Origami is the real art of creating various figures using a regular sheet of paper. From this seemingly simple material, you can create everything that your soul desires, including cars. Moms of little boys can create a real collection of cars of various shapes and sizes. Kids will appreciate such toys, and the process of their creation will captivate and interest them for a long time. Such crafts will bring children a lot of joy and at the same time help to significantly save the family budget so that each time during a shopping trip the child does not ask for a new toy. An origami paper machine is made according to the scheme quite quickly and simply, you just need a little desire and patience.

Racing cars

If earlier various animals, birds and flowers were made of paper, today there are a large number of schemes for creating machines for every taste. It can be flat or three-dimensional figures, very accurate or just schematic models.

Note. Cars are made of A4 paper, and the process takes only a few minutes.

Very easy to perform circuit of a race car:

1. An A4 sheet of paper is taken and folded into two flat parts lengthwise.

1. On one side of the sheet, it is necessary to bend at an angle of 45 degrees, walk well on it with your hand and straighten the paper back. The same must be done in the other direction, and also bend the leaf back so that the lines remain.

1. The same actions are done on the other side of the paper so that the workpiece looks similar on both sides.

1. After that, one of the sides is taken and reduced to the center. To do this, take the middle between the folds at the edges of the paper and bend these two parts. On the other hand, do the same with paper.

1. The edges of the resulting arrows are slightly raised and the edges of the paper are bent toward the center, while dividing each side in half. First, one edge is bent, and then the second.

1. When the paper is folded on all sides, the paper is well-ironed and then the arrows drop down on both sides to make it appear as shown in the photo.

1. The blank for the future machine is already ready and now it remains only to make a few final touches. The front part is formed from one side of the paper - one and the second part of the “arrow” is bent inward.

1. The resulting workpiece must be bent in the middle.

1. We bend the workpiece to the end and fill the arrow in the arrow.

1. The paper machine is almost ready to give it attractiveness, it is best to bend the back part up to make a spoiler, and from the bent ends of the arrows we form the car fenders.

Such a beautiful and original racing car is sure to appeal to any boy. To make it is very simple, and with the help of paints, felt-tip pens and pencils, you can decorate it the way a child wants it. Having made several such cars and painted them in different ways, the guys will be able to create a real and diverse collection.

You can deal with the technology of creating paper cars with the help of a video, where all actions are clearly and stepwise shown. How to create just such a racing car, you can see the video:

Boys are interested not only in the race and everything connected with it, but also in other car models. Having mastered the simplest and most complex origami techniques, you can create a real and fairly diverse collection of cars.

From a sheet of paper you can create another model like this:

With this simple scheme, you can create various cars, just slightly adjusting its shape. Trucks and patrol cars, minibuses - all this is done quickly and easily, you just need a little imagination and desire.

There are a huge variety of different schemes that will allow you to create racing, military and simple cars, tanks and other equipment - the main desire to create.

Origami is an art that allows you to express yourself. It develops creative thinking, hand motility. Learning to make these figures, parents can easily attract their kids to this lesson, who will be happy to spend their time in the company of relatives. Using various schemes, you can learn to create real masterpieces that everyone around will definitely like. Having painted them with different patterns and colors, the baby will show his individuality and uniqueness.

Origami cars are a fun and useful toy that can be a good alternative to other cars. You can do such crafts every day, and the child will be delighted with the variety of techniques.

Video on the topic of the article

To better understand how more complex models are made, it’s best to watch a selection of videos.

A paper machine is one of the most popular origami. In the Soviet past, many boys at school remembered by heart the scheme for assembling machines from a sheet (most often school notebooks). But over time, the schemes themselves were forgotten, and the current generation has other fun and entertainments. Somehow in my spare time we tried to remember and do some with my son paper machines. We needed a pair of hands and a sheet of A4 paper. This craft can be successfully used for breathing exercises, and if a child is actively involved in the assembly process of a paper machine, then this will also be a good exercise for the development of fingers. So let's get started. Take a sheet of A4 paper.

A sheet of paper A4 format from which we will make our typewriter.

On the one hand, we bend at an angle of forty-five degrees, and bend back. And also do it the other way, also straightening back.

As a result, we get such bends on paper that we will really need in the future.

