When making origami stars Special attention look at the photo... They will help you to better understand the process of creating a star.
Required tools: bilateral colored paper or gift wrapping paper (not too thick), scissors and a good mood.
1. Cut paper strips long 26 cm and width 1 cm.
2. Tie a knot from a paper strip: first make a loop, and then pass the short end of the paper down through it (mal1-2).
Make sure the knot is not too tight or too loose.
3. Bend the tail of the strip back so that front side it was not visible (Fig. 3).
4. Now turn the star over to the other side (fig. 4) and wind the long end of the strip around the star, as shown in fig. 5. The strip itself should lie in the right direction.
Don't bend or squeeze it. You should have a pentagon with sides wrapped several times. Fold the tail and hide it between the bindings of the paper (Fig. 6).
5. Give the star volume... In the middle of each face of the star, do small indentations using your fingernail or the blunt side of the scissors. Do not click on the star so that it does not lose volume. The size of one star is about 1.5 cm.
Stars at all times were considered something magical, mysterious and beautiful. They light the way and show the direction. Someone is lucky to be born under a lucky star. Some people rush to make a wish when they see a shooting star, others like to just look at them at night in clear weather. All people on Earth are familiar with this symbol. Maybe that's why many people want to make their own star of happiness, because she is so beautiful. Now we will try to make a star of happiness out of plain paper.
For work we need a strip of paper and a little time. In our case, the size will be 1x23 cm. Of course, you can take a strip of any size, but the ratio of length to width should remain the same every time 1:23. To find out what size an asterisk will turn out from any strip of paper, you need to multiply its width by 1.67. For example, from a sheet of A4 paper, taking into account the 1x23 ratio, it is convenient to cut strips 1.2x27.6 cm in size.Of such strips, you can make an asterisk 2 cm in size.
And so, we begin to add the asterisk. Circling the end of the paper strip around index finger, we tie a knot. You need to tighten it and press in such a way that you get a small figure of an equilateral pentagon.
You need to try so that after tying the knot, a very small end of the strip remains. If this cannot be done, it is better to cut it off or bend it back.
Next, we begin to wrap our pentagonal star in a circle with the long end of the strip, bending it each time along the line of the edge of the figure. With each fold, the strip will itself fall on the next edge on which it needs to be bent.
After 10 such bends, a short piece of the strip should remain. It can be hidden in a nearby "pocket". The result should be a pentagonal flat shape.
Now you need to try to make the figure three-dimensional. To do this, each edge needs to be lightly pressed inward with your fingers, while pulling the corners at the same time. Since the asterisk is very small, you need to be very careful so as not to accidentally spoil it.
If you did everything right, then your star of happiness should be like this.
Do not be discouraged if something went wrong with you and the asterisk did not work the first time. Try to start over and for sure, this time you will succeed! And when you learn how to do them, it will seem to you that nothing is easier.
Origami star is one of the most popular paper origami. If you do not know how to make an origami star, then on this page you will find everything you need to assemble this simple paper figure.
In the first photo, you can see what you get if you follow the assembly diagram below. The second photo of the origami star was taken by one of our site users. He made a star made of paper with a very interesting design. Such a star can serve as a decoration for a Christmas tree. If you have photos of origami collected by you, send them to the address This address Email protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Assembly diagram
Below is an assembly diagram of an origami star from the famous Japanese origami master Fumiaki Shingu. If you strictly follow the instructions, assembling the origami star will not take much time, and the result will be the same as in the picture. After doing the described in the diagram several times, you will understand how to make an origami star quickly and without peeping into the diagram.
Video master class
Collecting an origami star for beginners can seem like a daunting task. Therefore, we advise you to enter the query "origami video star" on YouTube, the largest video hosting service on the Internet. There you will find many different videos about an origami star, in which the steps for assembling a star are clearly shown. We hope that after watching the video of the assembly master class, you will not have any more questions on how to make an origami star.
And this educational video will teach you how to make a Christmas origami star from paper modules:
If you want to make a small volumetric star from a strip of paper, watch this video tutorial:
Symbolism
A star is one of the many-valued symbols. In its most general form, the star symbolizes high aspirations, dreams or ideals. In many ways, what it stands for depends on the shape of the star. So, for example, the inverted star is a symbol of the church of Satan, and the six-pointed star of David is considered a talisman.
As a rule, the older a person becomes, the more nostalgia he begins to remember his childhood years. For many adults today, this time is permeated with Soviet symbols, among which red stars can be noted.
