I have a paper shredder that cuts about the right length. I run my supermarket's weekly deals magazine through it. It's the standard glossy catalog paper, fairly stiff. Gives you good color variety and they hold up well. I used to use notebook paper when I was in highschool. I've also used receipts for one project
Very important : when wraping the long strip around the pentagon, do NOT crease strongly. Soft creases will help a lot when puffing out the little star.
>>625906 hm, guess I'll try again with glossy paper. I've got paper strips which are originally for weaving, but they are pretty thin and don't work well. Tried with regular copy paper as well and it wasn't much better (despite some tutorial claiming it's good for stars).
>>625905 It really works with any kind of paper. I like the usual 75/80 g/m^2. I wouldn't use more than 100 g/m^2 0. Wrapping paper is also nice. Just use a longer strip if the papper is thiner
>>625909 take regular copy paper 1cm (0.4in) wide stripe fold tightly it helps a lot, when you have longer nails stick middle of the sides with your nails (making kind of marks only), THEN press to the center slowly however it (inverting one face) still happens sometimes, just try to feel the right amount of pressure
>>625903 I made my gf 731 for our 2 year anniversary - one for every day we'd been together, each one with a lice note on the inside. not sure if that is a lot or just a small number compared to you guys
>>625907 >when wraping the long strip around the pentagon, do NOT crease strongly i just saw that it's opposite of what i wrote >>625911 but i don't feel the difference, still maybe for begginers it's easier to make them more loose
Started doing stars yesterday and i did quite i few of them but they are different size even though i use same sized stripe evertime. Any tip to do it more consistently?
Made a tiny vial of white ones with two red ones for my boyfriend for Christmas. I wanted to give them to him the first time we met up irl, but I never got around to getting plain red paper. They're different sizes on purpose to represent the different people in the world. The two red ones have notes in them. White ones are kind of shitty because I used thick sketch paper and had to cut the strips with scissors.
You guys usually cut out stuff like >>625913 with an Xacto knife right?
>>625906 >I have a paper shredder that cuts about the right length What brand? I've been looking for a paper shredder that cuts in a workable width but all of the ones I've found were too thin.
>>625918 Yep! It saves on printer ink to only have a half-design on it, since you won't see the inner white parts. >>625923 Typically it's easiest to use something like a wide-spaced paper shredder or a guillotine style cutter. Failing that, X-acto knives are pretty cheap and accurate. If you still have troubles with wonky edges after using those, try measuring the strips out on both sides with a ruler, and connecting the line between them to make an easier to follow guide.
>get paper >get jar >use up paper >get more paper to fill the jar >be stuck with leftover paper >buy new jar >use up paper >more space left in the jar >circle continues >be left with hurting fingers and more stars than you know what to do with
/po/, anons are saying mean things about my country in /int/. Please come say something nice about my home country and how it is one of the best in the world, thanks faggots
Been a while since I made anything for anyone, there's a cheeky message under the lid if the recipient ever thinks to open it. I specifically told them not to, otherwise it would ruin the arrangement.
>>625950 When doing a normal lucky star you make a loop and pass the paper strip one time inside the loop. To make a 7 pointed star you have to passe the paper strip in the loop 2 times in a certain way.
question, how do you get your strips of paper? do you just cut every single one out with a knife or a pair of scissors, or do you put the paper through one of those shredding machines for destroying paperwork?
>>625950 Here i made a photo, i hope it's clear enough. I think 7 pointed star are fun to make once or twice but 5 pointed stars are definitely the best.
>>625952 I don't make a lot of origami stars so i cut the strips with an scalpel all by myself. I bought a pack of strips of paper initially intendend for quilling and wanted to sue them to make lucky stars but the strips are too thin to make good lucky stars... The same goes with paper shredder i guess. You want something like 1cm large strips to make good lucky stars but paper shreeder usually make way thinner strips than that.
>>625953 By the way if that wasn't clear enough : 1 passes under 3 and 4 and it becomes 2 2 passes under 1 but over 4 and it becomes 3 3 passes over 4 and 1 but under 2 4 passes over 1 but under 2 and 3.
>>625924 how long is it meant to be i took a 1cm row from the A4 sheet of paper but some times it seems like it was too long then other times in too short. this is very confusing
>>625982 >>625982 I'm the one who posted >>625930 fifty years ago. I just used a glass milk bottle (think mine was heavy cream, actually); I'm fairly certain whomever has the cool skull container used an empty bottle of Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Skull vodka.
