Daily Origami: 394 - Lucky Stars (Tanabata)

Origami: Lucky Stars Designed by: unknown Made by: Heather ---------- Today’s origami lesson is three hundred and ninety-four in the series. Tanabata is July 7th. It is also known as the Star Festival. Many parts of Japan celebrate with a festival and people will dress up in light cotton kimono-like outfits called yukata. Today’s origami is for these cute stars that are sometimes called Lucky Stars. A little about Tanabata: The story of Tanabata. Once there was a star princess named Orihime. She was known at the Weaving Princess because she was so talented at weaving beautiful cloth. Her father, Tentei the Sky King, loved her weaving and made her work hard every day to make more cloth. Orihime was sad though since she only made cloth and never met anyone. Her father felt sorry for her and so he arranged to have her meet Hikoboshi, the Cow Herder Star. He lived and worked on the other side of the great river Amanogawa (which we know as the Milky Way). When Orihime and