If you are doing traditional origami, you will fold and rip the paper. You want the strip to be a half inch wide and 11 inches long.
The short end should be over the long end.
You should be able to do this without scissors, but if you left your short end a bit too long, snip it shorter with scissors. Start over with a new strip of paper if you have to snip off more than a ½ inch on the short side.
You should now have a perfect little paper pentagon.
Rotate the star and push on the remaining side to completely inflate the star. Enjoy your mini origami star!
Turn the paper over so the decorative or colored side is down.
You should have an X crease on the paper.
You should have three horizontal folds on the paper.
You should now have three vertical folds on the paper. It should now look like the paper is divided into a three by three grid.
Take the top right corner of the paper and fold it so it meets the top right corner of the bottom right square on the paper. Then, unfold the corner. You should now have four diagonal folds on the paper. [9] X Research source
Unfold the mountain fold. You should have a diagonal fold on the top left corner. Make the valley fold by taking the top left corner and folding it over so it covers the first ⅔ of the folded section. Then, unfold it. You should have a triangular shaped fold on the folded section. [11] X Research source
Once the triangle shape on the paper opens, fold down the top of the paper so it lays down horizontally. It should now look like you have a triangle shape coming out of the side of the paper and a horizontal section. [12] X Research source
Take far left section of the folded section between your fingers and pinch it so it folds. This will create a mountain fold. Unfold the fold.
Keeping the paper open on these folds, fold over the right side of the paper. The paper should now have a triangle on the top of the folded right side and a triangle coming from the side of the paper. These triangles are going to be the points of your star.
Take the bottom right section between your fingers and pinch it so it folds. Then, unfold it. This will create a mountain fold.
Then, lift up the flap in the bottom middle of the paper. Fold it to the left. This should then raise the bottom half of the paper. Use the creases you made earlier on the paper to fold up the bottom half of the paper. Lay the bottom of the paper flat. The bottom fold should now look like an upside down triangle with a flat top.
