Origami shuriken - how to make an original toy ninja star

The art of origami is very popular, as well as ordinary paper can be used to create various crafts and decorations. One of these crafts is shuriken. This is the metal star, which was used by samurai and ninja in Japan as a throwing weapon.

Origami shuriken will be a great gift for a child. This article will talk about how to make an origami paper shuriken with your own hands.

A little history

Shuriken used as a weapon for silent killing. It was very popular with the Japanese ninja. This weapon is present in a large number of films and stories.

In addition, nowadays there is a very popular art form such as anime, a Japanese cartoon. The most famous is "Naruto", everyone who watched it dreamed at least once to be like the main character.

Thanks to origami shuriken can make your child a wonderful gift, and a joint handicraft will have a great effect on the relationship with the child.

Materials required for work

To make it was not only beautiful and stylish, but also could fly almost like a real, you need to use thick paper or half board. Not many people know, but the technology of origami completely eliminates the use of improvised means for fixing, such as glue.

For convenience, you can use scissors to cut the paper needed size and a ruler for the convenience of creating bends.

Master class

This section will look at examples of making various shurikens out of paper with your own hands.

Normal four-pointed shuriken.

You need to take a sheet of square shape and roll it in half.
The leaf is cut into two equal parts along the fold line. You can make it a different color, for this take the second part of the sheet of another color.
The resulting parts are added in half, the upper corners of the rectangle bent up and down corners.
Now the workpieces should be rolled so as to get two symmetrical triangles in each of the parts.
The resulting figures should be similar to each other.
It remains only to connect the parts to each other, to do this, one of the parts put on the gap in the second.
The result should be unsymmetrical star.
Turn the workpiece and tuck the knots in the gap, so they do not stick out.
Star ready. In the end you should have a shuriken with 4 stars.

Eight-pointed shuriken transformer.

This type of throwing weapon is created from several small parts.

Making algorithm:

A square-shaped piece of paper is taken and rolled diagonally twice. After it should be returned to its original position.
One corner of the square is rolled into a triangle to the fold line.
On the other diagonal pencil light pressure to make a small dotted line.
Workpiece to bend along the drawn line.
After this, the other corner of the base is rolled to the opposite height.
Then you need to turn the workpiece.
The other side of the workpiece, if you do shuriken from colored paper will be clearly visible, it is necessary to roll to the other side. Non-colored side should remain inside.
The resulting corner is rolled up.
A similar algorithm is used to make 7 more pieces.

Assembly:

Each piece has a pocket, and the opposite part of the other piece is inserted into it.
This is done in a circle. Each piece is tucked into the previous one.
The last piece is inserted, its corner is tucked inside.

We got a beautiful shuriken transformer. In the middle of the parts formed a circle, which is convenient to use as a holder.

16-point shuriken

Making algorithm:

You need to cut 16 identical squares. One square = one ray.
The square is taken and rolled twice diagonally, then it must be returned to its original position.
The corners of the square curl toward the center, you should get a small rhombus.
Corners of the diamond roll up to the center.
After this angle to fold to the center again, the result should be an elongated rhombus with two elongated ends.
The two long tops of the diamond roll to the fold line, it must lie horizontally. After working through the fold line rhombus returns to its original position.
The next step is to bend the diamond along a vertical line.
Using the same algorithm, the remaining beams are made.

Assembly:

Each piece should have two pockets and two corners.

Corners of the first ray are inserted into the pockets of the second.
Similarly, the remaining rays are attached. Shuriken ready to fly.

Shuriken transformer.

This section will look at making a shuriken transformer, which can be remade into different variations.

Fabrication algorithm:

An n number of squares of paper are cut out, at the wizard's discretion. Each square is 1 beam of shuriken. It is desirable to use high density paper.
Squares must be folded in all directions, that is, vertically, horizontally and diagonally.
The resulting corners are added to the center, their ends must meet in the center.
Then you need to roll a square so that the ends are hidden inside.
The vertices of the resulting figure are bent so as to form two symmetrical triangles, stacked with each other.
Similarly, the remaining parts are made.
For effect craftsmanship colors of paper can be used.
Modules are neatly connected to each other, the end of the second ray is inserted into the pocket of the first.

This suuriken is called a transformer, as it can transform into a circle with a hollow base. For this purpose, it is necessary to disassemble it and insert it in a circle.

All of the above models of paper shurikens have good aerodynamic properties, are able to fly and return back. The main thing in the manufacture is to follow the instructions and do everything exactly according to the pictures.

To simplify manipulations with the paper folding, you can use a ruler, it will greatly simplify the work and allow you to make the fold lines clearer.

Making origami out of paper can be a great hobby, which develops many qualities of the child. If you search the Internet, you can find a large number of different options for making this throwing weapon, from simple 4-pointed to 16-pointed copies.

Thanks to this activity is a great opportunity to spend time with your child, or to give him a small gift.