Star Coral

Make this star from under the sea. Looks like a piece of coral to me.

Step 2

Cut out the five pattern pieces by cutting on all black lines, including the curved black lines within each triangle that lead to the red line. The inside of the paper is also visible on this project, so i painted the inside of the paper pink before Step 2.

STEP 3

Fold patterns on all red and green lines. Green lines are valley folds and red lines are mountain folds.

Step 4

Connect the first two pieces together by gluing the two Flap A’s on one piece to the two Flap B’s on the second piece.

Step 5

Connect the third piece to the project by gluing the two Flap A’s on the second piece to the two Flap B’s on the third piece.

Step 6

Connect the fourth and fifth pieces to the project by gluing the two Flap A’s on the third piece to the two Flap B’s on the fourth piece; then the two Flap A’s on the fourth piece to the two Flap B’s on the fifth piece; and finally the two Flaps A’s on the fifth piece back to the two Flap B’s on the first piece, forming a pentagon shape as shown in Photo 8.

Step 7

Close the top and bottom of the pentagon shape to make an icosahedron. Do this by gluing the two small Glue Flaps C on each part to the neighboring two small Glue Flaps M, and gluing the two small Glue Flaps D on each part to the neighboring two small Glue Flaps N.

Step 8

Connect the “folded arms” on the top and bottom of the icosahedron by gluing each Glue Flap J to the Glue Flap E on the adjacent part; and by gluing each Glue Flap K to the Glue Flap F on the adjacent part as shown on Photo 10.

Step 9

Connect the “unfolded arms” on the sides of the icosahedron to each other by gluing each Glue Flap G to the adjacent Glue Flap H. The project is complete !

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