Folded Paper Stars
These pretty stars are simple and fun enough that you can make a ton and hang them everywhere!
What You'll Need
- glue - optional
- glitter glue - optional
How We Did It
Paper chains and stars are just a part of the holidays, aren't they?
We'll just smile and get out the glitter!
We started with an 8x10 piece of paper, and folded it in half.
We needed to know the half-point here, too--it can be measured, or folded to find the half mark.
We rotated the paper so that the fold was on the left side, then folded the top corner down to the marked point on the edge.
We took the bottom left, and folded it up,
then took the top edge,
and folded it down,
and tucked it inside our previous fold.
Now we had this, and we positioned our scissors to cut at this angle, toward about half-way up. This particular paper was heavy construction paper, so Maddie needed help with the cutting.
We unfolded.... and had our star! Some of the folds were backwards, so we shaped
and reinforced them to lie properly.
Time for the pretties!
Beautiful, sparkly stars for beautiful, sparkly holidays.
3 comments
Just curious: what did you reinforce with? How? I love this project - am curious what to do with the remains...maybe a reverse star for something large - like a present?
posted by: Michele on 12.17.2012
-comment on thisHi Michele, we didn't use anything, I meant re-crease the stars, so that the middles (the points of the stars) were out, and the others were inverted, as pictured. We just used our fingers! :)
posted by: Stephanie on 12.18.2012
-comment on thisMy son, 3 years old, had a great time making these but for the younger kids I would suggest precutting them. It got confusing as to where/how to cut if he folded the star backwards and the paper was a bit too thick for him as well. Just a heads up, as with all things toddler, expect excess everything. (Glue and Glitter) Lay down the newspaper before hand!
posted by: Jessica on 12.6.2012
-comment on thisLove this! I'm definitely trying this with my little guy tonight.
posted by: Bianca on 11.30.2012
-comment on thislet us know how they turn out! i'm wondering if my 4 year old could do this. these are beautiful but maybe too complicated for my daughter right now.
posted by: Donna on 11.30.2012
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