Ok. For those of you unfamiliar with origami diagrams, dash-dash-dash lines mean valley fold (points away from you) and dash-dot-dash lines mean mountain fold (points towards you). For me, dot-dot-dot lines mean cutting.
For this you’ll need to start with a square of paper and have some scissors at the ready.
1: Fold diagonally in half. (herp derp that should be a mountain fold… augh…)
2: Fold into quarters as shown.
3: Fold into eighths as shown.
4a: Fold into 16ths as shown; first the top flap…
4b: …and then fold the bottom flap behind, matching them up as they look in the next picture.
5: You will notice there are inner flaps. You have to cut off the top points, and where you cut should be determined by the innermost flap; try to cut just at the top of that shortest flap. (Flap is a very silly noun.)
6: Now cut off the bottom points as shown.
7: Cut out a triangular section.
8: Another triangle, this one slightly more acute.
9: Another! In this step and the next cuts be sure to keep an eye on the back side; the paper tends to creep during these cuts, and you could end up severing an important piece if you don’t watch out.
10: Another cut! Very small now!
11: Last cut, very smallest.
12: Now unfold, carefully…
Ta-da! Beautiful. Tape them on the wall, stick them on your tree, use them as interesting doilies, make a huge one and use it as a wreath. I made a giant one and wore it around my neck once! I got the idea for these from Homestuck, although the spirographs in the flashes have ten points rather than eight. I’ll make another tutorial for those soon, they’re a little more difficult!
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