The school held a paper top making competition for first grade students during the Science and Technology Practice Festival! Making paper tops is one of the homework assignments. After the production is completed, we will also compete during the class handicraft class. The top five can also participate in the school-level paper top competition!
Gyroscope is one of the interesting toys, with various shapes and rich colors, giving people a lot of room for creativity and imagination. Through making paper tops, I learned about the origin of tops. First, I will share how to make paper tops as follows:
Picture of how to make paper top
Illustration of making paper top:
1. Materials for making paper top: Prepare different colored paper strips for the body of the top, toothpicks for the central axis of the top, and white latex (glue or double-sided tape will work)
2. Wrap the colored paper layer by layer on the toothpick (the beginning paper can be fixed on the toothpick with double-sided tape); Copyright Production Department
3. You can change the paper color to a different color every few layers, so that you can have a rainbow effect when you turn it;
4. You can apply white latex on the surface of the paper top, and it is best to apply it while wrapping it (it is recommended to glue several layers of lead drawing paper, heavier ones will take longer to turn);
"Zhi TuoDetails of the activity of "Turning the Top": The time from when the central axis of the top touches the table and starts to rotate to when the top stops spinning or leaves the table is the time the top rotates. Compare whose top spins the longest.
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Illustration of how to fold a paper top. Learn how to make a paper top in 6 steps