We do the same thing on the other side of the sheet of paper. Having made the same two bends.

Then, taking one of the sides (not fundamentally which one), holding the edges of the sheet in the middle between the folds, we reduce these two parts to the center as shown in the picture above.

We do the same action on the other side of the paper sheet. As a result, we got something resembling arrows in different directions.

And lower the edges of the "arrow"! You should get it exactly as in the photo.

And now having chosen one of the sides of our workpiece, we will make the front of our paper machines. To do this, we bend one part of the arrow inward, following the example of a photograph.

And also bend the second part of the arrow.

We bend the resulting blank approximately in half, as shown in the photo.

And it remains to do the finishing touches. Bend the ends of the arrows so that we get the fenders of our car from paper and bend the back, we make the spoiler of the paper machine. And we got a racing car.

In the end, taking felt-tip pens or pencils, the child has complete freedom of imagination how to decorate a typewriter.

Such a machine can be used in breathing exercises. Blow on the machine so that it moves, rode. Perform breathing exercises under the supervision of an adult so as not to cause dizziness in the child!

One of the most exciting leisure activities is doing crafts. A special type of needlework, which is liked by both adults and children, is paper designs. Origami paper machine - the most popular variety, familiar in most cases to the male population of the planet.

There are many options for paper machines, ranging from the simplest configurations to models in 3D format. This will require a minimum set of necessary things. Typically, this is colored paper, cardboard, scissors and glue. In more complex designs, auxiliary elements are used in the form of toothpicks (axles for wheels), caps from plastic bottles and much more.

Simple model

How to make simple origami paper cars?

It takes only a regular A4 sheet and a little time.

• Bend the sheet in half lengthwise. Then bend the resulting angles at an angle of 45 degrees. Corners are bent on both sides. The bends should look like arrows.
• Bend the elongated sides to the middle. The edges of the arrows previously obtained should cover the curved sides.
• Then bend one of the sides with the arrow to the other edge, and tuck one arrow into the other.

Now, following the pattern, assembling an origami racing car out of paper will be easy. You can colorize it at your discretion.

Middle level

For more complex structures, a scheme and detailed instruction are provided. As a case, you can use a ready-made cardboard box. The size of the machine depends on the dimensions of the box.

1. Draw doors on the sides of the box and cut window openings.
2. Doors are cut so that there is some margin next to the hood.
3. The wheels are also made of cardboard, cutting circles out of it. For greater strength, you can prepare several circles at once and glue them together. Make holes in the center, into which the axes are then inserted.
4. Holes are made in the lower part of the body, axles (skewers, toothpicks, etc.) are inserted and wheels are put on them.
5. For the windshield, you can use a regular plastic bottle. In the front of the structure, a hole is cut out for the windshield, and plastic is fixed with adhesive tape.

Middle level - option number 2

How to make origami paper machines using improvised materials?

In the previous version, skewers, scotch tape and a plastic bottle were additionally used.

For a simple configuration of the racing model, you can use a cardboard base from under the toilet paper as a case. The same roll will serve as the basis for the wheels.

1. The surface of the roll is cleaned of glue.
2. Further, small holes for skewers are made in it, on which future wheels will be strung. They are cut separately.
3. The side holes in the roll are sealed with cardboard circles, the sizes corresponding to the holes themselves.
4. The base is painted in a suitable color, and a hole for the driver's seat is cut out at the top. It can be either oval or round.
5. The resulting cardboard cover can not be thrown out, but can be used to make a seat out of it by attaching it to the body with tape.
6. Attach the wheels.

We made a retro model of a sports car.

Retro cars

In order to make a classic passenger car, we need:

• paper;
• scissors.
• The sheet should be square. It is folded in half on one side and in the same way on the other, so that folds appear on the unfolded sheet, dividing the sheet into four equal squares.
• Fold the lower half in half so that the edge is in contact with the center. Bend the edges on one side so that you get a triangle.
• Cover the resulting form from above with the other side to the middle of the sheet, and bend the edges in the same way as the other half.

You can build a hatchback model.

