 | to make a square piece of paper, valley fold diagonally and cut off the
excess |
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| valley fold the paper in half diagonally (so you have a
triangle) and then unfold the paper |
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| valley fold the paper in half diagonally the other way (so you have a
triangle) and then unfold the paper |
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| valley fold the paper in half (so you have a rectangle) and
then unfold the paper |
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| valley fold the paper in half the other way (so you have a
rectangle) and then unfold the paper
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| Wow! that's a lot of creases.
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| OK... now let's make the star.
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| Refold the paper in half diagonally (valley fold) to make a triangle
but this time leave it folded
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| Valley fold the left side of the triangle so the edge falls on the
closest crease
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| Mountain fold the right side of the triangle so the edge falls on
the closest crease
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THE TOUGH STEP - OPTION 1
| Grab the tip of the FRONT of the triangle and mountain fold it
towards the right side (let the creases you've made guide the fold)
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| Grab the tip of the BACK of the triangle and valley fold it towards
the left side (let the creases you've made guide the fold)
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| Notice how A and B switch places
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THE TOUGH STEP - OPTION 2
| If you struggle with the above step, instead try grabbing A and B
and switching their spots... A should go over the top and B should go
underneath to arrive at their final positions
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| Valley fold the left side down (there's a crease there, so it should
be easy) |
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| Valley fold the piece you just folded, back up again -- but not on
the original crease. Instead make a new crease and create a side
of the star -- it's sort of up to you where you want the star point to
be created.
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| Now we do the right side. Valley fold the right side down
(there's a crease there, so it should be easy) |
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| Valley fold the piece you just folded, back up again -- but not on
the original crease. Instead make a new crease and create the
last side of the star.
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| If you made nice firm creases throughout the entire project, the
star should hold itself together.
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| Strictly speaking, glue and tape aren't used in origami, but you
might want to put a few dots of glue here and there to hold the star
in place (especially if you're going to display it for awhile)
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