Tuesday, November 10, 2009

SHURIKEN BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Start with a square (4x4).
    Valley fold in half, and unfold.
  2. Cut the square in half, to get two 2x4 sheets. (Evil!)
  3. Optionally, turn over one sheet.
  4. Valley fold each half lengthwise, to get two 1x4 sheets.
  5. Valley fold each half the other way, to get two 1x2 rectangles.
  6. Unfold to step 4, to return to two 1x4 sheets.
  7. On one sheet, valley fold the bottom half to the right,
    creating a 45 degree crease that ends at the intersection
    of the crease and the edge of the paper.
  8. Valley fold the top half to the left,
    creating a 45 degree crease that ends at the intersection
    of the crease and the edge of the paper.
    The paper should now be in an "S" shape.
  9. Repeat steps 7-8 on the other sheet,
    BUT IN MIRROR IMAGE:
    valley fold the bottom to the left, and the top to the right.
  10. Turn both sheets over.
  11. Valley fold the outermost squares in half along 45 degree angles.
    Yes, there are two diagonals to choose from.
    Pick the diagonals that bring corners closer to the
    centers of the sheets. This will make the sheets
    look even more like mirror image "S"es.
  12. Fold the two triangles created in step 10
    across the centers of the sheets.
  13. You should now have two mirror image parallelograms,
    each with proportions of 1 x 1.414...
    Turn one parallelogram over, so that the halves are not mirror images anymore.
    One half will have a slit in the middle,
    and the other half will have two flaps showing.
  14. On one piece of paper, open out the flaps, so they stand up.
    On the other piece of paper, open out the flaps, so they point down.
  15. (3-D View.) Rotate one sheet 90 degrees.
  16. Place one half on top of the other,
    so that the slits face outward.
  17. Make sure that:
    • Two flaps point up, and two flaps point down.
    • Both slits face outward.
    • The flaps are rotated so that the crossed parallelograms
      are the shape of the finished star.
    Tuck the tip of one upward-pointing flap
    into one half of the upward-facing slit.
  18. Tuck the tip of the other upward-pointing flap into the other half of the upward-facing slit.
  19. Turn the model over.
  20. Tuck another flap into the upward-facing slit.
  21. Tuck the last flap into the slit.
  22. The finished 2-piece shuriken (throwing star)
HAVE FUN THROWING AT PEOPLE.

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1 comment:

The Unknown Seeker said...

Thats awesome. Thanks for sharing.
P.S I've been wondering how to make them.