• Take paper of any color square shape. Fold it in half.
• One third on both sides bends toward the inside of the sheet.
• Then all four corners are bent.
• A small portion of the vertices of each resulting triangle is slightly wrapped inward. Get a peculiar form of future wheels.
• Bend one of the remaining two corners inward.
• Make an incision in another corner and bend inward as well. It turns out the windshield and the front of the car (hood).

That's all - the volumetric model of the hatchback is almost ready. It remains to decorate it at will, to draw windows and doors.

How to collect cadillac?

You can collect an origami paper machine from a popular model. Using paper material in various colors, you can make a whole fleet of Cadillac models.

The execution technique is almost identical to one of the above schemes (hatchback).

• The sheet bends in half.
• Then divide each side into three parts.
• Bend the resulting sash in different directions.
• Turning the model over, in the upper, main part, make bends on the sides, giving the original shape of the car body.
• Bends under the wheels are made on the sides. For stability, the corners of the wheels are bent.
• Small bends are made in place of the alleged headlights. Transport is ready.

There is a varied selection of car models that can be made of paper by both adults and children.

For example, official cars are also popular.

The model of the fire engine is assembled from matchboxes glued together. There are four of them, which are then pasted over with red paper.

• For the tower of the car, another box is taken and installed at the very top of the structure.
• The flasher can be built from plasticine, and matches are glued to the stairs.
• Doors and other attributes are made of colored paper.

Schemes for origami paper machines are included.

Alternative design

Recently, more and more attention has been paid to the modular origami technique.

The overall design consists of many small paper modules. Depending on the design model, the modules are attached to each other either due to the friction force, or with glue.

If the proposed design consists of ten or more rows, then glue is used, since the product will not withstand its own gravity and will crumble into elements.

Papercraft technique

Despite the foreign name, this technique is familiar to many from childhood. This is a process when a future product is cut out of a finished template, bent along the specified lines and glued together.

The advantage of this technique is that you do not need to reinvent the wheel, and the finished models completely resemble real ones.

The Internet offers a wide range of templates. Here you will find options for both lovers of modern cars and connoisseurs of retro models.

It is interesting that such a hobby can develop into a good source of income. And an example of this is real life stories. What is only an ordinary American Taras Lesko worth. Its unique car models are known to many. And the assembly process of the Audi A7 model even took a place of honor in the promotion company of the German concern.

Making paper figures by folding is very entertaining and useful for the development of children. In addition to perseverance and attentiveness, memory and logical thinking develop. All these skills will help the child at school, and with a toy made by yourself, you can play or paint, stick on a postcard or present to a friend.

It is more interesting to offer origami paper machines for boys to make, but some girls also do not mind rolling their dolls on a car. Collect all the figures according to the schemes, which are subsequently remembered. The following toys can already be made from memory.

A car

The assembly diagram of the origami paper machine is simple, so you can try making this model for beginners or primary school children.

For work, you need a square sheet of thick paper of any color. First, it is folded into two equal parts to determine the center line of the fold. Then each of the halves is additionally bent in half once and then again. The inner fold of each part of the craft should be on the inside.

Then the workpiece is turned with the even side out and the center line is bent up. You should get three broken lines or waves: one in the center (large) and two on the sides (small). They put the whole accordion together and bend the triangles of corners down.

Then the origami paper machine unfolds as follows. Large triangles form the beveled edges of the car cab. And the small corners are the wheels. To make them without sharp corners, the lower edge is bent in a straight line up.

When bending the corners of the rectangle of the car body, the desired shape is given with the headlights in front. After the origami of the paper machine is made, you can decorate the craft with an application or simply paint with colored pencils.

How to make a jeep?

From paper of different colors, you can make a whole car park for a child. How to make a regular passenger car, you already understood. Now we will consider how to make an origami out of paper a jeep car. Off-road vehicles have a more even surface on the back. Consider what is needed for such a job.

It is better to take square sheets of paper dense - 100 g / m 2. You need a flat table surface and accuracy when folding paper. Each fold must be carefully smoothed with a finger so that the work looks neat.

Paper folding pattern

Before you make an origami machine out of paper for the game, practice on any one-sided sheet. The detailed and step-by-step diagram shows that you need to do the work gradually, performing bends in the order of the numbers under the figures. Initially, we bend the square in half on one side and the other. This is necessary to determine the center and divide the sheet into equal parts. Then the lower half folds in half and the edges bend outward. In this case, bends are made from the center point of the rectangle to the edges. It will be the wheels of a jeep.

