How to; make an 8-pointed origami star

    

I took a picture for each step (sometimes more than one picture, and at different angles) in hopes that you will be able to figure it out.

   Warning!! This will be the worlds longest post.




               Real quick note. Whenever you make a fold, make it as crisp as possible.
 First step; chose your paper.
I like to use bright magazine pages because it looks way cool when it is finished, and it is a good way to recycle magazines.

                    1. Make your page into a square by folding the corner to look like the  next picture..

         2.Then cut off the extra... You should have a triangle paper taco. hehe

   3. I labeled the opposite side of the page to make this easier for you.


4. You then fold corner to corner, then unfold, then fold the opposite corner to corner. Notice the letters in the corner.  Then open it to a flat square again.

5. Then you fold the page from side to side, unfold, and fold the other side to side.
Again note the letters in the corner. A to B, then unfold and bring A to D and unfold.

                             Don't forget to make these fold crisp, These are your base folds.


  6. Then flip the page over and make all the folds the other way.

 
        Stop and make sure all your folds are really crisp and good going back in forth each any every way.






                               Then it gets tricky

   7. Bring corner A in to meet corner B. Corner A should bend at the crease and fit perfectly on the seam line of corner B.

                                                            Then push side "3" down

                             you are now going to bring C to meet the AB connection

 It will look like this once you smooth it all down.

                           Here is a view from the bottom, just so you get a better feel for how this looks in the 3D.

 

 stick your finger in the pocket on the side. See the crease right over my pointer finger in the pic below? that crease is going to meet the far left side of your star. Watch...

                                                                       See?????

                                     This is what it should look like once you pull the top layer up.
                                     Then I rememebered I have a flash on my camera. haha
                                                    This is the view from the bottom.

                                              7. Now all the side corners must be folded into the middle.

                              Flip the whole thing over and do the same on the opposite side.

                                             This is the view from the top, should almost be an "X" when the folds are crisp.
  

                               Before we move on, you have to unfold all those flaps you just folded. Yes, all 4 of them, and fold them the opposite direction, and make them CRISP! You will regret it here in just a second if all your folds are not crisp. Once you fold them the other way, unfold them again, and fold them back the way you first had them.   (I know it is alot of back and forth, but you will get very fast at that. It also makes it easier in the long run.)

   8. Fold down the top, at the top of the flaps.

Make sure you fold the top both ways, so not just forward like the pic above but also back to, fold it back and forth a few times and make it crisp again. (you are going to hate the word crisp by the end of this)
                                    Then unfold the top so it is all flat again.


  9. Unfold those flaps you made in the last 2 steps.

                     Grab the first layer on the bottom. In this case corner "B". 

    Pull it up allowing the sides to come in, and it should bend at the crease where you folded the top down earlier.

                                                  Notice B is still on the top

           the sides will want to come in automatically,  let them come all the way in until they meet in the middle.
                                                                Then smooth 'er down.

                                                                     Flip it over and repeat.

                                                     ^^^It should look like this now ^^^
                                                                This is a side view

                        10. Fold the top flaps down, the points should all match at the bottom.

                                                     Flip it over, and fold that flap down.

 11. This next step is the hardest one . You know the tip? Well it needs to be inverted.

This is where all those crisp folds get to prove themselves. I usually real quick fold all the creases one more time in every direction.
  

                       After going over all the creases, I open up the top, so it looks like this.

                                                           Did you get it????
                           Ill make the next part simple. This is the easiest way to invert it.From the above shape.

  Push the middle of one side in toward the middle. Make sure the creases fold all the way to the middle.
Then push in the middle of the opposite side.

                                                                   BAM!!! Then flatten.

                  We are making great progress. Go take a real quick break, and then come back.


                                12. We get to fold up the star's points now.
  Grab the top flap on the bottom. Pull it up until it catches, if it doesn't catch, then flip it over and start on the other side.

                                                  Then press it down and crease it.

                                                                 Flip it over and repeat

                      Then you need to open the other two sides so you can do it to those sides.
      This a top view, see how my finger is opening the left side? DO the same on the right.

                                                    Should look like this when opened.

                                 SO fold those up too. These are the points of your star. :] Pretty!!!

                                   It should look like a crown once you fold up both of those sides.
                                                          We are ALMOST DONE!
          13. fold the remaining points into existence.
                                              Let me explain haha
   Grab the first flap in the bottom corner, it doesn't matter which side. You are going to bring the corner to the middle crease and flatten it down.

                                                            Then on the other side.

                                                               Flip it over and repeat.
        Then remember how you opened up the sides like a billion times already??? Well you get to do it again.
                                                        Then fold those corners up to.

                                           

     hold on...... take another quick break, then go to part 2!