How to....Origami Star

First of all, get some square paper, it is recommended to start with paper that is at least 15 x 15 cm. If you'd like your paper star to look great on both sides, try to find some paper with color on both sides.

1. Starting with your paper white side up, fold the bottom edge up to the top edge.

2. Next, bring the bottom left corner up and to the right, aligning the top edges, make a small mark in the center of where the fold would be if you creased it fully.

3. Do the same with the top layer of the top left corner, bring it down to the right, marking just the center.

4. You can see a X in the center of the left side of the paper. Fold the bottom right corner to the center of that X and crease.

5. Fold the left of the top section to align with the right edge.

6. Next fold the bottom left edge up and to the right, aligning it to the left edge of the right section.

7. Now make a mountain fold, folding the left section behind along the edge of the right section.

8. Get your scissors and cut along the dotted line.

(To make a pentagon instead, cut along the top of the frontmost flap.)

9. Open out the paper.

10. To make the star more three-dimensional, fold the points together, making the folds in between valley folds and the folds along the points of the star mountain folds.