[Easy!] Make a star with origami: a star-folding method kids can do
Here are some easy star ideas you can make with origami!
Stars are especially handy for Christmas and Tanabata decorations.
Star paper cutouts are also great for practicing scissor skills, and they make a perfect little touch for crafts and projects.
You can string them together as hanging decorations or use them for wall displays.
Above all, kids love stars, and you’ll probably get asked, “Can you make a star?” quite often.
This article introduces various ways to fold stars, so feel free to use it as a reference and give them a try!
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[Easy!] A star made with origami. Star folding methods kids can do (1–10)
A small star made by rolling origami
Here’s an idea for making stars by rolling strip-shaped origami.
You can also use paper tape, but if you’re using standard origami paper, fold it in thirds to make it long and narrow, then cut along the creases with scissors.
Glue about three strips together to extend the length.
Once prepared, tie the strip into a tight overhand knot.
Aim to have about 1 cm of one end sticking out, and carefully adjust the knot so it forms sharp corners, then press it flat.
Fold the short protruding end inward to form a neat pentagon.
Next, simply wrap the remaining strip around so it follows the edges of the pentagon.
When you’ve wrapped all of it, tuck the end into a gap to secure it, then press inward along the five edges with your fingertips.
Pinch and shape the corners, and your star is complete!
A star made by combining origami
As preparation, cut an origami sheet into quarters to make small squares.
Fold the paper in half twice into a square, then squash the pocket on both sides to form a triangle.
From here, you’ll be making creases.
Fold both bottom corners of the triangle up along the center line so they meet the top corner.
Open it back up after folding the reverse side the same way.
This makes one unit, so make five identical units.
Once you have the units, insert the pointed tip of one unit into the triangular pockets on both sides of another unit to connect them.
If connecting three units forms a square, you’ve inserted them correctly.
For the final connections, tuck them in while slightly folding the pieces.
After connecting all the units, shape it into a star along the crease lines to finish.
Add a ring to hang it in various places!
Santa in the shape of a star
There are many ways to fold an origami star, but a star-shaped Santa origami might be quite rare.
You’ll need four small sheets of origami paper: one white sheet for Santa’s face and three sheets for the star.
Fold each of the star sheets in half along the diagonal.
Attach two of them facing each other, and finally attach the remaining triangle, and your Santa-shaped star is complete.
It’s super cute and easy to make, so I recommend it.
You might also try making a version without Santa’s face.
[Easy!] A star made with origami: How to fold a star that kids can make (11–20)
[Paper Cutting] A Star with a Hole
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There are many ways to fold origami stars, but among them, this particular design really captures kids’ imaginations because it’s shiny, pentagonal, and has a hole in it.
Turning the origami into four squares and then simply folding the edges of one square toward its center to create a pentagon feels almost miraculous.
The hole in the center can be large, or you can cut out small patterns to make a one-of-a-kind paper-cut star found nowhere else in the world.
hexagram
There truly are so many kinds of stars, and each one has its own mysterious charm, doesn’t it? Let me show you one way to fold a star.
This hexagonal star can be made from a single sheet of origami paper, without using scissors or glue.
As you fold—lining up this crease with that one until they intersect—a perfect equilateral triangle emerges, as if revealing the mysteries of mathematics.
I’m sure children will be captivated by the magic of this origami and the mystery of stars themselves.
Thinking about that, this origami holds a great deal of potential, doesn’t it?
Stitching Stars
How about making a stitched star out of origami? It looks stylish in a single color, and if you use a variety of colors, you’ll end up with a vibrant cluster of stars.
Use a standard sheet of origami paper, fold it lengthwise into quarters, then cut off one of the quarters to use.
Crease the long, narrow strip into 12 equal sections, unfold it once, then fold it into thirds and crease it again into a 12-step zigzag.
Finally, overlap two of the zigzag segments, and your star shape is complete.
String several together to make a cute wall decoration.
Puffy Star
Origami stars are charming on their own, but the three-dimensional ones are especially lovely.
Here, we’ll show you how to make a cute star with a puffy center.
Prepare two sheets of origami paper.
Find a plate that fits nicely within the paper and trace a circle.
Fold the circle into sixths, make a slit, then overlap one section to form a five-pointed star.
Apply glue to this star and stick it onto the second sheet of origami paper, then cut around it to finish.
If you glue two puffy stars together, you can make an even more three-dimensional star.
In conclusion
We introduced some ideas for making stars with origami.
Even though we just say “stars,” there were many different ways to fold them, weren’t there? Some of you may have been surprised to find, “There’s a way to fold it like this!?” Every idea is easy to make, so try creating lots of them—big stars, small stars, and 3D stars!