![paper scorpion](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/112-skorpion-iz-bumagi.jpg)
Children are always attracted to something unusual and mysterious. They watch films with all sorts of monsters. But it’s still better to introduce children to the world around them not through scary movies, but with the help of crafts like these. Look how cute the scorpion turned out!
How to make a scorpion out of paper.
Take a piece of paper. Make a square.
Fold it diagonally.
![Fold the sheet diagonally](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/113-slozhite-list-po-diagonali.jpg)
Fold the piece of paper so that the fold is on the right.
![so that the fold is on the right](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/114-chtoby-sgib-okazalsya-sprava.jpg)
Bend the upper left corner downwards.
![bend the corner down](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/115-ugol-otognite-knizu.jpg)
Unfold the triangle obtained on the right with a “cap” so that the fold you make is on top, right in the center.
![expand the triangle](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/116-treugolnik-razvernite.jpg)
Turn the workpiece from left to right to the other side.
![Turn the workpiece over](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/117-perevernite-zagotovku.jpg)
Unfold the piece of paper on the right side and fold the fold to the middle.
![Expand the sheet](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/118-razvernite-listok.jpg)
Iron the piece.
![Iron the piece](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/119-zautyuzhte-detal.jpg)
Fold the corners as shown in the photo and unfold again. These are your auxiliary lines.
![Bend the corners like this](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/120-sognite-ugly-tak.jpg)
Lift the bottom corner up.
![Raise the bottom corner up](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/121-podnimite-nizhniy-ugolok-kverhu.jpg)
Along the folds on the sides, fold the edges of the paper inward.
![fold the edges of the paper inward](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/122-zagnite-kraya-bumagi-vnutr.jpg)
You have a diamond like this.
![diamond](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/123-rombik.jpg)
Turn the workpiece over to the other side.
![Turn the workpiece over](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/124-perevernite-zagotovku.jpg)
Make the same rhombus.
![Make the same rhombus](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/125-sdelayte-takoy-zhe-romb.jpg)
Turn the piece over like a book from right to left.
![Flip part of the part](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/126-perevernite-chast-detali.jpg)
![book from right to left](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/127-knizhku-sprava-nalevo.jpg)
Also turn the lower part of the workpiece over to get this shape.
![Bottom of the workpiece](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/128-nizhnyuyu-chast-zagotovki.jpg)
The corner at the top is bifurcated.
Bend both sharp corners in different directions, as if turning them inside out.
![The corner at the top is bifurcated](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/129-ugolok-sverhu-razdvoen.jpg)
This is what you should get.These are the future claws of the scorpion.
![it should work](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/130-dolzhno-poluchitsya.jpg)
Bend the ends of the claws upward.
![Bend the ends of the claws](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/131-koncy-kleshney-zagnite.jpg)
Unfold them from the outside, making diamonds out of them.
![making them into diamonds](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/132-sdelav-iz-nih-rombiki.jpg)
Bend the sides to the center, making a marking, and then hide these edges inside the workpiece along it.
![Fold the sides](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/133-sognite-bokovye-storony.jpg)
Smooth the edges well, otherwise the craft will constantly unfold on you.
![Press the edges well](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/134-horosho-zagladte-kraya.jpg)
Do the same on the reverse side.
![do it on the reverse side too](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/135-sdelayte-i-s-obratnoy-storony.jpg)
Turn the craft “face” up (where the claws are). Make markings with a pencil or chalk.
![Turn the craft over](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/136-perevernite-podelku.jpg)
Roll the top part of the workpiece along it like an accordion.
![fold like an accordion](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/137-svernite-garmoshkoy.jpg)
![fold like an accordion](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/138-svernite-garmoshkoy.jpg)
Turn over to the other side. Make markings: one in the middle on the horizontal fold, and the other two on the sides a little lower.
![fold like an accordion](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/139-svernite-garmoshkoy.jpg)
Cut the top sheet in the middle to the center point, and on the sides to the mark. These are paws.
Bend them in different directions.
![Turn over to the other side](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/140-perevernite-na-druguyu-storonu.jpg)
Now bend the paws in the middle up. And then more at the edges.
![Bend them in different directions](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/141-otognite-ih-v-raznye-storony.jpg)
Bend all paws towards the head.
![Now bend your paws up in the middle](https://i.washerhouse.com/images/3/142-teper-zagnite-lapki-poseredine-kverhu.jpg)
Turn the workpiece over. You have such a scorpio. Lift the tip of his tail up. Now he is ready to attack.