Making a magic dragon
- Updated December 30th, 2009 in Technical
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TROGDOR the BURNINATOR Magic Dragon on YouTube
You will need
- Template print out
- Scissors
- A tiny bit of sticky tape
- Socks to be knocked off
Templates
Cat Illusion
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Dragon Illusion
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Super Robot Dog |
Cut out the template
Cut around the black line of the template, just leaving the part in the middle. Don’t forget to cut the slits at the bottom for the tabs to go into.
Assemble the template
Score, fold and tape the template together. Scoring by running the scissor edge along the fold line helps crease the paper in the correct place. The only tricky part of this is to make sure you fold the head part in. This is shown in this angle and the head close up. If this goes wrong, you can always re-fold it the correct way.
Be amazed
Are there any other designs of this make ???
Unfortunately I’ve only come across the dragon, robot and cat, but the dragon can be in three colours.
There’s a zombie pattern that’s free. Go to http://ravensblight.com/Illusion.html
or google “the moving sculpture illusion” to get the pattern and instructions. I usually have to tape toothpicks to the back of the zombie to reinforce it because it’s skinny and topheavy, though.
…There’s also some Japanese patterns out there but they are not free.
(I’ve done the Dragon pattern for years with my 8th graders and they love it!) …There’s also a complicated template at http://www.frankenpaper.com/pt/franken-illusion/franken-illusion-index.html where a Frankenstein’s monster’s head follows you.
Wow! Thanks for those Tina. I’ll update the entry to add links to the zombie pattern. You’re right about FrankenPaper – it looks considerably more complicated!
Ooo – freaky!! I like though…
it doent work for me i try it evrything butt her head doesnt move
Have you tried closing one eye and slowly rotating the dragon? It works best with one eye closed or with a camera.
It doesent work for me, and the head doesent move!
Yeah, is difficult but beautiful.