How Do You Fold A Paper Star?
• Take a square piece of paper and fold it in half to make a triangle pointing downwards. • Fold the two acute corners down so they meet at the bottom corner. • Unfold the last two folds so you have the downwards facing triangle. • Fold the right hand acute corner to the left hand acute corner. • To understand this article from now on, label the crease you made in step 2-3 A, the right angle B, and the bottom acute corner C. • Fold the top flap of A so the crease matches up exactly with lines B and C. • Fold the triangle behind flap B you just made behind it so they are perfectly congruent. You should have a small triangle facing downwards. • Pull the inside paper out of the small triangle so you have two right triangles. • Pull the top flap of the bottom right corner of the big triangle as far as it can go. You should see two right triangles overlapping. • Fold the top triangle’s top half so the triangle is folded in half. • Take the bottom right hand corner of the top layer and fold
