How to make lucky paper stars

Step 1: Obtaining paper stripes: buying

You can buy ready-made paper stripes, they come in lots of colors and patterns, just type "lucky star origami paper" in google and you'll find a few online stores.

If you're just learning how to make these I would recommend you start with paper stripes that were made using step 2, which are the easiest stripes to fold.

Step 2: Obtaining paper stripes: DIY easy

Materials
A4/Letter notebook paper, preferably yellow and without holes (like the one in the picture)

Tools for method A
scissors

Tools for method B
a ruler
an exacto Knife
a cutting board

Method A:
Take a peice of paper, and using scissors cut along the lines

Method B:
Take a piece of paper, lay it on the cutting board, put the ruler against a line and use it as a guide for cutting with the exacto knife (see the second image). This method produces better stripes.

Materials
Any paper you want, colorful A4/Letter paper, wrapping paper, anything.

Tools
a printer

Step 3: Obtaining paper stripes: DIY pro

Tools for method A
scissors

Tools for method B
a ruler
an exacto Knife
a cutting board

If you chose wrapping paper, or any kind of paper that is larger than A4/Letter, you need to reduce it to that size. Now print lines on it (see attached file) then cut it using either method A or B that have been described in step 2.

Tips
The wider the strip is, the longer it needs to be to make a good star.
Also, The lighter the paper is, the longer the stripes need to be.
Therefore the file attached to this step might no be compatible with the kind of paper you've chosen, so experiment a bit.

 

Step 4: How to make lucky paper stars: The diagram

the pretty paper stripes in step 1 came with this little diagram, it's useful, but not that clear.

If your still confused look at this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLcqwx4pAcc 

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-lucky-paper-stars/