Then the upper half goes down and steps back a couple of centimeters from the edge, as in Figure 6, and we lift the paper up. Further, the edges bend down with the corners down, forming an even line between the center point and the edges at the corners.

It remains only to turn the craft to the other side and the work is finished. Decorate the appearance of the machine as you wish. You can start the game.

Surely, many of you know how to craft boats or airplanes out of paper. Even those who have never been fond of the art of origami, quickly master these models as a child, and then tirelessly build entire fleets of notebook sheets. Despite the fact that making a tiny little car using the origami technique is also very simple, this model is slightly less popular. That is why in this article we want to tell in detail how to make an origami machine from ordinary paper according to the scheme.

Making an origami paper machine: four simple models

Of course, the logical question arises: what kind of car will we do? After all, visually different types of cars are very different and the truck, for example, does not look like a convertible at all, and an SUV looks like a limousine. We chose four simple models, which are ordinary cars, a gazelle and a typical race car.

We study the scheme for the manufacture of passenger car No. 1

1) Bend a sheet of paper in half and unbend it back. We add the upper and lower edges of the square to the center line.

2) The upper layer is bent to the upper and lower parts of the square, respectively. We bend in half from ourselves.

3) We push the right and left corners inward so that the car body turns out. We bend the lower corners (these will be the wheels) inward, giving them a shape.

4) Bend the lower corners back, slightly "rounding" the wheel. Place the corners in the back of the machine, and make the “headlights” in the front.

5) Our car is ready! Now it can be painted with paints or felt-tip pens.

We create the second option from the Japanese origami fumiaki Shingu

The author of the second paper machine circuit is the famous Japanese origami fumiaki Shingu. To make the figures, we need 1 square sheet of paper and scissors. It is better to choose a special thin double-sided paper for origami, although a notebook leaflet is also suitable.

1) Fold a square sheet of paper in half. Bend the bend well in both directions.

2) Fold half of each half toward the mid axis. Also bend the bend well in both directions.

3) Bend the corners in the opposite direction so that you get four identical right-angled triangles.

4) Bend the right angles of the triangles a few millimeters - these will be the wheels of our car.

5) Fold the sheet in half and bend inward one of the right angles of the top of the rectangle.

6) From the side of another right angle, make a small oblique incision (here scissors will come in handy for us!) And bend the incised part inward.

7) The car is ready!

We analyze the scheme for the manufacture of "gazelles" in the technique of origami

To make a figure, we need 1 square sheet of paper. It is better to choose a special thin double-sided paper for origami. The 15 cm by 15 cm format is ideal.

1) Fold the square horizontally and expand. Fold vertically - and again unbend. Bend the lower part to the center line

2) Bend the corners down to make the wheels

3) Fold the model in half, along the horizontal center line of the fold.

4) Bend the bottom edge up

5) Now you need to bend the upper right corner to make the cabin "gazelki". The figure is ready!

We make a simple racing car with a child

In some origami books, this circuit of a race car is also called a “boat." And indeed, made of thick paper, it keeps pretty well on the water. To make a figure, we need 1 rectangular sheet of paper.   It is better to choose a special thin double-sided paper for origami, although a notebook leaflet is also suitable.

1) We arrange the sheet vertically and fold in half.

2) It is necessary to outline the bends in the upper and lower parts, and then perform the basic technique of “Double Triangle”.

3) Fold the sides to the middle axis.

4) Now you need to lower the corners to the center line.

5) Connect the dots with each other, simultaneously inserting the corners into the bottom.

6) This is what should happen.

7) We form wings.

8) On the upper flat part, it is necessary to mark three lines in accordance with the diagram.

9) Our racing car is ready!

The manufacture of such figures will surely appeal to children. After all, the game does not end only at the stage of folding origami. After that, the machine can be painted and painted in it a sitting driver. To play it was even more fun, we suggest building a whole fleet of cars and having a fun race. And for each machine, you can build a garage from a shoe box, a technical inspection station ... Fantasy is unlimited.

Video on the topic of the article

Below we attach detailed videos that demonstrate step by step how to make a paper typewriter yourself.