How to Make a Pentagon from a Square

Origami trick for how to cut a perfect (regular) pentagon out of a square sheet of paper. Comes in handy for making origami 5 pointed stars like these:
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[@brothereldest7432]

Gaaaaahhhh, THANK YOU!! I tried to follow a tutorial some place else and got completely lost. I should've gone here first! Thanks a million! :)

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

KitCatBat You're welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful :-)

[@kristianuhde5241]

You are a real Mexican hero! Great job buddy!

[@warmachine-zofficialstarwa6132]

Needed this for some dumb school project. This helped sooo much! Thanks man!!!

[@user-ue2ur2sy3p]

Author! you're PERFECT! EXPLANATION is short and clear, and really takes 2 mins, nor 5 !! like in other tutorials!!! THANKS A LOTT &VIELEN DANK!!!

[@natisly]

you have saved me a lot of time!!!! thank you!!!!!

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

You're welcome!

[@rakhikataria1463]

Awesome..Thanks for sharing this.. perfect pentagon

[@TheJeffreybike]

Perfect vide9, worked the first time, thanks!

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@deannewiseman6206]

Absolutely what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@dianea3324]

Just what I needed. Thank you.

[@salmamagdy3588]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH YOU ACTUALLY HELPED ALL THE OTHER VIDEOS ARE CONFUSING BUT YOURS IS SO SIMPLE THANKS AGAIN😭😭❤❤❤

[@danielboillosdelrio1869]

you spend so much time doing each step

[@emmqmora]

This video is so helpful, God bless you, man!!

[@dgpowell]

WOW! First video that made sense. What size paper did you use?

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

:-)

[@navajoauckland6003]

I never would have thought I'd need to make a Pentagon in my life ... Until now 👍

[@bmolitor615]

this!? is freakish! and awesome!!!

[@sunshinexdaisies]

I'm incredibly confused. I made my regular printer paper into a square and tried to follow these steps but I get to :57 where you first fold into the center of the X shape and my paper doesn't line up like his....

[@madisonj.8459]

Same! I was disappointed to find this didn't work for me

[@nimnimlight]

maybe when you folded the square in 1/2 it was the wrong way round?

[@arisdobla2774]

Me too

[@missmarigio]

I was using a template to cut out a pentagon... This is perfect!

[@rukiseki]

Thank you very much, kind sir!

[@benjaminbaron3209]

I just did the maths: it's not an entirely exact pentagon. The small angle you get between the bottom right corner and the folded X (supposedly 1/20 of a circle) is about 3/200 of a circle too large (that's 1.5%).

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

That's so cool that you figured that out! I'd love to see the derivation. Can you post it online somewhere?

[@suewintheiser1529]

Impressive, thank you.

[@JamesGloverVedicMaths]

It's not an exact pentagon but very close. The angles are about 4% out but enough for the eye to detect. :)

[@bowlineobama]

That was awesome. Thanks. Can you do other polygons, i.e 6, 7, 8. 9....sided?

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

+Khan Loo Glad you liked it! I'm sure other polygons are possible but I haven't learned how to do them.

[@nicholev7llegas568]

Khan Loo yeah

[@anneclink3486]

This is genius! Thank you for sharing :)

[@catherined317]

Merciiiii !

[@leontyna399]

Thank you!!

[@rizapersigas7849]

thank you for sharing this

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

You're welcome Riza!

[@Abdulla-nr7dt]

Is that a square i see in the first part of the video? It looks like an A4 paper

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

It's a square. It just looks taller because of the camera angle.

[@Abdulla-nr7dt]

@@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy Thank you so much for the video…It worked so well.❤All love from Kerala India

[@M_Aaliyan]

ok i will try........thanks for help

[@yohanelroy4176]

Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@masonburke9344]

I agree

[@katepera8876]

thank you and god bless

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

:-)

[@douglaslopez50]

What is the paper size? Did not work on 81/2×11. It looked like a Pentagon but uneven sizes/corners.

[@sulferx6370]

Every side should be equal.

[@carolinaperal2330]

it was brillant

[@Ashoksingh-kq6dw]

Good video

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

Thanks!

[@leonagayanilo9459]

Thanks kuya

[@ramzafiroz3884]

Thankyou sir

[@bhavankumarsa1938]

successssssssssssssssssssssssss

[@OnnoDijkman]

I love KZbin so much

[@Aoosus420]

Thanks

[@M_Aaliyan]

if we want to make 6/6 cm then how should we make it

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

+Aaliyan Qurexhi The pentagon is only a bit smaller in height than the square, so I'm guessing that if you used a 7x7cm square then your pentagon would be about 6cm high. Hope this helps!

[@arisdobla2774]

What is the dimension of the paper? I can't do the perfect pentagon

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

It doesn't matter that size it is, it only matters that you start with a square. I hope this helps!

[@arisdobla2774]

@@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy ok i will try again

[@kenjleex]

Looks like a rectangle, not a square -- does it matter?

[@JohnP.6775]

well actually yes i think it douse because the proportions are different

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

It's a square. It just looks like a rectangle because of the camera angle.

[@KiteFlyingVespa]

I'm very confused...as soon as I make the cut and unfold my pentagon, it tears cleanly in half. This has happened twice now.

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

That's strange! Maybe get someone else in your house to have a go, or watch over your shoulder while you follow the video? Sometimes another pair of eyes really helps!

[@KiteFlyingVespa]

@@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy Haha thanks, I think the paper I was using was too fragile.

[@sulferx6370]

But can you make a heptagon? (7 sides.) 😈 I feel like it would be harder to figure out.

[@kenwen7791]

Does it worked for A4 paper?

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

First you need to cut it down to a square

[@dr.amandeep4452]

What a brain

[@leonagayanilo9459]

How!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@breannatowler3963]

I got an octagon 5 times 😡😡

[@taradreams3]

It looks like you're starting with rectangular paper, not square paper. I tried this method with square paper and it didn't work

[@HomemadeGiftsMadeEasy]

Sorry it didn't work for you! It's definitely a square. It's just the camera angle makes it look rectangular.

[@maitepucciromero2091]

If you need to cut it, then it´s not origami.

[@maribelj.2142]

this is dum i got cirscle