How To Make An Origami Transforming Ninja Star?

Are you looking for something to entertain your child in the classroom? Origami is simple and relatively easy - at least this origami shapeshifting star is easy enough for kids! - It helps teach kids spatial and perception skills. You can do something with a bunch of post-it notes in the classroom, and that's not bad, right?

Origami can be used in the classroom to help your students improve concentration and flexibility as well as hand-eye coordination, and this classroom activity can even provide math benefits. All you need to make this origami shapeshifting star is 8 sticky notes and a little time!

So what are you waiting for? Grab some sticky notes - it's helpful to grab at least four sticky notes in two different colors for a truly eye-catching ninja star - and have fun!

1.     Fold one sticky note in half with the sticky parts on the inside. So far this whole thing is pretty easy, right? It’s just a basic rectangle — something you can call out to your students if you’re working on shapes.

2.     Next, you'll want to fold the bottom left corner up at a right angle. This will create a triangle (again, if you're working with shapes, origami is a great way to get your students involved!).

3.     Unfold the sticky note all the way and fold the two top corners down to the middle crease.

4.     Fold the piece of Post It Note paper in half again.

5.     Using the crease, you made in step 2, fold the bottom towards the middle to create a parallelogram.

6.     Repeat steps 1-5 using the other sticky notes. In the end, you should have four of each color!

7.     Now for the fun part! You need to put it together. Take one piece and stick the open part out to the right. Now, place another inside the open section.

8.     Fold the little excess ends into the second piece.

9.     Repeat the process, alternating colors, until you get the last piece!

10.  The last piece is done the same way, except you need to make sure that the end opening part of the last piece is on the sides of the first piece you started with! Make sure all the excess is tucked in! Hold the octagon shape on each side and push inwards until the little star points are sticking out!