I made a little tutorial since paper stars seem to be making a comeback :D
01.
start out with a piece of paper about 11inches long and half an inch thick
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from about 2-3 inches from the top, wrap the paper around your finger making sure the shorter length over laps the longer length
03.
you now have something that looks like those breast cancer ribbons.
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fold under the tail into the loop hole
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holding the small 'tail' in one hand and the long 'tail' in the other, pull the long 'tail' downwards till you form a pentagon with two 'tails making sure its tight.
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fold the short tail behind. now you have only the long tail showing.
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continue to fold the long tail over and around the pentagon tightly. BUT DO NOT CREASE! (It should be a rounded edge on the fold, not a flat one.)
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eventually you will be left with a short tail.
09.
take the tail and tuck it into(or under. depending on how you look at it) the top over lapping piece of paper.
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rip off any extra that sticks out. now you are left with this.
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now hold your completed pentagon between your thumb and forefinger.
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with your other hand, use your thumb to push in all the sides in the middle.
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when you are done youve made your own star!
i find that the tighter the folds the puffies the star. you can use almost anykind of thin (light weight) paper as long as it is in strip form. :D
i hope this makes sense. anyquestions ask! im sure if i cant answer someone else can (:
01.
start out with a piece of paper about 11inches long and half an inch thick
02.
from about 2-3 inches from the top, wrap the paper around your finger making sure the shorter length over laps the longer length
03.
you now have something that looks like those breast cancer ribbons.
04.
fold under the tail into the loop hole
05.
holding the small 'tail' in one hand and the long 'tail' in the other, pull the long 'tail' downwards till you form a pentagon with two 'tails making sure its tight.
06.
fold the short tail behind. now you have only the long tail showing.
07.
continue to fold the long tail over and around the pentagon tightly. BUT DO NOT CREASE! (It should be a rounded edge on the fold, not a flat one.)
08.
eventually you will be left with a short tail.
09.
take the tail and tuck it into(or under. depending on how you look at it) the top over lapping piece of paper.
10.
rip off any extra that sticks out. now you are left with this.
11.
now hold your completed pentagon between your thumb and forefinger.
12.
with your other hand, use your thumb to push in all the sides in the middle.
13.
when you are done youve made your own star!
i find that the tighter the folds the puffies the star. you can use almost anykind of thin (light weight) paper as long as it is in strip form. :D
i hope this makes sense. anyquestions ask! im sure if i cant answer someone else can (:
-angie
thanks!
I usually tear the end off before I tuck it in and when wrapping the tail around the pentagon... make sure you're wrapping and NOT CREASING. If you crease, it will be hard to "puff" out the star.
AWESOME tutorial, by the way!
and your tutorial is the best :)
and thank you (:
Too bad I don't know what to do with them.
But putting the in a jar like cmhkorn said will look awesome in my room I'm redoing.
Yay, now I'm excited:D
i did that for my christmas tree years ago.
lol.
i'm just incapable of making them, i guess.
WONDERFUL tutorial! I got it on my first try! I'm totally heading to an art supply store and getting pretty patterns of paper for these :)
Thanks for the help!
the only other thing i could think of is when holding the star and pushing in the edges you might want to hold the star on the points so that as you push the edges in you can apply pressure to the star by pushing the points down. this way you might be able to pop the star out a bit easier. let me know if this makes anysense. i can take pictures step by step if youd like :)
Thanks. Great tutorial though!