Origami Stars

October 14, 2017 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

When I was young, I used to make these little paper stars until my hands hurt.

They were folded from strips of paper, which came in assorted colours that cost about 50c a packet. When I found them again recently in Japantown, San Francisco, I couldn’t resist buying some to teach my young friend Tully how to fold them.

The technique is quite simple and well explained in this excellent YouTube video…

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The strips are 1cm wide by 25cm long – you could cut them by hand, but they’re so cheap to buy that it hardly seems worth it. If you’re in the US, this bulk set from Amazon is good value, otherwise they’re easy to order from Ebay…

Warning: it can quickly become an addictive pastime!

It’s easy to recycle treasured papers as well – these wrappers from the Dandelion Chocolate bars (mentioned in the previous post) were far too pretty to waste, so we steamed off the labels and guillotined them into strips. We still have three bars to eat, but when they’re finished, I should have enough stars to fill a small glass bottle. It will be a perfect holiday souvenir!

Posted in Food & Friends, Frugal Living | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on October 14, 2017 at 12:08 am equipsblog

Pretty and a good way to create a momento
on October 14, 2017 at 5:30 am Meg

What a great idea for your chocolate wrappers. I have some lovely origami paper here from a Japanese friend so I will try to make some too!
on October 14, 2017 at 6:56 am Manuela

Such cute little stars. Something to keep my daughter busy this winter! She has been making paper chains and snowflakes already. :-)
Could they be made larger to hang up as decorations? I suppose the measurements would change considerably.
on October 14, 2017 at 7:15 am Lisa

I used to have jars full of these! As well as tiny paper cranes and little grasshoppers made from palm leaves. I can’t wait until my children get dexterous enough to share my origami passion!
- on October 14, 2017 at 7:50 am Sharron Arnold
  
  Lisa could you post the instructions for the grasshoppers….I used to have them but lost it long ago …my grandkids would love them….Thankyou!
  - on October 14, 2017 at 8:28 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial
    
    Sharron, I’ve never heard of them, but I just had a look on google and there are a couple of youtube videos with instructions. They’re very cute! Here’s one of the videos…
on October 14, 2017 at 6:05 pm Anne Wheaton

Neat idea! May have to dig out my old origami book for more ideas, though YouTube is soooo much easier to understand!
on October 14, 2017 at 9:09 pm Kim

So pretty – they look like a jar of sweeties!
on October 17, 2017 at 2:11 am Elaine @ foodbod

They’re so cute!