It was my last day at work today, and after out lab Ecology and Evolution Lab Christmas lunch yesterday, everyone was in a very festive mood and looking forwards to going home for the holidays. Needless to say that little or no work at all was really done today!
However, something productive has come out of this week. We all had a fun lesson from the lovely Sam who taught us how all to make amazing paper stars. I thought that I would share this with you all step by step.
1 - Take a square of paper (any size - however big you want your star to be)
2 - Fold the paper in half.
3 - Fold it in half again and cut almost to the very edge of paper along the lines drawn in pencil. The fold of the paper is at the bottom of this diagram and the open edges of the folds along the left side and top edge.
4 - Open up the square, this shows you how the cutting should look.
5 - Taking the very centre of the square using a pencil or other round object role the paper around it and glue so that it forms a roll.
6 - Repeat this rolling process for the rest of the section which have been cut but working in opposite directions each time. So for example, if you role the first section of the square towards you, turn the square over and then roll towards to you again. Keep doing this until you have all the sides glued together. Complete steps 1-6 again until you have 6 rolls.
7 - Take three rolls and glue together as shown. Do this for the other set of three.
8 - Now glue and pinch the ends of the star together. You need to do this twice to each set of three.
9 - Join these two bits together, you might need to put a staple through the middle and touching edges here to help with stability.
Enjoy you beautiful paper star, would love to see how over people get on with this tutorial or if you have any advice for other ways to make 3D stars.
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