Guest Post: Origami Stars

Hi! I’m Lara and I’m really excited to be doing a guest post for all you lovely Pixie Mama readers. I’m a bit of an origami geek and I’d like to show you how to make lucky stars!

They’re super easy, addictive, and all you need is one strip of paper that’s approximately 20cm long and 1cm wide.

1. Firstly, take your strip of paper and ‘tie a knot’ at one end. 2. Pull very gently.

3. Flatten with your fingers until you have a pentagon shape. You should have a small flap of paper on one of the sides - fold this over.

4. Take the long ‘tail’ wrap it around and around the pentagon you have formed, creasing gently as you go. 5. Keep going until you get to the end of the strip. Tuck the last flap of paper inside.

6. Take your thumb and index finger and gently pinch the sides of the pentagon. The inside should start to ‘puff’ out.

And voila! You have a star shape! It might take a few tries to get the shape right, but once you have, you’ll be making hundreds!

Have fun, and thanks for reading! xoxo

Thanks Lara!!! I am so excited to go have a go at these! I saw some on Etsy a couple weeks ago and fell in love :) 

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