Grab a piece of paper, scissors, a pencil, and a ruler! That's all you'll need to make your paper star.If you have a square piece of paper, you only need the paper!
Step 2: Cut your paper into a square
If you're starting with an 8-1/2 by 11 inch rectangular piece of paper, you'll need to cut it into a square shape.Place the paper down landscape. Measure 8-1/2 inches across the paper in 4 - 5 spots and mark it with pencil.
Draw a line connecting the marks, and then cut the excess paper off. (You can use this paper to make smaller stars!)
You now have a square piece of paper to fold a star with!
Step 3: Fold the paper
To begin, fold the paper in half by bringing the bottom of the paper up to meet the top.
Fold the bottom right corner up to meet the top edge.
Open up your last fold, and then bring the top right corner down to meet the bottom edge.
Open your last fold and you will see an 'X' on the right half of the paper, created from your folds.Take the bottom left corner and bring it to the center of the 'X'. Crease the fold on the left.
Now take the corner that was on the 'X' and fold it to the left, bringing the bottom right edge of the top flap over to meet left edge.Make sure that the bottom point of this fold is a crisp point because this will be the center of the star.
Fold up the bottom edge on the right to meet the center fold.
Flip over the paper and bring the left edge to meet the right, folding it in half. (There is a natural folding point in the center.)
Flip the paper over again, bringing the bottom point to the top, making sure you can see the folds/edges of paper.
Step 4: Make a cut and unfold the star
Grab your scissors and cut from the bottom left up to the right on an angle.
Discard the bottom right section and unfold the triangle. You've create a star!
Crease the folds so every long line going to a point is folded upwards, and every short line is folded downwards.
Set the star down and press on the center to relax the folds and make star a bit flatter.