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Introduction:
A fantastic craft would be making a paper ninja star or shuriken using a dollar bill. You will only be needing two pieces of a dollar bill, and you can have a cool paper star that you can throw around.
Difficult Level: Intermediate
Place two pieces of dollars on the same side. Fold both of the dollar bills lengthwise in half.
The second step is to fold both dollars upwards in half. Crease it well and unfold.
LEFT Dollar Bill: Fold the dollar bill upwards diagonally to the left.
RIGHT Dollar: Fold the dollar bill upwards diagonally to the right.
LEFT Dollar Bill: Fold the dollar bill downwards diagonally to the right.
RIGHT Dollar Bill: Fold the dollar bill downwards diagonally to the left.
Fold along the directions of the dashed lines as shown.
LEFT Dollar Bill: Rotate the dollar bill clockwise like the left illustration above. Mountain fold along the directions of the dashed line as shown.
RIGHT Dollar Bill: Mountain fold along the dashed lines’ directions as shown.
It should now look like the illustration above. They should have “pockets, “as pointed in the blue arrow above. Turn the LEFT Dollar Bill to the other side.
Place the RIGHT Dollar Bill on top of the LEFT Dollar Bill.
LEFT Illustration: There should be 4 segments (A, B, C & D) that you need to insert into the “pockets” of the dollar bills.
RIGHT Illustration: Insert the B segment (yellow triangle) first in one of the pockets. Follow the direction of the arrow to know where to insert it.
Next is to insert the D segment (yellow triangle) second in one of the pockets. Follow the direction of the arrow to know where to insert it.
The last step is to insert the top and bottom segments (yellow triangle) into the pockets of the dollar bill. Follow the directions of the arrow to know where to insert each segment.
Your money ninja star is done! Careful not to poke someone’s eye out!