Hello :)
You'll need to cut yourself some paper strips, or you can
buy them ready-made, and anything around about
this size is fine.
We're going to start by folding a knot
at one end of the paper.... like this.
This particular kind of paper tears easily,
so I'm going quite slowly and easing it in as I tighten it.
Now we have to tuck that end in, so
you can either cut it off or tear it off
and tuck it in - or fold it over, like I'm
doing.
Now we'll start wrapping the long
end around that shape.
You'll find it kind of knows where it wants to go,
if you just fold this along those edges.
And we just keep folding it around until we
get almost to the end of the strip.
Right, so that end is going to be too
short to tuck in, so we'll backtrack a bit
and again we're just going to fold over
that edge,
and tuck it in.
Right, now! :)  holding it at the edges
we're going to
very slowly and gently press in the
middles and sort of pinch the corners....
and it should start puffing out into that star shape
Just keep going all
the way around until you've got your star.
I hope you ended up with a star! If
you didn't, don't worry! It's quite
normal for it not to work the first time
or the first few times.
And if yours was looking a bit like this
here's something else that you can try.
So holding it at the edges (just make sure you're not
holding the middle)
we're going to very slightly blunt the edges.
You can
either use the back of your nail
or some sort of hard edge like a ruler or a pen
It looks like we're not doing very much
but you're just very gently
broadening the edge out a bit and it
helps that star to start puffing out.
So we're going all the way around and then
just gently pressing in
and now it's
puffed, so that you can go all the way round.
I find this paper a bit easier than the other kind but again experiment
with different types of paper because
you might find one easier to learn with
than another kind
what you might want to do is make
several of the flat shapes so that you
can practice the puffing out bit and
then it's not too frustrating if one
doesn't work. You can just move on to the
next one and just keep trying.
Before you fold them you can write out your wishes
on the stars
or things that you're grateful for.
You can also thread them up and make
them into necklaces or garlands for tree
decorations... there's loads you can do with them.
Thank you for watching! :)
I hope that
you found that helpful and that you'll
now be an expert paper star maker!
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and I'll see you next time :)
