Origami 4-Pointed Star Folding Instructions
This origami 4-pointed star looks like a windmill and requires some patience! It's funy how you make fold after fold and don't see the shape of a star until the very last fold! Just trust me, you are folding a star and your patience will be worth it!
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Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 1: Start with a 6" x 6" (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper color side down. Make 2 folds, 1 on each of the diagonals as shown by the dash lines below. Crease well and unfold.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 2: Now you need to divide the paper into 3 sections on both the horizontal and vertical axis. The paper here is 6" which turns out to be 15cm so every 3rd is 5cm.
Figure out how large your paper is and divide by 3. Mark on your paper as shown in the photo below. Fold, crease well and unfold.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 3: Now fold the bottom left corner to meet the spot marked by the arrow in the picture below. Crease well and unfold.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 4: Now repeat for the other 3 corners. Fold the upper right corner, crease well and unfold. See how you've added another crease to the paper?
Fold the bottom right corner, crease well and unfold.
Finally fold the upper left corner, crease well and unfold.
check out the crease pattern you've made!
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 5: Now fold the left side 1/3 over to the right.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 6: Now on the top left, we need to make a mountain fold and a valley fold shown by the lines in the picture below. The dash line is the valley fold while the "-.-.-.-" is the mountain fold.
If you're not clear on what valley and mountain folds are, check out this page for more info: Valley and Mountain Folds
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 7: Now you will open the paper somewhat. Use the valley and mountain folds to form what looks like a roof on a house. Crease down on the valley fold and push out the mountain fold. Follow the photos below.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 8: We will fold valley and mountain folds again, this time at the lines shown below. The "----" line is valley and the other is mountain.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 9: OK, open up the paper slightly, crease down on the valley fold and push out the mountain fold. Bring the right side over to the left. Follow the photos below.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 10: Make mountain and valley folds again at the lines shown below.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 11: We are almost done! Promise! :) Open up the paper and see the area marked "Flap A" in the photo below? Fold it to the left and push it out to the left.. Then bring the entire bottom piece up.
The creases and folds you've painstakingly made help bring it together easily. Follow the photos below.
Origami 4-Pointed Star Step 12: One last fold! Fold down the left tip on the dash line shown below.
and voila! Your origami 4-pointed star! You didn't see that coming, did you?
