Paper Stars

What else to do on a quiet Sunday afternoon other than make some botanical stars as I call them. I made these from an old school book (not mine, mine is safe) and I think they look really pretty. I like how these will be around all year but at this time of the year, you can make them from more festive papers to create a different look. Anyway, if you have been inspired, this is how I made them.

You will need paper (it can really by any paper you can imagine, from sheet music to shiny golden or simple brown paper. Glue. Twine and a pair of scissors.

From the page shown above, I made the star you’ll see at the end of the blog post and that is the same size as the one next to the page shown here. You can make big ones with bigger pieces of paper, of course.
So make sure you have two pieces of paper to start with and both the same size.

Accordion fold your paper. Then fold each into two in the middle. Then tie the two together in the middle with a piece of twine/string. This will be your hanger for the star too, so make sure you leave them long enough.

Once you’ve added the twine (but I guess this step can be done at the beginning too) cut the ends as above. These will be the end points of your star.

You can now start glueing together the sides as above. Make sure to glue the twine as shown above, as that’s where your star will hang from.

Glue all sides until you get the full circle, your star.
Repeat. And enjoy.