Origami Santa Claus -It’s a Star and a Christmas Box Too!

Santa Claus, the beloved character for children at Christmas and for origami creators! I’ve featured a few Origami Santas in Origami Spirit before.

As I was playing with David Brill’s star box, presented on the previous post, it occurred to me to transform his star box into this Star Santa simply by adding a beard.

Some origami purists might cringe at the thought of using a drop of glue to make this origami Santa, but I was assured by some close friends that occasionally, and only occasionally, we might turn away from our purist origami selves, and indulge in the pursuit of creativity, and cuteness ;-)

“If you are able to set aside taboos regarding origami, such as those against cutting, painting and gluing, new horizons will begin to open in the origami heavens”
~Kunihiko Kasahara (In his book Extreme Origami)

So in this video tutorial I show what to add to the basic star to turn it into a Star Santa.

Tips and suggestions for making the origami Santa Star Box

To make the Star Santa we need two pieces of paper:
– A white 3 x 3-inch (75 x 75 mm.) square for the beard.
– A red letter-size “silver rectangle” for the star.
To prepare the paper for the star, use a standard US letter size (8.5 x 11 inch) piece of paper. Next, cut a 3/4 inch strip along the longer side and what you are left with -the larger piece, is called a silver rectangle.
Alternatively, an unaltered A4 Standard European letter size is proportioned a silver rectangle and perfect for the origami star box.
The finished Star box shows only one side of the paper. It’s not necessary to use paper of different color on each side.
The sides at the opening of the star might want to come apart as the star is opened, which can be fixed with a tiny drop of glue.
Make tiny lucky stars, add small white triangles for beards and you have tiny Santas to fill the big star.
Fill the big one star box with chocolate mini-eggs • jelly beans • m&ms • dried beans or rice • beads • buttons • felt eggs • tiny pebbles • dried petals • dried lavender flowers • dried herbs • confetti.

The Star Santa is based on this pentagonal star.

Click here to read the origami star post.