In this article, we will consider more than 15 ways to make a paper boat (origami) with your own hands. Below you will find complex and simple folding schemes, detailed step-by-step instructions and step-by-step photos: boats, boats, yachts, submarines and peregrine falcons. This page presents a huge selection of models: from the simplest (for beginners) to the most complex, but interesting (mostly these are very unusual models).
3 simple origami boats
6 Fancy Origami Ships
Simple origami paper boat
This is the most simple origami boatwhich can be folded out of paper. To make a model of a paper boat, you need to do everything six easy steps. But this is at first when you fill your hand, you will need just two steps. The steps have one valley fold and one outer back fold. This is a good example to learn the folding technique on the outside. If you want, you can test the boat on the water, it really floats, though not for long. Can use any kind of paper, but it’s much easier if the front and back sides of the paper are slightly different, as shown on the first two photos in the gallerybe it texture or color. How to fold a paper boat, look at the diagrams in the gallery.
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Check out some more examples. simple paper boats with sailmade in the technique of origami.
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How to make a paper sailboat
This is a very simple model. origami paper sailboat. It looks amazing, but not very stable (it quickly turns over and drowns). See the step-by-step diagram below.
If something is not clear, you can read on the site step by step instructions.
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Paper sailboat diagram:
- A4 plain paper
- Your hands!
- Colored pencils for decoration
How to make a paper sailboat
That's all, you can start a large sailing regatta.
Look a few photo of origami sailboat.
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Paper boat instruction
Here's another fun, fast and easy way make a paper boat in 5 minutes.
Just take one piece of paper. It could be plain paper for a printer. Give the children, let them color the paper as they like. So see the master class on step by step photos.
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And another example. In principle, everything is the same, but for clarity, you can view.
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A boat made of paper that floats
Make a paper boat out of paper A4 format. It's beautiful and cheap, but you can get creative. Not only paint the boat, but also make it long floating. The idea is simple, tape over the folds or the entire hull of a paper boat with tape. Of course, this is not for long, but a couple of hours such a boat floats. How to do this, you can read the instructions on the site. See the master class below in the gallery for step-by-step photos..
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Or another example showing how to make a paper boat that floats. Making a paper boat is not difficult, but for children this is not just an interesting paper craft, but also a craft. Therefore, they are often disappointed when you immerse the boat in the water, and it quickly gets wet and drowns. In order not to upset the children, look at this 14-step instruction, which will help make a more durable paper boat. At the very least, it’s better to swim and last longer. And it only takes 10 minutes! Great for baths, sinks, fountains and other bodies of water.
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How to make a waterproof paper boat
Do you like to make paper boats, but they all drown? Then take a look at an example, how to make a paper boatthat does not sink. And how to make a boat waterproof read the instructions on the site. Although the idea is simple, fold an ordinary paper boat, you can from a newspaper, as in this case. Then light a candle and let liquid wax dripping nand the boat, and you finger distribute it on the surface of the hull. Lubricate all areas of your paper boat. Do not put a lot of waxbecause the paper boat will be too heavy. That’s the whole secret of “unsinkability”, however, master class look at step by step photos.
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Paper pirate boat
Here is the instruction, how to make a paper boat do it yourself. Although this simple paperwork is familiar to many, you can not only teach your children this simple origami, but also a little fantasy. For example, make a pirate boat out of paper. Just grab a match or a toothpick to use as a flagpole. On a triangular piece of paper, draw a pirate symbol with a skull and swords. Color the rest of the flag with a black marker. Glue the flag to the match and the match to the boat. The pirate boat is ready, you can sail in search of treasure.
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How to make a paper boat diagram
Submitted paper boat this classic version, which they probably know how to add everything. The most important technique you need to know is “pocket fold"To be used twice. The most remarkable feature of this paper boat consists in the fact that if you use the “pocket fold” three times (that is, one more time), you can make a boat of a smaller size (about 2/3) with the identical shape of the original boat. Pocket fold, it’s smart, that is, we bend corners and bend the bottom, this is the “pocket”. In general, if anyone forgot how to make a simple paper boatSee below for step-by-step photos.
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Paper boats photo
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DIY paper boat
The origami technique of this paper yacht is very similar to the traditional origami catamaran in the initial folding sequence. Here is the main way fold gate. That is, two folds of a valley of square paper. The name "Gates" is used for this folding technique, since its effect is similar to closing the gates. There are two different ways to bend the gate, horizontal and vertical. In fact, this is the same method, since the difference between them is only 90 °. You do not have to have any special knowledge about origami in order to add up this model. do-it-yourself paper boat with paper sail. Everything is very accessible shown below on step by step photos.
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Here is another example of the same paper yacht models. It is similar to the previous magic boat, but a little thinner and looks graceful.
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Paper boat yacht
Shown here how to fold a boat out of paper on a practical example. Take a piece of paper of your favorite color. Fold and then open. Unfold, fold the center to get 4 rectangles or 3 folds. Then the same, but perpendicular. Fold in half -> unfold -> fold to the center. You will get 16 boxes. Fold in half, but this time to make a triangle. Expand and do the same in a different way, perpendicular to what you just folded. Expand. Now unpainted side fold up the corners in the center. Then bend to the center to make a rectangle.
Take the upper angle valves and bend to the sides. Press the lower part behind the valves (the part touching the table) and attach trapezoid shape. Do the same on the other side. Do not turn around. Take one side of the trapezoid and bend to the side. Do the same with the valve next to it. Turn over the paper. Take the top corner and fold diagonallyto flip the bottom. Done.
