I had to make a bunch of place cards for a friend's wedding. So I found this origami star design and decided to make the stars into place cards. It's pretty, but it takes a long time just to make one, luckily it was a small wedding. See tutorial below:
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| fold paper in half and in half again, open and repeat on other side to make 16 squares |
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| fold diagonally, and repeat on other side |
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| this is what your paper should look like at this point |
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| fold corner into middle |
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| repeat with all four corners, open back up |
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| fold two sides into middle |
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| pull down top and pull sides out to make it pointed, as shown, repeat with the bottom so they meet at centre |
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| this is what your paper should look like |
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| put your finger into one point, flatten it out to make a square |
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| repeat with all four points |
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| fold two sides of each square into their centre line |
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| this is what it should look like, still with me? |
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| fold each point back, but make sure you can still see some |
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| this is what the back will look like at this point |
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| open up one of the triangles and pull open, flatten out to look like the above |
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| repeat with all sides. done! (front) |
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| (back) |
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| take your folded stars, and put them together by nestling one into the other, holding it in place with points that were folded back into triangles |
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| your star! |
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print and punch out your names. i printed mine using MS Word and opening the label template Avery 8293. my scallop punch was 1.5 inches in diameter, so this template was perfect for it. fits 20 names on it.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the finished product. What a dumbo. So, I'll just explain what I did do. I took the punched out name and taped it to the middle of the star. Then, I took a wood skewer and inserted it between the two stars, and stuck the bottom of the stick into a Ferrero Rocher chocolate to act as the base! Place on each plate. Pretty and yummy. :)
