Book Page and Cardboard Kleenex Box Ornament

Here is a tutorial on how to take an ordinary Kleenex box and make it into an ornament. I start by cutting 6 strips of cardboard, cut with an exacto knife and ruler (for the Kleenex box ornament I cut it .375 inches wide by 9 inches long).  Then using 5 strips interlock them to make a star.  The sixth strip is the center ring to interlock.  Please look at the video tutorial (part 1 and part 2) for full instructions.

I also made one out of a page from a magazine.  When making it out of paper you want to make sure they paper is thick enough, so I glued two sheets of paper together. For magazine pages I used .5 inches by 9.5 inch paper.

The dimensions I stated are the minimum lengths, in proportion to the width.  You could go as long as you want and keep the same width.  But you cannot go wider and keep the same length.  The longer you go the looser the ball will be.

Video tutorial is here: part 1 and part 2.

A reader just updated me that this ball is called Greek Soccer Ball by Kunihiko Kasahara.  I was taught how to make this in high school by a friend so I never knew what it was called.  Thanks Maria!