How To: Make a paper Chinese star

This video is a demonstration of how to make a Chinese paper star out of newspaper. First take a folded piece of newspaper and fold it in half again the long way, and then again, to make a narrow strip. Fold the strip in half to crease it, then fold the strips at a right angle in both directions. Fold the outside edges in toward the center twice and then in a triangle. At this point you will have a thick diamond shape. Repeat with another sheet of newspaper. He demonstrates how to join the two pieces together by tucking them into each other and folding. The finished result is a four pointed star.