The Ace of Spades

...and other cards.

Now you can print and fold origami stars with card suits on them :). Click here to download.

Creative Project Episode 3 - Stop Printing.

Of course pre-made printable origami star designs are awesome (I wouldn't be making them if they weren't) but sometimes you want to give the printer a break, make something entirely new, or you just don't have one around for a while, like on the bus or at school. This post is about alternatives to printable star-folding-strips.

Design your own


The templates with just empty lines that I have on here aren't just for cutting lines on the back of continuous patterns. You can also use them to design your own strips. Just print a sheet of blank strips and get going with the crayons, paint, pens, glitter and everything else you ever wanted on an origami star.

I did this when I started out cutting my own strips, and it looked like this (the stars you see on the right) and this.

It was great fun to do, and you could end up with some interesting looking personalized origami stars.



Recycle


I occasionally use old magazines and catalogs to fold stars from. They usually have lots of colors, and best of all, they are entirely free. Some flyers and magazines use really thin glossy paper that isn't too suitable to fold sturdy stars from, but after some experimenting you should have a feel for the kind of paper you can use. Just cut the page into strips, and there you are.

Polkadots

Today's sheet is an assortment of different colorful polka dot patterns. They can be downloaded for printing here.

Please leave a comment if you'd want a sheet of just one of the designs, or different colors or anything else to do with dots.

The Oval Portrait

I made you a poetry-inspired sheet today, with portraits of E.A. Poe and his raven (or maybe not HIS, but still a raven ;))

Quoth the Raven, 'Download here.'

BEEES!

Another one fresh from the MS Paint press:

Bees! Not sure if they'll make you any honey, but at least they won't sting either.

Click here for a printable sheet.

Note: Link was broken, works now.

Fancy Lace

Fold classy lace origami stars with this template.

This looks really good on colored paper.

YARRRRR

Aye, t'is a pirate sheet!

Piratey stars in white/red and black/red can be folded from the strips in this file.

UPDATE (29/5): now also in black and white (for white or colored paper) with stripes and without.

Like Colored Clockwork

I've made some colored versions of the gears I posted earlier.

You can find the old-fashioned looking brown/grey ones here.

You can find the rainbow colored ones here.