Join us for a cozy and creative holiday gathering on YouTube, where paper, imagination, and seasonal cheer come together.

This special live workshop is a wonderful opportunity to slow down, make something beautiful with your hands, and share a moment of creativity with others around the world.

In this interactive livestream, Karen Elaine will demonstrate how to fold a variety of beautiful origami stars—perfect for decorating your home, making handmade gifts, or welcoming the new year with creativity and intention. 

Items Used:

For an easy, shoppable overview of the Yasutomo items used in this video, visit our Folding Festive Origami Stars collection HERE.

• One of our stars is folded from a pentagon-shaped sheet of paper. You can download templates for pentagons HERE. The PDF contains templates for two sizes: 8” (to fit printer-sized paper) and 5 7/8” (to fit standard origami paper).
• First blue star was made out of Hosho paper that was gel printed (6H Hosho Paper Pad); Karen also recommended Torinoko paper (6T)
• For gel printing, Karen likes using Liquitex Basic Acrylic, Amsterdam Expert Acrylic, Holbein Acrylic, and Golden Fluid Acrylic paint (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Other stars on the garland were folded with Double-Sided Origami Paper
  • Blue Scribbles, 4560
  • Mixed Media, 4561
  • Monochrome Marks, 4562
• Waxed linen thread 0.8mm (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Bamboo Folding Tool (OBF-7)
• Karen mentioned artist Elizabeth St. Hilaire who inspired her for gel printed washi paper
• Check out Karen's previous gel printing videos HERE (this one is our most recent gel printing video: Gel Printing on Washi Paper)
• Karen used Double Sided Origami paper in Blue Scribbles (4560) for her sunburst origami star
• Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Glue (not sold by Yasutomo)
  • Karen also briefly mentioned Stickles, a glitter glue by Ranger, not sold by Yasutomo
• For the 3D blue star, Karen used 5 sheets from our PURE Blues origami pack (4354)
• Karen filled in Arrtx gold marker (not sold by Yasutomo)
• Karen mentioned an origami class that she offers separately from Yasutomo. Check Grouper to see if you can sign up for Karen's origami class and if insurance will cover it! https://hellogrouper.com/welcome-to-grouper/