Origami "dog" or how to carry the child with origami

How to carry the child with origami? If children see an interesting hand-crafted origami, they immediately run to adults with the words: "And do me the same. I want it too! ". Of course, you can make yourself an odd job and give it to the child. And you can teach the child how to make yourself a paper friend. Let it be an origami dog. This of course will require from you and the child assiduity and patience. And yet it is not known from whom more. In addition, you will have a wonderful opportunity to spend time with your child.

Here are some tips on how to make this process more simple and enjoyable. First, learn how to make an origami toy dog. Then it will be easier for you to explain to the child what to do and you will not be confused. Take the sheet of paper and give the child the same. Let him repeat all the actions for you. For greater stability of the dog it is necessary to squeeze all the folds well. Do not rush the child, cheer and help. A kind word, as you know, is pleasant to a dog, and especially to a small child. So, repeating all your actions for you, your little one made his first craft - an origami dog. Be sure to draw her eyes, mouth, nose. And the dog will come to life. Let the child come up with a nickname for the dog, tell what she is like, how he will play with her.

Now suggest making for this dog an origami friend: another dog. Select a different paper color. Now let the child try to make the dog himself,. You tell him the words: what kind of sheet we took, how to fold, how they bent. Create images, and then the child will better remember the sequence of crafting. For example: now it looks like a triangle, and now on a boat, etc. Such images are better remembered.

If the second time your child was able to collect a figure origami doggie, then the third time he will remember everything and will be able to do it himself, well, or almost himself. And his delight will not be the limit! Get ready, now you will have origami dogs all over your apartment, everywhere and everywhere.

And a surprise is waiting for you tomorrow. In the morning your child will run to the kindergarten and take with him a bunch of dogs. And believe me, in the kindergarten, he will be in the spotlight, because almost all the guys from the group will ask him to teach how to make such a dog. And now the origami dog will fill the garden.

But this will be a huge merit of yours, and your authority in the eyes of your child will just go off scale.

First, select and make a simpler model of the origami dog, for example this one.

Take a square sheet of paper, fold it on the diagonals. Sheet unfold and fold the corners to one of the diagonals. One of the folded corners bends back, so that this corner protrudes beyond the fold - this will be a tail, you can do it more or less. The second corner bend the bottom. The resulting figure is folded in half. Then bend one side up. You will have a figure resembling a dog.

Now turn the figure and also bend the second side upwards.

Turn it over the legs, and you almost got a dog.

It remains to finish the muzzle and ears. From below, straighten the corner - you get a muzzle, and lower your ears. Draw her eyes and nose. Here's the dog and I'm ready. Carefully squeeze all the folds, and she will stand confidently on her paws. Funny toy will please both you and your baby.

Having made this origami dog, you can try other, more complex models. Their very large number, choose at your discretion, skill and desire.

Later you can venture with a baby on origami from the dog modules . This is a longer, but not less interesting work, but it will need to be divided into several stages.

Good luck, success and pleasant pastime with your child.