How To Fold an Origami Pentagon

 

This is a handy shape to know how to fold, and I use this shape as the base for making 5-pointed origami stars, so after you have made this pentagon, please follow this link to be guided though how to make the origami stars: https://www.inthekitchenwithmum.com/2015/01/how-to-fold-origami-5-pointed-stars/

 

For reference:

For the following pentagon example I used a square of paper measuring 152 x 152mm, or 6” x 6”, which made a finished pentagon size of 142mm (measuring from the top of a point to the flat base).

 

HOW TO: FOLD AN ORIGAMI PENTAGON

The key to my hand-drawn markings in the photos is:

• dash-dash-dash lines mean a fold line;
• the arrows point to the direction of the fold.
• The asterisk marks are where two points meet up in a fold.

 

First fold the square of paper in half:

 

 

So it looks like this:

 

 

Fold the bottom left corner upwards.

 

 

So it looks like this. Then unfold.

 

 

Fold the top left corner downwards.

 

 

So it looks like this. Then unfold.

 

 

Fold the bottom right corner to the left so it matches with the centre of the ‘x’ shaped creases you have already folded.

 

 

Fold the corner that is in the centre of the ‘x’ crease to the right.

 

 

So it looks like this:

 

 

Fold the bottom edge so it aligns with the edge of the fold you made previously:

 

 

It will look like this:

 

 

Turn the paper over, and fold along this line so the left edge aligns with the right edge:

 

 

It will look like this:

 

 

The paper edge marked with black pen is where you cut along:

 

 

 

Unfold the remaining triangle shape, and you will have a pentagon.

 

 

To continue on and make the origami 5-pointed stars, follow the link here: https://www.inthekitchenwithmum.com/2015/01/how-to-fold-origami-5-pointed-stars/