Legend of the Lucky Stars

A long time ago in Japan, there was a little girl named Hoshi who was fascinated by the stars of the sky. She was absolutely in awe of them and would lie on the grass at night and stare at them for hours, wondering how they little bright specks of light can stay in the air for so long.

One night while watching the stars, something happened in the sky that made her sad and she began to cry. The stars were falling out of heaven like a shower. So many of them were falling that she was afraid there would be no more.

Suddenly she had an idea. Hoshi ran home and came back with a jar and some paper, and she sat down to watch the stars again. For every star that fell, Hoshi made a paper star and placed it in the jar. That night, she made one hundred stars. However, she was still sad because many more fell from the sky and she wasn't able to fold them all.

The next night, there were only a few stars in the sky. Hoshi was worried, but she had just one more idea. She ran and knocked on all the doors in the village and told all the little boys and girls to come out. She explained to them what was happened and they all wanted to help. That night they made two thousand stars and ever kid placed their own stars in their own jar.

And then something Magical happened. More stars began to apear in the sky and all the little boys an girls were happy. Hoshi spoke and said, "These stars are lucky because of us. From now on, these paper stars will be called Lucky Stars." Hoshi them looked up at the sky and said, "Whenever a lucky star is made, a falling star is saved."

Origami Lucky Stars are commonly put into decorative containers for display, or strung together as a garland or jewelry. Lucky stars are known as a very sentimental and personal gift.

*Every Lucky Star is Hand Folded by me. It takes me around 3-4 hours to complete each item unless it is a larger item, and then it can take me days or weeks to finish*