Personally, I just like to repurpose whatever I have lying around, although there's gotta be a bunch of places online where you can get good jars for cheap. Mason jars are always in style.
>>625903 Do any of you star friends happen to know of a similar small and simple design that is closer to a moon like pic related? The most of the ones that I found on google are too intricate and the only simple ones that show up look too ugly.
I want the class of the paper star but in moon form.
>>625905 I bought strips of paper specifically cut for paper star folding. Literally just search "paper star strips" on Amazon. It never went well for me when I tried cutting my own strips.
>>626013 Thank you! Still struggling a bit with those stars, sometimes they turn out pretty good, and sometimes I can't get them to become "puffy". Practise, practise.
>>626020 Weird. I even keep my nails short for pinching because I don't like the pinches I made with nails. But then, I have very small fingers, maybe it's because of that.
>>626021 for me, it's longer nail on the thumb, so i can make the stars more pointy >>626017 >Still struggling a bit with those stars, sometimes they turn out pretty good, and sometimes I can't get them to become "puffy". >Practise, practise. it doesn't apply for all cases, but from my experience, it's the best to start pinching from a side which you have ended in (last side you have folded the stripe over)
>>626022 I usually start with the second next side after the last, counter-clockwise (does that make sense?). After a lot of trial and error, my stars get pretty good when working from there.
>>625904 i have been fascinated and inspired by this picture aswell, i think i might actually start learning origami now when everything is closed down and we all are quarantined
Anyone here have any archives of lucky star templates? There used to be a couple that were shared around this board from time to time, but that was close to a decade ago.
I tried making some after years but for some reason they only puff out on one side on the other they're concave, no matter how delicately I try pushing in the sides. Any tips?
>>625926 oh boy, you saved my picture from so many years ago. You made my day, whoever you are. I no longer have those stars, as I put them at various places around the town for people to find, but finding this again kinda motivates me to start again.
I'm >>626029 and I thought it was time for an update. The box grew in dimensions and I'm currently starting to fill a second one. No idea what to do with all those stars, but it's fun making these. Better camera this time, but I suck at making photos, apologies
where do you guys get paper for these? I used to cut it myself, but it was too much work. So eventually I figured I could either - order some paper strips off aliexpress - find some wrapping ribbons in store (usually before christmas) and hope they're of fine quality for the stars. I'm now waiting for christmas season to find more ribbons, so far it's been the easiest way.
I want to do something like pic related. I already bought the aquarium bowl to fill.
>>626037 Thank you! I either buy strips of aliexpress or amazon (had a voucher and didn't know what to buy). Most of the time, I buy scrapbooking paper from a local store here (Action) for 70 eurocent a piece and cut them into 1cm strips (picrel). They are only 15cm long, so I have to fold carefully to not waste one or two centimetres, but the paper is perfect. The stars in the box of the pic above are mostly folded out of that paper. If you live in Europe, check if you have an Action nearby, they're great
I know this isn't the same model, but does anyone know the name/designer of this five pointed star? I tried looking for it, but I've forgotten the name:(
>>625904 >>625931 Browsing this board for ol' times sake. I'm the OP who first shared this image of the pile of stars. Im very happy that others were inspired by it! I've since put it into a shadow box for safe keeping.
>>626042 The trick is to actually have fingernails. Push in with your nail and not your finger tips. Fold the paper nice and snug too. If the wrap is too loose, when you go to push it in the sides they will buckle and sometimes fall apart.
>>626043 I'm >>626036 and >>626029 and don't have any fingernails to speak off :( I like my stars, but yours really have that nice pointy star look while still being puffy. I've only seen one in your box that has flattened again. Around 5-6 cm above the left edge of your post-it. And thanks for posting that original picture, never saw those stars before.
>>625905 If you have one near, check a Daiso; the paper I found is under that brand. If not, the measurements I have on the pack is 25cm x 1cm / 9.8in x 0.4in.
>>625941 Do you have a tut for the kiwis? They're super cute!
>>626055 it's okay, i can't do that thin strip shit either. but i can fold picrel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgAhG46NYM i'm surprised i haven't seen this model come up on here before. they're really satisfying, especially once you learn where to leave the paper uncreased
>>626032 >I put them at various places around the town for people to find Well I know what I'm doing this weekend. I could probably do this with other Origami things that I just have laying around that I don't really like/need.
I can't make the final step (pushing the sides in). Paper just doesn't bend that way and I end up crushing the whole thing or it refuses to bend at all.