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How to make an Origami Shuriken (Throwing Star)

April 9th, 2008 by tmikuckis

The shuriken’s origin is from Japan, where warriors used this four pointed throwing star as a weapon. When people think of the shuriken, a ninja often comes to mind and for this reason the shuriken is sometimes called a ninja star.

Although it is hard to find an actual shuriken, it is actually possible to make this japanese throwing star from origami paper. The origami ninja star is not too hard to make, and you get a real cool result. After you learn how to make an origami shuriken you can throw it and it will actually fly; pretty cool, an actual functioning origami. So here is a video with instructions on how to make an Origami throwing star.

If you have any trouble with learning how to make an Origami Shuriken, just leave a comment here and I will answer any questions you have about this tutorial

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  • 1 Origami man Apr 9, 2008 at 4:25 am

    This is a very good origami video guide. Thanks.

  • 2 Jeff Apr 9, 2008 at 4:25 am

    Wow, I definately need to make an origami throwing star to throw at one of my friends.

  • 3 Susan Apr 9, 2008 at 4:26 am

    interesting origami video. I like the simplicity of it.

  • 4 Catatonic Kid Apr 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    Neat blog! =)

    I think the video instructions are a great idea – v. helpful for folks to get started. I think sometimes it can be pretty intimidating to try and learn just out of books.
    I’m going to try the moneygami sometime – What fun!

  • 5 tmikuckis Apr 11, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    thanks, I hope everyone enjoys these easy to follow video instructions. Because, those origami books can be quite confusing.

  • 6 Adithya Jul 30, 2009 at 7:19 am

    Hi, thanks for the amazing video, i have one request, can you make a video on how to make an 8 pointed ninja star?

  • 7 Nabilea Aug 22, 2009 at 4:26 am

    I am not happy. I kept on failing. After five tries, I gave up. Have a nice life.

  • 8 Hershi Sep 3, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    Ok can you please help me? i dont understand how to do the last part where you put the wo pieces together

  • 9 Romero Sep 23, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    This so easy.Thanks for showing me how to do this I have 4 shurikens already made.