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Origami paper yacht
A simple and easy way to make a yacht origami boat from a sheet of paper
Fold the paper in half. It's hard, but don’t worry :)
Expand. Then fold the paper in half on the other side. You should see a “+” sign and paper divided into 4 parts.
After that, fold the top and bottom of the fold into the center. It should look like a door. Now turn the paper and make another door from the remaining sides. The sheet should be divided into 16 parts. Like a little chessboard!
- Unfold the entire paper and fold it diagonally
- Then expand and make for the other two angles
- Now take every corner and turn to the center
- Rotate the paper 90 degrees so that you have short edges at the top and bottom
- From the upper half, grasp the inner corners and fold diagonally.
- Press the upper middle part in the center.
- Rotate 180 degrees and do it the other way.
- Rotate the paper 90 degrees, grab the top left and bottom left edges and bend along the diagonal crease
- Flip, turn from bottom to right, and then along the diagonal crease
- One more step, flip up, and you're done.
Enjoy your origami yacht, just do not submerge….
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Paper steamer folding scheme
A volume cube is made up of a square sheet of paper. Scissors and glue are not needed. Fold the sheet according to this pattern, and you will get a great paper steamer.
Simple paper steamer
Step by step photos, how to make a simple origami steamer out of paper. Or a boat, name what you like best.
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15 photos of do-it-yourself paper steamers
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Origami paper catamaran
Example how to make an origami paper boat with your own hands. Two internal reverse folds are applied here. Top view and side view.
See the folding technique below. step by step photos.
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This simple origami catamaran differs from the traditional one in the folding sequence, although the shape is very similar. Feature is back bend.
Sequence shown in diagrams in the gallery.
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This model is a bit more complicated, since the front side is folded differently than the back.
How to fold paper catamaran do it yourself in step-by-step photos below.
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Below are three more similar examples, how to make a catamaran out of paper origami.
Catamaran origami scheme
These diagrams show how to fold a simple boat out of paper do-it-yourself catamaran.
- Fold the paper in half and unfold.
- Fold both sides toward the center.
- Fold the top and bottom toward the center.
- Expand both folds.
- Open the bottom in dashed lines.
- Squash (open and flatten pocket technique)
- Open the sheet at the top, as did the bottom, and then squash.
- Fold the model in half by opening the boat sections up.
Ready catamaran
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How to make a catamaran out of paper
Way how to make a simple catamaran boat out of a sheet of paper A4 format. Take one corner of the sheet and fold to make a square. Then fold the other side of the paper and then unfold both parts. After that, cut with scissors andremove the rectangular part. You should just have a square sheet. Fold the four corners to the center of the sheet. Then wrap the top and bottom toward the center to get a rectangular sheet. Fold it in half, make triangles on the sides. Then gently unfold and you get a small catamaran boat.
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The basic form of origami catamaran
Do you like paper boats? Follow this simple step by step photo guide to make do it yourself origami catamaran!
- Start with a square sheet of paper and fold it in half.
- Open the paper.
- Expand the sheet and fold each half in half again.
- Then fold in exactly the same way, but horizontally, after that in half diagonally.
- Turn the sheet over and fold along the lines and inside the fold in the opposite direction.
- Rotate the model 90 degrees, flip and open.
Your paper catamaran is ready!
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Here are some more photos of origami paper catamarans
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Origami paper boat diagram
This paper boat model An origami sampan will float if lowered into the water, but probably not very long until the paper gets wet. Although you can make a boat from almost any paper, from one that does not get wet quickly. Colored paper is best suited, at least on one side. Brown paper is selected here to create the impression of a wooden boat. Sampan is a classic origami modelwhich is good to do with children, because it is very simple and fast, with a certain experience, five minutes, no more. Give it a try.
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Paper boat model peregrine falcon
Fold this do-it-yourself paper boat not difficult, just do everything as shown in step-by-step photos. The hardest part is turn the valve inside out. Before that, you should see four small triangles, two on each side. Add up all four. Then draw the hypotenuse of the right triangle to its base. Do it on all four sides. Both sides will intersect, and it will feel like it’s wrong, but it is right. A sheet of paper should look like the second photo in the gallery. Now fold a little where it overlaps, so that a flat line forms instead. To unscrew, leave the middle valve alone. Hold each side outside with one hand, and do everything you can to push it inside out. Then you can just raise the roof, the paper boat is ready!
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Origami sampan from paper
Sampan is a flat-bottomed boat, usually made of wood. But this one origami sampan made of paper and much smaller (although you could make it from a larger sheet of paper). How to fold a boat look at step by step photos, everything is pretty simple. And for the difficult part ...
Open the layers ... fold it back ... click on the bottom of the model to turn it around (be careful not to tear the paper!) Repeat this on the right side.
Origami sampan is finished! Boat can sail, but not very long, only if you do not make of thicker paper.
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A similar example, more precisely, this is the same model, but made from plain paper. It’s just better to show a few options to make it clearer. It is even shown how an origami paper boat floats in a water-filled sink. In general, see how to make a cool paper boat that can sail if the paper is waterproof enough or thick enough (but not too thick, otherwise you cannot fold it). How to fold a paper boat with your own handsdescribed in previous examples.
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Or look another one step by step instructions.
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