Craft Ideas: Asian Folding Fan | Drawing (Art & Craft) - Grade 2 PDF Download

Material Required

• A4 or letter size paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Large craft sticks
• Colored pencils, markers or crayons
• Glue gun, string, and beads (optional)

Directions to be followed

• To make the fan, you will need 2 sheets of A4 or Letter size paper.
• You can leave the sheets blank or decorate them by drawing, painting or stamping on them. I decorated mine using vegetable prints.
  
• Your 2 sheets of paper should more or less have the same design or color theme. Let the paint dry completely.
• Make about a ¾-inch fold from the paper's short side. This first fold defines the width of all the next folds.
• Flip the paper and make the next fold the same width as the first one. Repeat this back-and-forth folding until you've folded the entire sheet.
  
• Trim any excess paper after the last fold.
• Repeat steps 4 to 6 for the second sheet of paper.
• Glue the two folded sheets of paper along one side.
• Arrange the folds into a pile. Fold the pile in the middle.
  
• Tie a string around the middle fold.
• Glue the two inner sides of the paper together to come up with the classic origami fan shape.
• Paint a pair of large craft sticks. Once the paint dries, glue the craft sticks onto the outer sides of the fan. Let the glue dry completely.
  
• Bring the two craft sticks all the way around to open up the fan. Move them the opposite way to close the fan.
• As an option, you can attach a string at the base of the handles to keep the fan open or closed. Cut a 10-inch length of string. Fold it in the middle and attach this middle point to the base of one craft stick using a glue gun. String some beads at the ends of the string if you like.
• Tie the ends of the string around the opposite handle to keep the fan open.
  
• The string can likewise keep the fan folded shut.