Origami Sunburst Star Tutorial

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” 

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Well, sometimes you don't need darkness to see stars. Make one yourself and you will see stars even during daytime...ok...I am talking here about making one all by yourself using paper and here's where Origami comes to help you!

Now, I don't know who is the original designer of this star model but it is probably one of the easiest origami star models, you will find on the internet that comes under the category of modular. All you need is just two equally sized square sheets and follow the instructions closely and you will be able to make an 8-pointed star in just a few minutes. 

In this post, I am giving you a picture tutorial for making the origami star. Found the pictures in my archive folders...have many such pictures but time is a constraint. However, here you will find a detailed step by step tutorial showing you how to make an 8-pointed star using just two square sheets of paper. Fold along with the pictures and you will end up making a pretty star during the daytime!

Category:Modular

Level of Difficulty: Easy. On a scale of 5, I will give it a 2. 

Need to know: Pinwheel Base, Petal fold.

Materials required: 2nos. square sheet. Here we have used 10 cm square sheet for the tutorial.

Procedure: 

If you know how to make a pinwheel base, it is easy from there. However, if you don't then let's just start from the beginning. 

Steps to fold an Origami Sunburst Star

Step by Step Procedure:

• Step 01: Start with a square sheet with white side on top. Here, we have used the same color on both sides. Apply the valley folds on the white side dividing the sheet into 16 equal parts. Also, apply valley folds along both the diagonals.
• Step 02: Turn the sheet over and fold all the four corners of the sheet to the center. 
• Step 03: Turn it over, follow the creases to get the pinwheel base. 
• Step 04: Fold the corners as shown to the centre
• Step 04b: Open the corners and squash them to four squares.
• Step 05: Now apply the valley folds as shown one by one to every square. Also, called the petal fold.
• Step 06: Next peel open the layers along the creases to get diamond shapes at every corner.
• Step 07: Turn over the model.
• Step 7b: Fold the tips down for all the four squares. One unit with four points is ready.
• Step 08: Make one more similar unit.
• Step 09: Place one module over another and secure the stars together by folding the tips down.
• Step 10: The 8-pointed star is ready. 

You can make many such stars and use them for cards, decorations or as gift toppers. Try using glossy sheets to get the shining and twinkling effects if you wish to...

If you make one, do post the pictures here. Would love to see your origami models too.

Hope the tutorial is helpful.

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Tutorial for the August Flower: Easy origami tutorial for kids

Come August and it rains all around, 

Splish and Splash and Splosh...

We hear it lashing against the windows,

We enjoy the smell of wet mud.

The wind goes roaring,

It gets cold and dark,

As rain falls pitter patter...

We come to India during our vacations in the UAE during the month of August and end up being stuck indoors due to heavy rainfall in almost every part of the country. The cable television connection is also disrupted due to heavy rainfall. So what do we do now? My child questions me. I search for some paper or any craft material I may have stocked years ago in our drawers and find some deep red colored chart paper and some black colored chart paper. Next what? The paper I found was a little damaged at corners, some part of it was damp due to rains. So we cut out all the damaged portion and decided to do some experimentation with origami. Since the paper was of thick quality, it was not possible to make many folds, so I decided to make something that would require minimum folds and would be easy for my kid to handle also. Once done, we named it 'the August Flower' after the month of August since we made it this month.

Here is the tutorial showing kids how to make the unit and assemble it step by step. It is modular origami but doesn't involve any complex folding and is also easy to assemble, just follow the steps closely.

Materials used: 8 square sheets of paper of size 8cm x 8cm cut out from a chart paper. Glue for the assembly.

Step 1: Start with a square sheet of paper

Step 1: Take a square sheet of paper and fold it in half diagonally to get a crease at the center.

Step 2: Fold in both the sides 

 Step 2: Now fold in both the sides

Step 3: Fold in both the sides to meet the center.
Make 8 such units.

Step 3: Fold in both the sides to meet at the center crease as shown.  One of the unit for the flower pattern is ready.  You can also glue both the flaps, I didn't.

Make 8 such units for the final assembly. 

Step 4: Overlap one unit over the other

 Step 4: Overlap one unit over the other as shown above. Keep glueing the units as you add them one over the other.

Step 5: All units are assembled 

Step 5: Keep overlapping one unit over the other till you are done with all 8 units as shown in the above picture. 

Step 6: Turn over the entire assembly to get the final pattern

Step 6: Now turn over the entire assembly and the August Flower Pattern is ready.

A Ganesha cutout glued at the centre of the flower pattern

Final touches: We took a little Ganesha cut out from an old wedding card and glued it at the centre of the flower piece. A beautiful home decor piece now adorns the wall of our room.

Suggestion: You can use thin paper instead of chart paper. Gift wrappers would be a beautiful alternative. You can use this for home decor purpose or for party decorations too.

Tutorial for an 8-pointed Modular star

Here's a tutorial for a simple 8-pointed modular star pattern that starts with a square base. Of the many origami patterns and stars, you will find on the internet, most of them start from the traditional origami base or folds.  If you are aware of the origami basic folds and bases, then this star is very easy to make.

8-pointed Star Pattern with an Origami ladybug in centre

Materials used:
- 8 square sheets of size -10.5 cm x10.5 cm, using two shades of yellow color paper
- A glue stick for gluing all the units together and that's all.

Procedure:

Tutorial for 8-pointed modular star pattern

Step1: Start with a square sheet with the mountain folds on the horizontal and vertical direction; and valley folds in both the diagonal directions. 

Step 2: Once you get the creases from the above step, squash fold to get the square base.

Step 3: Fold the sides as shown to make a crease and then unfold

Step 4: Fold the top to get a crease

Step 5: Unfold to reveal the creases

Step 6: Open the flap following the creases as shown.

Step 7: Flatten it to get a diamond shape.

Step 8: One unit for the star is ready. Make 8 such units.
Start assembling the star by inserting the flap of one unit below the other unit. You can glue them as you add one unit after the other.

The 8-pointed modular star pattern is ready.

Suggestion and Tips:

You can make every unit of different color paper or you can alternate it with two or four different shades of color to make it look more attractive.

Uses: You can use it as a center table decoration, or as a wall piece too. You can also make many such stars and use it for party decorations.

For any queries regarding this tutorial, you can mail me at archguide16@gmail.com.