Origami

Origami  

Welcome back! Today I will be doing my second post. After doing my simple ninja star I found a more complex ninja star in my book, if you want something more simple, go check out my first post! Today we will be doing an 8-sided ninja star! This is definitely a lot more complicated than the original ninja star but as the author puts it “origami is an art where you don’t use glue, tape or scissors, you don’t decorate it after it is complete, and all you have to have is a piece of paper to make something extraordinary”. So let’s get started and make something extraordinary!1   You will need to start off with different colored sticky notes (this will be much easier than normal paper)

2.     Take the Square Origami Paper and fold it twice diagonally and another two times to get the bisecting crease. 

3.     Fold inwards, two of the top corners, using the middle crease to help you  

4.     Overlap both the triangles and fold in the top crease in between the two folded triangles. 

5.      Fold all the other papers in the same way 

6.      Insert one paper unit in the other and lock it by folding the corners 

7.     Insert all the paper units like this and lock them in the same way by folding the top corners of the triangle.

8.     You will get a complete circle in alternating colors. 

9.     Holding the paper circle in one hand firmly, rotate the paper in push out the paper units. 

10.  in the end you will get a pinwheel like design in the center and star like sharp spikes forming an easy paper Ninja Star.

How difficult was this one? can you make a 16 sided one?