This is a tutorial for making a paper mini aquarium display in just a
few steps.
I used my aquarium as display voor an Origami dolphin and shaek.
Step 1: This
is what you need to make the aquarium:
4 blue papers of about 11x11 centimeters
4 blue papers of about 8x8 centimeters
4 blue papers of about 6x6 centimeters
8 light blue papers of about 3x3 centimeters
glue and/or tape
a piece of ribbon or rope
Step 6: Use
the width of the stick as guidance to prefold the smaller papers
(which are also rolled up into a square stick)
Step 5: This
is how to model should look.
Step 2: This
is a paper of 11x11 centimeters.
Make Zig Zag folds over these lines.
Step 4: Make
a square shaped stick of the model, use glue or tape to close it.
Step 3: Fold
these lines into the right direction
Step 10: The
four shortest sticks are glued between the bottom and top part
Step 8: This
picture shows how the bottom and top part of the aquarium are made.
Step 9: The
bottom and top part are exactly the same.
Step 7: Make
4 sticks of each size, this makes a total of 12 sticks for one
aquarium.
All sticks have the same width.
Origami Dolphin
in a paper mini aquarium
Step 16: Fold
the corner inwards, see yellow lines.
Do the same on the other three corners, see pink arrows.
Step 15: Use
the width of a stick as guidance for these folds (prefolding).
Step 12: Add
glue to the top of each short stick
Step 11: This
picture shows how one of the short sticks is being glued to the
bottom part.
Step 14: Finally
eight plugs are made to close the openings.
Step 13: Place
the top part of the aquarium on top of the four short sticks
Step 19: Ribbon
is used to hang the aquarium (and shark)
Step 18: Insert
the eight plugs into the open parts of the aquarium
Step 17: This
picture shows the bottom and top of each plug.
This
is a selfmade aquarium in a carton box. The sticks at the top of the
box are used to move the fishes. It's made by Mollymoo
Crafts
Done!
This is a DIY video tutorial for making the paper mini aquarium: