How to Make a Nordic Origami Star

Watch this quick origami star video tutorial, and bring a bit of Nordic flair to your Holiday decor this year. Only one material needed: Paper!If you read my blog, even sporadically, you most likely have some hunch that I love Nordic decor. And as the Holidays approached this year, I cannot tell you how many times I searched for ‘nordic christmas’ on Pinterest in the last month and a half. And with every search I surely came across beautifully minimal Nordic décor pins with origami stars or paper star lanterns in the window or on a credenza. They seemed to be everywhere, and I’m hooked on ’em!

I love this look, but had a HECK of a time finding them affordably or in enough time to arrive before Christmas. I found them through an European retailer and though they were like $8, shipping to the US was $50, so I kept searching and found a Danish paper star tutorial that I translated with the help of Google Translate.

These origami stars aren’t hard, but there are a few steps that are difficult to decipher with still images alone, so I’ve made a video of how to make the stars. The cool thing about these stars is that the only material you need is square paper, and I was even able to find square 12″ x 12″ square paper at Michaels, so I didn’t need to cut the paper into a square. The only other too you might find helpful is fingernails, for clean folds, but this is optional. I hope you find this little tutorial helpful!

 

 

Want more holiday decorating ideas? Come see our house decorated for the season this year, last year, and the year before.

I also LOVE these macrame ornaments from Place of My Taste. I think you will too!