. Made using simple techniques, such decorations can be placed on the table, placed under, or complement the design of the main one.
The manufacturing process is not very complicated. The main thing is to understand the procedure.
Classic and modular origami for New Year's decor
If you thought that origami was a small decoration made of paper, then after reading this material you will understand that origami is a great art, both in the literal and figurative sense of the word.
New Year's origami figures
Large origami elements are called modules. The process of making such masterpieces requires perseverance and accuracy.
Modular toys made using the origami technique can consist of several elements or tiers.
Related article:
: step-by-step master classes with photos of making using the techniques of origami, weaving, quilling and other original ideas - see our publication.
Origami in the form of a garland
A separate direction is New Year's garlands. Here, the constituent elements are created literally in the hundreds and thousands.
Related article:
: photo; step-by-step master classes on making your own New Year's garlands from Christmas trees and tassels from corrugated paper, from colored circles, from voluminous pom-pom balls, from burlap and bright pieces of fabric, from felt - in our publication.
Origami wreaths
The origami technology is so versatile that it can be transferred to make many things. Christmas wreaths are no exception. Here, again, you yourself will have to focus on the manufacture of individual modules, which will later be combined.
Important! The elements must be additionally glued with glue. This is especially true for thin parts.
Related article:
: master classes. How to make one from old newspapers or wrapping paper, from polystyrene foam or pipe insulation, from toilet paper rolls or hangers, from fir branches and cones, from photographs and postcards, from colored felt, from dried flowers and herbs - in our publication.
Let's do origami for the New Year with our own hands
Origami lovers have a lot of room for the New Year. To work you only need paper, glue and scissors. And also a fair amount of perseverance and patience. Not everything can work out the first time. But you shouldn't give up.
Origami - Santa Claus
Options for making the main grandfather of the holiday number in tens and hundreds. Let's give just one example in the video lesson.
For inspiration, here are some more photos for you
Origami - Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden made of paper is one of the traditional symbols of the holiday. The main thing is to think through the entire image of the blond beauty down to the smallest detail. Figure out what the hair will look like, draw a face.
Origami - Christmas tree
Origami technology is a modular design that is already familiar to us. The elements are simply layered on top of each other, forming a complete composition.
Origami - star
The traditional New Year's decoration is an origami star. Here are a few sequential steps to make it.
Initially origami used in religious ceremonies. For a long time, this type of art was available only to representatives of the upper classes, where mastery of paper folding techniques was a sign of good form. Only after the Second World War origami went beyond the East and came to America and Europe, where it immediately found its fans.
Classic origami made from a square sheet of paper.
There is a certain set of symbols necessary to sketch the folding diagram of even the most complex product. Most of the conventional signs were introduced into practice in the mid-20th century by the famous Japanese master Akira Yoshizawa.
Classic origami prescribes the use of one square, evenly colored sheet of paper without glue or scissors. Contemporary art forms sometimes depart from this canon. Varieties origami - And .
