Probably, the easiest and most well known example of folding with one strip of paper is the Lucky Star. It is also called Chinese lucky star, dream star, wishing star, or simply origami star. When they are made in a variety of colors and arranged in layers, or set in clear glass bowls, they are visually stunning.
Just one warning: folding Lucky Paper Stars can be very addictive!
You will learn that the number of times you should wrap around the pentagon will depend on the width of your strip and the thickness of your paper. If at step 7 your star is too thick, it will be very hard to push in the sides so you should use shorter length strip in that case. On the side if your paper is too thin, the pentagon will bend and you can't form the star right, so use longer paper. It's not as complicated as it sounds, so go for it. Couple of times of trial and mistakes and you'll have a perfect lucky paper star.
You could also make bigger stars :
If the stores in your neighborhoud don't sell the precut strips of paper, you can also order on the Internet. If you find that too expensive you can print out some paper and cut the strips yourself.
This is written by Kristel «3!
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