Boys both small and large will definitely enjoy playing with guns. Of course, no one will give a real knife to a child. But if you wish, you can make such a toy out of paper. The answer to the question of how to make a paper knife is completely simple.
There are several ways to make such toys. For example, you can make a butterfly knife out of paper. Such a toy is made in just a few minutes.
What materials will be required
To make a safe knife yourself, you will need:
- several sheets of thick paper 15x20 cm - 2 red, 2 blue, 1 yellow.
- sharp scissors;
- several wooden toothpicks;
- transparent adhesive tape.
Also, to assemble a believable paper knife, you will need to prepare an awl.
Blanks for a knife
To make a paper knife with your own hands, take a red sheet, fold it in half along the long side and cut it into two equal parts. Fold each part in half again and fold it three times so that you get a strip about 1 cm wide.
Do the same with the second red sheet. You should end up with 4 identical red stripes. In the future, these will be the "handles" of the knife. Wrap tape around the strips to prevent them from unfolding.
Fold a sheet of blue paper in half and cut it in half. Fold one of the halves in half, then in half again and again. Cut off the end in the form of a knife edge at the resulting wide strip and wrap the resulting "blade" with tape.
Roll a narrower strip from the second blue half, folding it in half and then three times. Also cut off the end of the blade. Insert the second strip into the first to make the "blade" harder.
Cut the second sheet of blue paper in half. Roll a wide strip out of one of the halves. Cut the blunt end of the "blade" along the edges along the length by 2-3 cm. Insert the blue strip at the bottom of the "blade" perpendicularly and secure it with tape.
How to make a safe paper knife: assembly
At the intersection of the "blade" and the strip, make two holes with an awl. Insert into the holes with a toothpick. Punch holes in the ends of each of the 4 red stripes you made earlier.
Roll the yellow sheet of paper into a thin tube and tape it together. Cut two lengths from the tube equal to the red stripes.
Place the red stripes on both sides of the toothpicks. Coat the yellow tubes with glue on both sides, place them between the red stripes in pairs and press down. As a result, you will have two movable handles along the edges of the "blade".
The final stage
Cut the toothpicks so that they only protrude a couple of millimeters beyond the plane of the paper. Glue them on top with duct tape on both sides.
Cut the perpendicular blue strip at the level of the "handles". A real paper butterfly knife for a child is ready. Depending on the position of the "handles", the "blade" in such a toy will be open or closed.
