How to Create a Ninja Star

My friend and I have chosen to show you, step by step, how to make a ninja star. This star is really cool because once finished, you can change its shape by pulling it apart and pushing it together. If you pull it, it turns into an octagon. But if you push it back together it can change into a ninja star. It is also very easy and quick to make and requires little supplies. You can even throw it like a frisbee. We hope you enjoy making and playing with this ninja star.

Material List-

• 8 Post-It Notes or 8 3"x3" Pieces of Paper (can be multiple colors or just one color)

Take one of your post it notes and fold one corner to the other to make a triangle like shape as shown above.

First open up the post it that you just folded and now fold the other 2 corners together.

First unfold the fold you just made and then fold it like a hot dog or card.

First unfold your post it and then fold the 2 top corners into the middle.

This time do not unfold your folds and fold this in half as shown above.

First fold the back flap up as shown above (the second blue post it) then fold it in to make a parallelogram shape.

Repeat steps 1-6 seven more times. You should have 8 parallelograms. If you want to do a pattern you should make 4 of one color and 4 of another color. If not that's fine to.

Take one piece you made and make sure the closed part is to your left and the open part is to your right. Then take another one and stick it in the one you have on the right. But make sure the open part of the second one is also on the right. Then fold the corners of the first one into the second one (this is shown above in two angles).

Take another piece and stick it into the piece you just made making sure the open side is on the right. Then fold in the corners like you did in the previous step.

Now repeat step 10 until you use all 8 of the pieces you made.

Fold the corners sticking out into the piece it's sitting in.

To make this a ninja star, gently push the sides into the middle. Now you have a ninja star!! To make it a octagon again gently pull the sides out.