Origami Purse: Step by step making a paper purse with children quickly and easily

Making paper crafts is a great way to pass the time. Such activities relieve nervous tension, and also contribute to the development of spatial thinking and fine motor skills.Modern types of paper can boast a rich range of colors and textures, due to which they can be used to make quite beautiful things. In this article it will be considered how to make origami purse step by step.

Such an accessory is useful for storing various clippings, photos and other small things. For the kid, it can be the most important attribute in the role-playing game. It can also be used to give a gift certificate or money.

What materials may be needed

Looking through the Internet schemes for children purse origami, causes surprise constructive variety. Most often they are offered to do from colored or coated paper, cardboard. Density, variety and size of sheets can be any. Limit imposes a purely imaginative craftswoman.

As for tools should be stocked:

scissors and a sharp knife;
paper glue or duct tape;
stapler;
a pencil, a ruler;
a needle and thread;
markers, gouache, watercolor;
decorative details (ribbons, rhinestones, beads, sequins, etc.).

After preparing all the items required for the work, you can begin to study the technique of creating a purse. To this end, it is recommended to view several video tutorials on the subject. On the Internet it is easy enough to find sites with detailed descriptions of the process of creating such an accessory.

Envelope purse

Origami purse as an envelope is considered the easiest to make. To create it you will need a sheet of A4 / A5. The course of action:

Put the paper in front of you so that the long side is horizontal, and visually divide it into three parts of equal size.
Bottom part of the bend in the center.
Fold the two corners to the edge of the sheet. The center should go two bent edges, and one at the top of the not rolled rectangular part.
Separate the folds with neat notches from the un-turned section.
Cut a narrow strip of 5 - 10 mm from the edge of the curled inside rectangle.
The resulting strip ears fold inward and into the center, forming a compartment for the banknotes.
Close the top of the sheet on the "lock" of the long rectangles - the result of trimming. The wallet is ready!

Coin purse

Children's games may also require a coin purse. In such an accessory, durability is important. Therefore, it is better to make it out of cardboard. It is necessary to choose a suitable scheme, transfer it to a cardboard sheet and cut out all the parts with scissors. Parts of the purse should be stitched with strong thread in a contrasting color. The recommended type of stitching is overcasting.

You can make a purse in the form of an animal head, for example, a tiger, and ask your child to paint it. For the product is tightly closed, the place of the nose should be attached a button.

Triangular purse

To fold an unusual triangular wallet with 2 compartments should take a piece of paper and perform the following manipulations:

Give it a landscape arrangement and wrap the corner of one of the sides to the opposite edge. You should get a triangle.
Cut off the excess paper.
Fold the triangular blank in half and iron the fold.
Arrange the layout. Bend the corners to the middle of the square.
The resulting smaller square piece should be folded diagonally. You should get a triangle with two cells.
Turn out one of the cells and wrap between the two triangles, combining into one.
Pull the corner out of the second cell. This will be the lid of the product. It is worth sticking Velcro, to ensure a tight seal purse.

Make such a toy may be a child of three years. It can be played with a salesman or a banker.

Magic Wallet

Children tend to believe in miracles. Therefore, any kid will be happy if you offer him to make a magic purse. Such an accessory can be opened from left to right, and vice versa.

If you insert a banknote on one of the inside sides under the tapes, then after closing and opening the wallet in the other direction, the banknote will be tucked under the tapes placed on the opposite side.

Of materials it is worth preparing:

cardboard;
colored paper;
glue;
tape;
scissors.

Algorithm of Action:

Cut four rectangular blanks from cardboard a little larger than the size of the banknotes.
Glue two of them with colored paper. This is the "cover" purse.
Ribbon cut into four equal pieces of length 18 - 20 cm.
Attach the two pieces to the cardboard with glue so that they intersect. Turn it over and cross the ribbon.
Turn the cardboard again, glue the ends of the crossed ribbon to the other inside.
Attach the two remaining pieces of ribbon to the last cardboard so that they are on the sides.
Turn it over, holding the ribbons on the other side parallel to each other. Their ends to bring the second cardboard and turn over. Secure the tape on the 2nd side, cutting off the excess.
Glue the previously made cover on the resulting purse.

Ideas for decorating

After learning how to make your own paper purse, you need to think about what you can decorate it with. The most popular ideas are:

Drawing in the technique of applique. You can also make a small collage from cut out parts of greeting cards and fashion magazines.
Painting with acrylic paints.
Decorating with colorful ribbons, rhinestones, fringe, braid, buttons, glitter.

How to make toy money

In almost all role-playing games that require the use of a purse, you can not do without toy money. There are lots of different methods of replacing genuine bills and making them. The bills can be drawn, printed from a computer, replaced with lottery tickets or top-up cards.

You can also make a photocopy of the real ones. However, usually a child tends to imitate the behavior of their parents, as a result there is a need to make bills for the game, stylized as genuine money. In this case, the paper is important. It should be a coarser texture and have some kind of shade.

Here are a few of the most popular ways to get such paper:

Soak in black or green tea or coffee.
Soak in milk.
Soak in a solution of watercolor paints.

A parent should emphasize that it is allowed to create and use such bills only for playful purposes.

The range of models of origami wallets made of paper is unlimited. So you can easily find a suitable option for you.