4th of July Paper Stars

I don’t really do a whole lot of decorating for the 4th of July (it sneaks up on me) but we needed a project one Saturday afternoon so I taught the kids how to make these oragami 4th of July Paper Stars.

4th of July Paper Stars Tutorial

Materials:

*Two 12″ by 12″ pieces of scrapbook cardstock for each star

*Glue (I like to use rubber cement)

*Paper clips to hold the star together while the glue is drying

 

Take a 12″ by 12″ piece of scrapbook cardstock (one sided papers work just great) and fold it in half on each side—into 4 squares.

On each line you just folded, mark 3 inches up and put a pencil dot.

Then fold papers at a diagonal on each  corner like the image above.

Now cut each line up to your pencil mark.

Fold each corner into a triangle shape to form the star points.  Glue and hold in place with a large paper clip.  Repeat for all four corners.

Repeat all steps for the second star.

And you are done!

P.S. Here is a pinnable image if you need one.