Origami shuriken: four-and octagonal stars and a throwing star from Naruto - master class with video

The East is famous, as a rule, not only paper-based paperwork, but also oriental martial arts. The combination of these two types of art is reflected in the paper figures of combat weapons. A striking example of such a collaboration is shuriken. This is a Japanese throwing weapon, which is a small blade made in the form of stars or coins.

Today I want to show you how to make origami shuriken from paper.

This model will be especially interesting for children's creativity with boys who are fond of toy weapons. In addition, the performance of such a figure does not require great knowledge in paper art. We will try to make several kinds of origami shuriken, the video of a simple way of assembling will be quite evident for the repetition:

Adding such figures from paper is quite popular not only in the East.

Four-pointed throwing star

Admirers of Japanese culture from around the world are trying to adapt all kinds of materials into their own language. Russia is no exception. I suggest you a visual diagram in Russian, the following of which will help you to make a simple 4-final shuriken:

Inveterate origami artists try to bring new ideas to the ancient Japanese art of adding paper. In this regard, there is far more than one scheme of origami shuriken. Japanese art, as you know, does not know boundaries at all. There are quite complex figures of shuriken, the repetition of which can take a lot of time.

I will introduce you to the most common models.

Octagonal throwing star

If there were no problems when adding a 4-coal shuriken, then I suggest to try my hand and fold the 8-final shuriken.

A visual video lesson on the folding of this model will help you understand the process of work:

By the way, such weapons are also called "shuriken transformer".Initially built on this scheme, the figure is not much like a Japanese military weapon. But by careful pressure on the different sides of the figure, the model begins to take shape of the shuriken. In my opinion, such a piece of paper will be very interesting for children. Try to first fold it yourself, and then show this way to the child, thereby training attention and memory.

Throwing star from Naruto

Today, a special popularity is gained by cartoons, shot in the genre anime. The most popular anime-screen version is the Japanese comic about the restless teen-ninja Naruto. Fans from all over the world try to copy the costume of a favorite character and his ammunition. And shuriken is no exception. The main character of this comic masterfully owns this kind of Japanese weapons. Therefore, it is far from a secret why this kind of origami has become so popular.

Shuriken Naruto black:

To recreate this weapon from paper, it is enough to use black paper for work. The scheme of a simple 4x coal shuriken is given above, and its implementation will not cause great difficulties.

So, if your child is very keen on Japanese culture, you can please him with such simple crafts. Perhaps in the future he will be seriously interested in the art of origami, and it will become his hobby.

Do not be afraid to try new things and be imaginative. Perhaps, you can come up with your original scheme for creating a paper sculpture.

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