The origami lucky star is so easy to make, but it looks so pretty... soon you'll be making hundreds!
You make it with a strip of paper. A good starting size is about 30cm, or 1 foot long, and about 1cm wide, or about half an inch.
Once you have made a couple, you can choose the length and width that you think makes the best star.
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| 1. Start with a strip of paper. Tie a “knot” in the end of your paper. | 2. Pull gently to tighten, then flatten. |
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| 3. Fold the end of the strip down and tuck it into the knot. You can cut a bit of it off if it's too long. | 4. Now wrap the other end of the strip around and around this pentagon you have formed, creasing gently as you go. |
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| 5. Keep wrapping until you get to the end of the strip. Tuck the last bit of the strip into the pouch. You should be left with a cute little pentagon. | 6. Now to make this little pentagon into a star, very gently and slowly use your fingernail to press on the centre of each of its edges. The star should puff out. |
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| And you should have a lovely little lucky star! It may take some practise to get the star to puff out perfectly, but stick with it... you’ll get it! If you are having a lot of trouble, try different papers, or try wrapping the strip of paper around without creasing it too much. This helps a bit! |
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