Origami from modules for beginners: step-by-step instructions with photos and a video lesson

For those who seriously decided to understand the ancient Japanese art of origami, I suggest starting with simple figures. In this technique, glue is not used at all. And it's very easy to work with paper, giving the opportunity to create beautiful and accurate products. The modular technique of this art allows you to give the figures a volume and an interesting texture. Pay attention to the realism of the created figures:

Where to start?

Our acquaintance will begin with the manufacture of blanks for modules. Modules are paper folded in the form of triangles. For this we have our own technique for adding paper:

First we take A4 sheets of paper, scissors, ruler and pencil. Gently mark the workpiece on the sheet. On one sheet exactly 16 rectangular-bases with dimensions of 5.3x7.4 cm are placed.

After all the blanks have been cut, we start making modules. Try to do the work as carefully as possible, because each module is like a puzzle in a mosaic, it must be level, so that other parts can seamlessly connect with it.

Creating origami crafts from modules for beginners: the schemes are very useful in order not to get confused in the sequence of joining elements.

Tulip

In the first couple, try your hand at assembling a simple tulip according to the scheme:

This diagram shows that you should start the work with 15 corners of yellow color.

The whole flower should consist of 7 rows, closed in a circle.

It is also evident that after 3 rows there is a separation of the workpiece into 3 wedges - the future petals of the flower.

As a result, we should have a flower like this:

Read more on the video:

Snake

You can hone the skills of connecting parts when assembling a simple snake model. The diagram of this figure is very simple:

And as a result we will get such an innocuous bright snake:

We need 121 modules for our work. Begin with the head of the figure:

Following the instructions of the scheme, we increase the body of the snake in the 5th row to 5 modules.

And make the eyes of the snake.

All other actions are performed strictly adhering to the scheme:

In places of bending of the figure, we pay special attention to attaching the following modules:

Continue connecting the parts until we reach the tail of the snake:

The final touch is the sticking of the tongue:

.below are video lessons.

Watermelon slice

Another simple origami scheme from triangular modules for beginners has an appetizing watermelon slice:

In this figure there is nothing complicated, and it is perfect for children's creativity.

In total, we need 213 modules of different colors: 114 red, 66 green, 17 white and 16 black triangles.

We begin to create our lobule with a peel of green color. In the first row we will have 15 green modules. They need to be arranged with a short triangle bottom up.

Then in the second row we add 14 green elements, but now the long side should be at the top.

The third row of the peel again consists of 15 modules. In the fourth row, we again reduce the number by 1 = 14 elements.

Starting with the 5th row, we start adding new colors. First, we make a white layer between the skin and the pulp of the watermelon. We have modules according to the scheme: 2 green, 13 white and 2 green again.

Now we have moved on to the pulp of the future ripe watermelon. In the 6th row we will have 3 colors. We arrange the modules in the following sequence: 1 green, 1 white, 12 red, 1 white and 1 green again.

7 series will consist of 15 modules: 1 white, 13 red, again 1 white.

In the 8th row we begin to add watermelon seeds. We arrange the modules in turn, starting and ending with a series of red elements. There will be 14 modules in total.

To give the watermelon slice a triangular shape, in the following rows we will reduce the number of modules.

The entire ninth row will consist of only 13 red elements.

In the 10th and 12th rows, we again have triangles in the sequence red-black, similar to the 8th row.

In the 11th row we will have only red modules. And from 13 to 21 rows we reduce the number of elements by 1. All the modules we have will be red.

In the 21st row, we must have 1 triangle left.

For those who want to clearly understand how to make origami from the modules for beginners, the video is also attached:

Our water-melon slice is ready. It looks very appetizing:

Try to use in your work a paper of bright, saturated colors. It will help to give your figures even more realism.

Now you know how to make modular origami for beginners, and this slice of watermelon will become a real delicacy.