Zaniah

This fabulous and complex looking star is actually just a cube nested inside an octahedron. Give it a try today!

Step 2

Cut out the fourteen parts by cutting on all black lines.  On all fourteen parts, fold the green lines at the glue flaps as valley folds.  

STEP 3

Connect Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.  Note that the glue flaps in this project are each labelled with a number plus the letter A or B.  The number is the number of the point being formed, so all glue flaps at a point should have the same number.  Also, A flaps are always glued to a B flaps.  For this step, glue the following flaps to each other:

  Part 1 Flap 9A to Part 2 Flap 9B

  Part 2 Flap 9A to Part 3 Flap 9B

  Part 3 Flap 9A to Part 4 Flap 9B

  Part 4 Flap 9A to Part 1 Flap 9B

  Part 1 Flap 10B to Part 2 Flap 10A

  Part 2 Flap 11B to Part 3 Flap 11A

  Part 3 Flap 12B to Part 4 Flap 12A

  Part 4 Flap 13B to Part 1 Flap 13A

Step 4

Add Parts 9, 10 , 11, 12, and 13 to the project.  Start by placing Part 9 just below the point formed in Step 3 with each arm through a gap, and Flaps 1A and 1B above Part 1.   See Photos 5 and 6.  In the same way insert Part 10 with arms through existing gaps.  Then, glue the following flaps to each other:

  Part 9 Flap 1B to Part 10 Flap 1A

  Part 10 Flap 2B to Part 9 Flap 2A

Insert Part 11 in a similar way, then glue flaps:

  Part 11 Flap 2B to Part 10 Flap 2A

  Part 11 Flap 2A to Part 9 Flap 2B

  Part 11 Flap 3B to Part 9 Flap 3A

  Part 11 Flap 6A to Part 10 Flap 6B

Insert Part 12 in a similar way, then glue flaps:

  Part 12 Flap 3B to Part 11 Flap 3A

  Part 12 Flap 3A to Part 9 Flap 3B

  Part 12 Flap 4B to Part 9 Flap 4A

  Part 12 Flap 7A to Part 11 Flap 7B

Insert Part 13 in a similar way, then glue flaps:

  Part 13 Flap 4A to Part 9 Flap 4B

  Part 13 Flap 4B to Part 12 Flap 4A

  Part 13 Flap 1B to Part 9 Flap 1A

  Part 13 Flap 1A to Part 10 Flap 1B

  Part 13 Flap 5A to Part 10 Flap 5B

  Part 13 Flap 8A to Part 12 Flap 8B

Step 5

Add Parts 5, 6, 7, and 8.  Insert Part 5, then glue the following flaps to each other:

  Part 5 Flap 10B to Part 1 Flap 10A

  Part 5 Flap 13A to Part 1 Flap 13B

Insert Part 6, then glue flaps:

  Part 6 Flap 10A to Part 2 Flap 10B

  Part 6 Flap 10B to Part 5 Flap 10A

  Part 6 Flap 11B to Part 2 Flap 11A

Insert Part 7, then glue flaps:

  Part 7 Flap 11A to Part 3 Flap 11B

  Part 7 Flap 11B to Part 6 Flap 11A

  Part 7 Flap 12B to Part 3 Flap 12A

Insert Part 8, then glue flaps:

  Part 8 Flap 12B to Part 7 Flap 12A

  Part 8 Flap 12A to Part 4 Flap 12B

  Part 8 Flap 13B to Part 4 Flap 13A

  Part 8 Flap 13A to Part 5 Flap 13B

Note that Flaps labelled 14A and 14B remain disconnected for now.text

Step 6

Insert Part 14 below the unglued point, then glue the following flaps to each other:

  Part 14 Flap 5A to Part 10 Flap 5B

  Part 14 Flap 5B to Part 13 Flap 5A

  Part 14 Flap 6A to Part 11 Flap 6B

  Part 14 Flap 6B to Part 10 Flap 6A

  Part 14 Flap 7A to Part 12 Flap 7B

  Part 14 Flap 7B to Part 11 Flap 7A

  Part 14 Flap 8A to Part 13 Flap 8B

  Part 14 Flap 8B to Part 12 Flap 8A

And finally, complete Point 14 by gluing the following flaps:

  Part 5 Flap 14A to Part 8 Flap 14B

  Part 5 Flap 14B to Part 6 Flap 14A

  Part 6 Flap 14B to Part 7 Flap 14A

  Part 8 Flap 14A to Part 7 Flap 14B

The octahedron is formed by Parts 1 through 8, and the Cube is formed by Parts 9 through 14. They are nested together but not actually connected.