Origami Star Lei

What you need to make the lei

 

 

How to make the lei

 

1. Make a tie at the end of the strip of paper. Make it so that the end of the paper doesn't stick out of the tie. The shape you will have then is a pentagon (5-sided).

 

 

 

2. Start wrapping the rest of the strip around the pentagon shape. Keep going until all the strip of paper is used up.

Hint: Leave the paper star puffy. Don't crease the sides too hard, or flatten it.

 

3. When you're finished, tuck the end of the paper under the fold. You should have a nice pentagon shape. Try blowing into it to puff it up.

 

 

 

4. With you finger, push in each side of the pentagon. You should have a nice, puffy, five pointed star! Practice it a couple of times and it gets easy to do.

 

5. Make a bunch of stars in different colors and use a needle and thread to string them. You can put a pretty bead in between the stars if you want to.  

 

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