In this master class, I will show several options on how to make a paper star with your own hands with step by step photos graphs. Such a five-pointed symbol may still be relevant now. For example, a red star is perfect as or for decoration. New Year's interior... It is not difficult to make it out of paper, focusing on the proposed master classes.
01. DIY paper star
To create a volumetric star, we need to prepare:
- red paper;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- PVA glue.
First, cut out 5 squares of the same size from red paper.
Our blanks have a side of 9 cm.
After that, you can start adding each square. First, make a diagonal fold.
Then we unfold the square blank. Bend the right side to the middle.
A similar fold should be made on the left side.
Now we need to make folds at the top of our workpiece. First, fold over the right side.
After that, we make a fold on the left side. Our blank has taken on the shape of a rhombus.
Fold it in half.
The top layer needs to be bent to the side.
In this case, it is worth paying attention to the fact that on back side the apex of the triangle coincides with the fold line.
Expand the workpiece slightly.
Smooth the fold lines.
Now we begin to spread one of the rays of the future star.
We carefully straighten its inner layer.
Now we give the blank the following look. We have got an element consisting of one whole ray and a half.
We need to make 4 more such blanks.
You can start assembling the star, and this will require glue. We put it on one half of the beam.
After that, we insert one element into another.
This is how we connected 2 modules.
We glue the rest of the elements in a similar way. Our volumetric paper star is ready.
02. How to make a star using modular origami technique
Technique modular origami allows you to create three-dimensional figures using the same elements. In our master class, the phased production of a star from several modules is presented.
To work, you need 10 square sheets of paper. We took the red notes.
We start by making one module. For him we need two sheets. First, we bend them along two diagonals. Now the same sheets of paper should be bent in the transverse directions, but in the other direction.
From one we fold the blank in the form of a double square.
From another sheet of paper with pre-marked folds, fold the blank in the form of a double triangle.
Now insert the triangle inside the square.
Bend the protruding ends from the square inward. First, we do it from two opposite sides.
Then we unfold the module blank and bend the protruding corners again. So we got one of the modules.
We need to make 4 more such modules for the future star. Let's start connecting the modules. They will be attached to each other due to the corners protruding on the sides.
Two corners of one workpiece should be inserted under the folds of the other from the inside.
The corners of another module are inserted from the outside under the folds of the adjacent one.
So we continue to connect the individual modules.
We close all 5 elements in a ring.
You can leave the origami star as it is, or you can slightly raise its top.
03. Volumetric star made of paper for a postcard
On a white sheet, draw a star stencil, as in the photo, and prepare a sheet of red cardboard.
Cut it out.
Bend the workpiece - all short strips bend inward, and long ones outward. Glue it to the base. Thus, you can make a three-dimensional star for a postcard on February 23rd or May 9th.
How to make a five-pointed star out of paper video tutorial
The stars in our life have always been of great importance. Stars give light, warmth, show direction. Someone is born under a lucky star, someone makes a wish when the star falls, someone worships them, and someone just admires them on dark nights. We are all, in fact, children of the stars, because without them we would not exist ... This symbol can be found everywhere on Earth. That is why, and also because it is simply beautiful, we will make paper stars of happiness.
For this we need strips of paper and a little time. The size of the strips is 1 cm x 23 cm or other sizes with the same ratio of width to length (1:23). Of course, the width can be larger, for example, if you use A4 paper, then with a strip length of 297 mm, its width can be made 11-12 mm.
To determine the size of the future star, you need to multiply the width of the paper strip by 1.67.
Here are some ready-made calculations (width | length | star size):
- 1,0 | 23,0 | 1,67
- 1,1 | 25,3 | 1,84
- 1,2 | 27,6 | 2,00
- 1,5 | 34,5 | 2,50
Making an asterisk
1-4. We bend a strip of paper around the finger and thread the tip of the paper into the resulting loop. Gently tighten the resulting knot so that we get a neat pentagon.
5. It is desirable that the tip does not go beyond the pentagon at all, but if this happens, then just bend it in the opposite direction (step 5). And it's even easier - to cut off the excess)))
6-8. With the free end of the strip, we begin to wrap the pentagon in a circle, in total you must wrap it 10 times in this way.
9-11. If the tip remains, it must be folded (or cut off) and hidden.
12. Here we have a blank star.
13, 14. Holding the workpiece, press with your fingernail on the edge of the star, pushing it inward.
Repeat the same with the rest of the edges. Here you need to act especially carefully so as not to spoil the asterisk.
And now our star of happiness is ready!
