How to make a ball out of paper?

Probably, there is not a single person in the world who does not have a ball in his childhood. There are a huge number of games based on the use of this sporting attribute: basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis and, of course, football. And what do sports balls and origami have in common? It turns out that there is a special technique for making a sports ball made of paper. Of course, you can not play it, but the original gift is exactly guaranteed. Let's see how to make a ball out of paper?

What do you need?

Soccer balls are made from modules of various shapes. Their size and quantity will depend on exactly what volume you need. The most popular balls are from 8, 18 or 32 modules.

Consider the option of making a sports gift of 32 panels. You need to make workpieces 12 pentagonal modules and 20 hexagonal. The main thing is that all their sides are the same. To ensure that the traditional colors of a soccer ball are sustained, pentagons are best made of black paper, and hexagons are made of white paper. You can go and another way: paste on the pentagons colored self-adhesive paper.

How to make a ball out of paper using modules?

To begin with, all pentagonal and hexagonal modules should be neatly folded over the stencil. For this we produce a hexagonal module of smaller size than our blanks. In each of the 20 hexagons in the center place our stencil and bend all the edges of the model inside, take out the base and again iron out all the folds at an angle of 90 degrees. When creating pentagonal modules, we will use the same hexagonal stencil. To do this, all the edges of the model will also need to be folded inside, but the stencil will be applied from the outside so that all sides of all 32 modules are the same as the result. All edges gently smooth over the folds, unfolding at an angle of 90 degrees.

How to collect a ball for football?

The rules for assembling the ball are very simple. Each pentagon must be connected to five hexagons, with each hexagon bounded by three hexagons, and the pentagon does not have to border on any pentagon. We begin the assembly by attaching one pentagon to the hexagon, gluing in turn the remaining hexagonal modules around our base. Gradually, our workpiece begins to bend, taking the shape of the ball. Next, add 5 pentagons and 5 hexagons. Thus, it turns out that half of the structure is assembled. To understand how to make a ball from paper entirely, you need to be very careful. Now take 5 hexagons, and then 5 pentagons. Then left to stick the remaining hexagons, and at the end the last pentagon. Gently insert the last module into the hole. We leave the balloon to dry for a day. A beautiful and unusual gift is ready.

So, knowing how to make a ball out of paper, you can solve the problem with choosing a gift, for example, a man on February 23. The original soccer ball will be an excellent decoration of the interior and will remind you of it.