color theme and so made white stars with blue foam star tips and snowflake centers
Since I used white ivory card stock to make the body of the paper stars added a bit of glamour using
- Thick Card Stock- For Indian readers I recommend Ivory Card stock available in Stationary shops otherwise you can use the thickest card stock you get. Good quality double sided pattern paper would look especially cool.Avoid thin paper as it will make your stars floppy!
- Adhesive : Double sided Tacky tape [Read more here: 12 Tacky Tape projects]makes your job quicker otherwise use regular white glue [ Fevicol MR]
- Stapler- drastically cuts down your time!
- Paper Cutter- If you have a guillotine cutter [read more here : Paper Cutting Tools] making a large number of paper stars is quick and easy!
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Cut card stock into 10 x 1 inch , 8 x 1 inch and 6 x 1 inch strips.
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Fold all the paper strips in half
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Line up the ends of the paper strips- it is important to line them up perfectly to get a perfect star at the end!
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Glue or staple the ends together
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Staple the other end of the folded strips
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
You have made one unit of your folded star. You need to make 7 or more such units. I found that stars made of 7 or 8 units looks the best.
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
So to make one folded star you need to cut
7 each of 10, 8 and 6 inch wide strips and staple them together.
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Once you have made 7 folded units, apply
double sided tape or white glue to the outer side of the unit and stick to another unit as shown
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
If you are using white glue give enough time for the glue to dry. I found tacky tape the easiest and fastest adhesive option in this step. You can also use a stapler but it can be tricky to staple through several layers of thick card stock!
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Keep on sticking more folded units
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
If you wish to add a ribbon you can add it to the adhesive strip before sticking together your 1st and 7th folded unit!
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
And here is how the folded star looks --super easy to make but a word of warning its not for little hands as my daughter [ she is 9 yrs] declared it was tricky to align the paper strips properly!
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| Folded Star Tutorial |
Since these stars are dimensional I added punched out glitter foam stars and die cut snowflakes to both sides of the folded star.
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| Folded Star Decoration |
The blue one you see below was made from thinner chart paper and did not turn out as sturdy or as beautiful as the others when hung!
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| Folded Star Decoration |
I hope this easy star tutorial will come in handy for making easy party decorations or Christmas decorations.
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| Folded Star Decoration |
Edited : This tutorial was featured at
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