A Christmas star is a popular holiday decoration that symbolizes the light of hope and joy. You can make one using origami, the Japanese art of folding paper. Here's a simple step-by-step guide to creating a paper Christmas star: 1. Begin with a square piece of paper. You can use colored paper or white paper and color it yourself. 2. Fold the paper in half diagonally to create a triangle. Unfold it and then fold it in half along the other diagonal to create another triangle. Unfold both triangles.