- Valley fold paper from edge to edge , making a
rectangle. Crease well and then unfold.
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- Valley fold the triangle from the other edge to edge,
crease and unfold. You'll now have a square with a
creased plus sign splitting it into 4 quarters.
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- Valley fold paper from corner to corner , making a
triangle. Crease well and then unfold.
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- and you end up with a square of paper with creases like
this.
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- Rotate your paper so one of the creased points is facing
you.
- Valley fold the left hand point to the center of the
paper (where the creases cross)
- Crease well!
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- Valley fold the right hand point to the center of the
paper (where the creases cross)
- Crease well!
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- Valley fold bottom left side point to touch the center
crease
- Crease well!
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- Valley fold bottom right side point to touch the center
crease
- Crease well!
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- And you have a petal! You can see that if you're
using double sided paper, you get a cute pattern with the
two colours.
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- Make 7 more petals.
- Flip all of your petals over so that you're looking at
the back of them
- Use scotch tape or glue to attach the petals together to
make an 8 point star.
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- Slip the last petal under the first when assembling.
This sentence will make more sense when your project is
sitting face up in front of you.
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- I like to use two different colors of christmas wrapping paper and
alternate the petals to make an even fancier star.
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- Here is a picture of an alternate version that we made
using construction paper.
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