Make sure you get a nice point at the tip of the star when you crease the fold. You will see that the edge from the right will align along an already formed crease line. In the following photo you will see that the right point is folded so the point touches the centre of the star. This part can be a bit frustrating until you get the hang of it. When the points are all pinched, gather the points together and bring them in towards the center and with a bit of wiggling, the star shape should start to find a natural fold pattern and slide together. With your pentagon completely unfolded, pinch all the five points together like this: Unfold this, and repeat for the other 4 sides. Then lift the bottom edge up, and create the crease as in the following steps:Ĭrease the paper flat, and the resulting fold will look like this:
Place your thumbnail on this intersection of creases to act as a guide for the fold. TIP: At this point, I find it easier to locate the point at the side where the two bottom creases meet – which I have marked in pencil in the next photo: Now fold the bottom edge up, while making sure that the point that pokes up moves across to the left. Unfold, and then make the same fold for each straight edge.Īll the creases in the paper you have made so far should look like this:įold in the edge, along a crease line that you just created: The following photo illustrates the fold: Next, fold the straight edge upwards, past half-way, so that the bottom corners meet on the fold lines (the fold lines are the ones that you made in the previous step that come from the points to the left and right). Unfold, and repeat this for each of the five points, until you have creases in the paper that look like this (I have drawn the fold lines in so it is clearer in the photo): Make folds across the width of the pentagon starting in a corner point and folding the paper in half. The asterisk marks are where two points meet up in a fold.the arrows point to the direction of the fold.The key to my hand-drawn markings in the photos is: The next step is to have your pentagon shape with the paper you want showing on the front of the star to be facing down, so if you are using one-sided patterned paper, place the patterned side down.
#Star origami how to#
To learn how to make the pentagon shape first, please refer to my post here: To get you started I have provided detailed step-by-step instructions with a few tips as well.įirst of all, we need to begin with a base shape of a pentagon. After making a few of these stars you will be able to make them easily without my instructions.
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