We learn how to make shuriken from paper

The Japanese word "origami" is for sure known to many of us. It means folding out of paper. Figures origami, according to the tradition of the Land of the Rising Sun, are made only of folded sheets of paper, without additional auxiliary means (scissors, clips, glue) and without any ornaments. The lesson is very interesting, especially for children. After all, you can make any toys with your own hands, without spending money on their purchases from the family budget and spending time with advantage.
Boys, keen on the adventures of ninja turtles and martial arts, of course, it will be interesting to make yourself shuriken origami.

How to choose paper

If you do not have the opportunity to buy special thin paper in art salons or Japanese shops, then do not get upset. In order to make shuriken from paper, you can use any paper sheets (even tetrad, album, magazine or newspaper).

Now we turn to step-by-step instructions on how to make shuriken from paper

1. From the selected sheet you need to make a square. If a piece of paper with an edge is superfluous, then cut it off.
2. Now begin to add a square in several stages. First, bend it strictly in half. Unfold it. Further, the upper corner and the lower corner must be bent to the fold line passing through the center. Obtain the resulting construction bend in half again. As a result of these actions, you should have a fairly narrow rectangle, the edges of which are bent inside.

3. The next action in an interesting process, how to make shuriken from paper, is as follows: you have to wrap each corner of this rectangle diagonally so that they mirror each other as if mirroring, that is, one of the corners should be bent upwards, and the other, on the contrary , Bend down.

4. If you have a figure of two triangles that are displaced relative to each other and there is a strip of paper connecting them between them, then you have already reached half the way of the process, how to make shuriken from paper.

5. The next step: take the second sheet of paper and do the same with it as with the first one. After reaching step number 3, rotate the corners of the rectangle to the opposite (than the first rectangle) side. You must get the second detail of the shuriken, the exact copy of the first one. Happened? So, the second stage of mastering how to make shuriken from paper, you successfully passed.
We pass to the final stage of our work: assembling the parts and finally getting a throwing star - a paper shuriken. Obtained blanks (details of shuriken) put crosswise on each other. Then carefully insert the angle of the second workpiece into the pocket of the first. This procedure must be done with every angle and on both sides.

Try to move away from Japanese traditions and make an odd job from colored wrapping paper or pages from old bright magazines. Believe me, shurikens will look even more attractive.

And now it's time to play. And even if in the heat of a moving game your "freshly baked" shuriken suddenly breaks, it does not matter! After all, you have gained experience in its manufacture and easily make a new one.