[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: How to fold a star that kids can make (11–20)
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.
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.
Fun to make in many colors! How to fold a cosmos flower
These are three-dimensional, cute cosmos flowers.
Prepare three 7.5 cm square sheets of origami paper: two for the petals and one for the yellow center.
Choose any colors you like for the petal papers.
Fold each sheet in half twice to make a triangle, then fold each corner toward the center where the creases intersect.
Fold the corners to align with the outer edges, make four cuts, then shape the petals and snip the petal tips into a jagged edge.
Make two petal pieces and the central piece, then assemble them to finish.
Try making them in various colors and display them!
Stylish star box
Fold the origami paper in half, then fold the right edge to align with the top and bottom edges to make a crease.
Fold the left corner to the center point of the crease, then fold it back along the crease.
Next, align the right bottom edge with the folded-back crease and fold, then fold the paper in half so the shapes overlap neatly.
Using scissors, cut off the excess along the lowest diagonal line to make a pentagon.
Open the paper and fold all the pentagon’s corners inward, then fold the newly formed corners in the same way.
Turn the paper over, make creases by folding along the straight lines that connect each corner, and use these creases to raise the sides and form a star shape.
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!