How to make kunai of paper with their own hands - easy instructions for beginners

The product created by your own hand acquires special value nowadays. This article presents various ways to create an original and impressive kunai. You can get started!

History and application of kunai

Kunai is a word originating in Japan, which originally meant in the people a versatile, useful and household tool, which is approximately 10-50 centimeters in diameter (the length of the product was made in accordance with the necessary measurements of the length of the hand and fingers of the warrior-professional).

However, in more recent times, the household tool acquired the title of a rather dangerous edged weapon, adapted to fight, to perform some actions.

Significant popularity kunai gained through the anime "naruto", where this device is used by professional masters quite often and in different spheres and moments.

A real kunai is made of hardened, strong iron, through complex techniques, the edges of the product are very sharp, but the product does not undergo special sharpening of the blade.

You can create toy kunai with your own hands and from less dangerous, sharp and injurious materials, but the end result will definitely impress the master and the recipient. To make this work you will not need any special effort, just a great desire and manual dexterity!

Necessary materials

To create the kunai with their own hands will require mainly improvised materials:

• White or colored paper. The density, color and other characteristics of the necessary material are chosen according to your preferences and tastes. However, it is necessary to take into account that the original tool is steel and black, so in this case it is preferable to use white or gray and black paper. But also colored material will be able to give the finished product a unique and original, as well as children will like it.
• White or colored rather thick and thin cardboard. This material will make a stronger and more durable kunai.
• Scotch tape, glue sticks, PVA for attaching some parts and elements.
• A simple sharp pencil.
• Sharp scissors to cut out large and small parts of the product.
• Various decorative elements. For example, gold or silver coins.

Tips for making

1. Necessary patterns for making kunai preferably prepare in advance to facilitate further work - print or draw in advance.
2. When choosing paper it is better to stop at more basic shades - white, gray, black.
3. To get a strong and sturdy product it is necessary to use thick cardboard.
4. If you want to create a tool of real size, you need to take some measurements: accurately measure the length of the forearm and finger, because the suitable length for a professional master kunai corresponds to the length of the forearm + the length of the two fingers holding the tool.

Kunai made of paper

Sequence of execution:

1. Prepare a blank white sheet of A4 paper.
2. The paper is carefully rolled in half to make an even rectangle.
3. On the resulting fold line workpiece is cut with sharp scissors, resulting in several small rectangles.
4. Upper corners of the resulting paper figures are bent inside the workpiece, performing the first step in turning the sheet of paper in the technique of "airplane".
5. The resulting billet is bent in half. Each figure is connected in pairs with the other. The result will be cutting blades kunai.
6. From the paper is cut out a measured, long and narrow enough piece of paper to paste the pencil.
7. An unnecessary pencil is prepared, which will be used as the hilt of the finished product.
8. The prepared pencil is covered with PVA glue and pasted with black paper.
9. A pair of paper pieces is connected to each other and attached to the handle of the tool.
10. The inside of the kunai is filled with rolled up paper, the remaining edges of the paper are attached, also secured together with glue.
11. A sturdy black ring is created from the paper and placed on the kunai handle.
12. Using felt-tip pens or markers kunai neatly colored in different colors, creating the desired image of the product.

Kunai paper kunai ready!

Kunai of thick cardboard

Sequence of execution:

1. Parts are cut out of cardboard in the shape of a wedge. The length is no more than fifteen centimeters.
2. Wooden stick is attached to two cardboard elements at a distance of about eight centimeters, backing away from the sharp blade.
3. From a dense material, such as a bottle cap, a decorative circular ring is carefully created.
4. At the end of the handle is attached manufactured ring kunai.

Kunai of cardboard is ready!

Kunai by template

Sequence of execution:

1. A specialized kunai template is made or printed. It can be drawn on thick cardboard or paper; the main thing is to make it convenient to transfer the drawing onto the main material.
2. The image is transferred to the loose cardboard with a sharpened pencil. A small space around the edges is left for gluing and fixing the pieces.
3. Both elements are glued together with PVA glue or pencil glue.
4. The handle of the piece is made from a wooden or plastic stick, wrapped in white or black paper and fixed in a hole in the bottom of the kunai blade.
5. Decorative elements are added as desired.

Kunai template ready!

Model in the origami style

Sequence of execution

1. Prepares paper A4, which is intended precisely for origami.
2. Sheets neatly rolled flat in half and cut along the resulting fold line. The result will get four rectangles.
3. Each rectangle is folded in origami airplane technique.
4. The resulting four parts are stacked in sequence with each other and glued together.
5. A wooden stick or an unnecessary pencil is prepared, neatly wrapped in glued black paper.
6. The parts, assembled one by one, are glued together using PVA glue or pencil glue and fixed on the handle of the kunai. The result is a sharp blade and a beautiful etyme of the piece.
7. At the end of the black handle is attached kunai made or finished sturdy ring.

Model kunai origami style ready!

Product using duct tape

Sequence of execution:

1. Prepares a white or black sufficiently thick paper.
2. Sheet rolls in half a couple of times and also untwisted to obtain a clear trace of the fold.
3. Upper corners evenly rolled up to the middle.
4. The upper parts of the product are also folded to the center point of the paper.
5. The bottom corners are rolled to the center, not completely reaching it, you need to leave a little distance.
6. From the sharpest corner the edges are folded to each other and fixed with duct tape. The result is a beautiful and sharp kunai blade.
7. A narrow and long piece of white paper is cut out, which is pasted around an unnecessary, thin pencil. It will be the handle of the kunai.
8. Through the hole at the bottom of the blade the hilt is inserted and fixed.
9. A very tight ring is formed from the black paper, folding the narrow sheet in several layers.

The kunai of paper using glue and tape is ready!

Kunai with a coin

Sequence of execution:

1. Square paper in the size of fifteen by fifteen centimeters is prepared.
2. The figure is rolled exactly in half diagonally.
3. Product re-folded on the diagonal and unfolded. The result will be a planned line of folds.
4. Both sides are consistently wrapped to the center, the remaining ends are neatly wrapped inside and hidden.
5. The finished piece is given a nice volume, do not crumple or damage the paper.
6. From a black narrow strip of paper is folded and glued the handle and gently poked into the blade of the kunai.
7. From another narrow strip of black paper is formed into a ring and fixed on the end of the blade.
8. In the center part of the kunai a small coin is carefully inserted to give the piece considerable weight.
9. The hole is sealed with transparent or fabric adhesive tape.

Original kunai with a coin ready!

Toys created with their own hands, take on a special value and are popular among children. You can give the finished product a unique look, decorate it with any elements you like, which can lift your spirits not only during the game, but also in the process of making it.

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