Needlework
05/25/2018 Anastasia Prozheva
Some decorative elements are considered universal decorations that are suitable for making a gift for any holiday. One such element is a star. Depending on the form in which it is made, the star looks appropriate both on postcards for Victory Day and on New Year trees. It can be used to decorate birthday gifts, as well as decorate interiors for graduation parties. Learning how to make a three-dimensional star from paper will be useful, since the knowledge gained will come in handy more than once.
The style of making a star depends on what role is prepared for it. If it will be a part of a greeting card, then it must be made in such a way that the back of the product can easily be glued to a flat surface.
Step-by-step instructions with photos
How to make a modular star using origami technique with your own hands? To do this, you will have to try and create a considerable number of modules from colored double-sided paper. It is the production of modules that will take the lion's share of the time that you will spend on creating this craft. The modular origami star itself is assembled quickly. So, are you ready? Go!
Step 1: Cut out the rectangles
If you have ready-made rectangles for making modules, you can use them. If not, take standard sheets of double-sided colored A4 paper and cut them into 8 equal parts. If desired, you can make a smaller star by cutting the sheets into 16 or 32 pieces.
Miniature modular projects are most often made from rectangles that make up 1/32 of a sheet. Most standard projects are made using 1/16 sheet rectangles.
We don't have much patience, so we decided to make large modules from 1/8 sheet pieces.
Step 2: Make Modules
Take one of the cut pieces. Place it in front of you and fold it in half lengthwise. Press the folds with your hand. Fold the resulting rolled strip in the middle.
Fold the top right corner down along the newly formed center line. After this, fold the left-right corner symmetrically down along the middle line.
Turn the craft over.
Fold the lower right corner up to the bottom edge of the resulting rectangle. In the same way, turn the lower right corner up to the bottom edge of the rectangle.
Fold the bottom edge up toward the bottom line of the rectangle.
Fold the module in half with all folds facing inward. Ready!
We decided to make a small star from red, pink and white paper, a photo of which you can see below. To make it you will need 24 red, 18 pink and 6 blue modules. Naturally, you can increase this number and make a modular star to your liking.
Step 3: Make the first row
Having finished making the modules, you need to assemble the star. Take a close look at what our modular origami star looks like to understand how it is built. It's really very simple!
For the first circle, take 6 blue pieces and place them in a tight circle with dots in the center.
Step 4: Make 2 circles
Connect the blue modules by fastening them on top with 6 red modules. This will be the beginning of the second round.
Between the red modules you will have gaps, which you will fill with 6 red modules. The latter will not be attached for now (until the next row).
Step 5: Make 3 circles
Go along the row, adding pink and red modules alternately. Attach each element to 2 legs from different modules, like brickwork.
Step 6: Row 4
Attach the six red pieces in the same order, namely, placing them not on top of the previous row, but in a checkerboard pattern.
A charming modular origami paper star, created by yourself, is ready! We hope you liked our master class and work scheme.
As a bonus for our favorite needlewomen, we attach a video with a master class, which presents another modular origami star.
Males should pay particular attention to this work. After all, thanks to simple techniques, the cheapest raw materials and minimal time spent, you will be able to fulfill your long-standing promise: to give your beloved a star! And may it bring you happiness! Let's start with it.
Volumetric star of happiness
- Tie a knot at the end of the ribbon. Fold the short end over to create a five-pointed outline.
- Press the short, folded end of the ribbon onto the long end and continue wrapping it almost in a circle. The form itself will tell you the direction. Try to make even turns, without skipping or moving the stripe from the previous row. Do not squeeze so that our star of happiness is voluminous. But don’t weaken it, so that it doesn’t fall apart. When the length ends, tuck the tip of the strip into the “pocket” of the two previous turns.
- Treat every corner. Squeeze the middle of the adjacent sides with two fingers and form an acute angle. The complexity and sharpness of the angle depends on the thickness of the paper.
Make a lot of these stars of happiness and give them by the handful.
A real colored five-pointed origami star will be made from five modules.
Stars are made not only for beauty. Sometimes they become formidable weapons. For example, shuriken is an iron throwing star, a mandatory attribute of oriental fighters. We will make it from paper according to the diagram shown in the photo.
Paper star craft
This star is most often used for New Year's garland. Consider the three main ways to make such a star garland.
Option No 1
This is the easiest and fastest way to make a star decoration. You need to cut out stars from cardboard of any color.
Then we place the workpiece under the foot of the sewing machine and sew a star in the middle, and when we reach the edge, we do not stop, but continue the stitching and after a few centimeters of twisted thread, we insert a new star and so on.
Option No2
Using the same method, you can make a garland of voluminous stars. They are made as follows: several silhouettes of cardboard stars are superimposed on each other and stitched together. You can use not only colored paper, but also decorative napkins and pages from old books.
Option No 3
A garland of voluminous stars is created effectively. You can no longer stitch them, but use a hole punch to make holes from the edges and stretch the thread.
Multi-colored double
The making of this gorgeous star is very difficult, almost impossible to describe in detail in words. You can watch the entire master class on video.
We make a Paper Star from triangular modules using the modular origami technique. Such a star will be an excellent New Year's tree decoration, and the production is simple and will not take you much time and is perfect for joint creativity with children.
Materials and tools:
- paper;
- scissors;
- pencil.
Step 1
First, we begin to fold the triangular modules (a total of 8 of them will be needed), from which we will assemble the star.
Cut out a square from a sheet of paper and fold it as shown in the photo Step 1 - Step 1.6. We add 8 such modules.
Step 2
We will assemble a star from the modules by nesting triangular modules into each other.
To prevent the star from falling apart, you can glue the modules together during assembly. All that remains is to make a beautiful loop and glue it to the star, as well as glue other decorations.
That's it, the paper star Christmas tree decoration is ready.
Plasticine star
Little children love to sculpt figures from plasticine. You can make anything from this material. The plasticine starfish craft is easy to make and represents a unique creative process.
What color should I use for sculpting? There are no restrictions here! Feel free to choose any shades; you can use beads and cereals for decoration.
You will need:
- plasticine;
- toothpick;
- stack.
Master Class:
- Knead the plasticine thoroughly in your hands until soft, give it a round shape;
- Press the resulting ball on top and give the edges a pointed shape. Make notches using a stack around the entire circumference of each cone. Prepare five such segments;
- Pull each pointed part into the pointed paw of the future star;
- Stick blue or green plasticine dots on each process, making the size smaller towards the end of the paw;
- Use a toothpick or skewer to pierce each dot, then use the sharp end to apply dots all over the star’s body to recreate the porous structure of the starfish;
You will get a beautiful and pretty starfish; you can decorate it with beads or millet on top.
8-module star (module preparation)
You will later combine these wonderful modules into an interesting star.
Now be patient and stock up on colored paper.
Place a piece of paper with the colored side down. Make two diagonal folds.
Fold the bottom left edge towards itself so that its side coincides with the diagonal fold.
Along the marked line, make a bend away from you, i.e. put it underneath.
Fold the AB side (top leaf only) onto the AC.
Turn the figure over.
Fold the right edge vertically.
Along the marked line, fold the edge towards you and unfold.
One module is ready. Make seven more and you can start assembling the entire star!
