Each child tries to decorate their room in their own way. Some people draw pictures, and some make paper crafts and hang them all over the room. Most often children want to make stars. They can be used to decorate not only walls, but also to depict the starry sky.
Stars can be made large, small, colored, three-dimensional, pentagonal and octagonal. Such crafts serve not only as decoration, they bring a lot of pleasure and happiness. And also the manufacturing process is developing perfectly fine motor skills hands and imagination.
Volumetric paper stars
There are many manufacturing options volumetric stars. Let's look at some of them.
Octagonal star. To make this craft you will need:
- Paper;
- Scissors;
- Pencil;
- Glue or double-sided tape.
Scheme of a volumetric star made of paper:
Option for beginners
For it you will need:
- Cardboard;
- Simple pencil;
- Scissors;
- Glue.
A step-by-step diagram of how to make a paper star with your own hands:
Craft in origami style
To do it, you only need colored paper and scissors.
Manufacturing stages:
- Cut strips. Their width should be 1 centimeter and length 30 centimeters.
- Make a loop out of the flat and insert the tail into it. You will get a knot in the form of a pentagon.
- Now this pentagon needs to be wrapped with the same strip. Wrap each edge twice and hide the tip under a strip of paper.
- All that remains is to give the craft volume. To do this, take it in your hands and press on each edge in the middle.
- The origami star is ready.
Unusual paper stars
New Year's star from a roll from a paper towel. To make such a craft you need:
- Paper towel roll;
- Scissors;
- Brush.
- Transparent colored film from candies or flowers.
Making master class:
New Year's garland
To make such a garland, you need colored paper, a hole punch, a ruler, thread, and a sharp stick.
Manufacturing stages:
Paper star ball
To make such a craft, you need:
Step-by-step master class:
- Cut each leaf in half.
- Apply glue to the edges of each part and twist into tight tubes.
- Attach three rays using a stapler in the form of a fan.
- The resulting fans need to be strung on a thread. You should get a spiky star in the shape of a ball.
These unusual and interesting stars can be made from paper. Choose any option and get creative. Good luck!
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If you want to decorate your home for a holiday or just like that, and you want to do it yourself, then a star is one of the elements that will always look beautiful in a room, on a stele, on a chandelier or Christmas tree.
In this master class you will learn how to make stars with your own hands using a huge number of different methods.
All the methods are quite simple, so everyone can choose what they like best.
Read also:How to make a beautiful SNOWFLAKE
What can you make a star from?
The main material from which you can make a star with your own hands is paper. You can use cardboard, plain paper, thick paper, magazines, old books, newspapers.
How to make a 3D star out of paper. Five-pointed star.
You will need:
Printer
Thick colored paper
Scissors
1. First you need to print the blank. To do this, download the templates from this link. The template has two sizes of stars - you can make one star by printing the first page, and a larger star by printing the 2nd (twice) and 3rd pages.
2. Cut out the templates and bend them in the places indicated by the dotted line.
3. Glue all the parts together and you will have a three-dimensional five-pointed star!
Scheme on how to make a star
How to make a voluminous star with your own hands
Such a star can be hung in a room (on a wall, window, chandelier) as an interior attribute or used to decorate a gift.
You will need:
Thick colored paper (colored cardboard)
Simple pencil
Scissors
Thread (ribbon)
1. You need to start with two sheets of paper, each of which should have a square shape.
Each sheet of paper needs to be folded in half horizontally and vertically. Next you need to bend it in half diagonally twice (see picture).
2. Using scissors, make cuts along the perpendicular fold line. The cut should be approximately half a line or slightly less. You need to make four such cuts in total.
3. Fold the edges as shown in the image.
4. Now prepare the glue and lubricate one of the sides of each ray of the future volumetric star and glue it together (see picture).
5. Make the other half, following the same instructions.
6. Finally, glue the two halves together and decorate to taste.
How to make a star out of paper
Making such a star is very simple. It is made of just two stars cut out of cardboard or thick paper.
You will need:
Pencil
Ruler
Thick colored paper or cardboard
Scissors
1. Draw a star on thick paper or cardboard. You can do this by eye or use a video tutorial.
How to draw a five-pointed star
2. You can decorate the stars as you like and cut them out.
3. Now you need to make a cut on each star - on one it should go from top to bottom (from the outer corner to the center of the star), and on the other, vice versa, i.e. from bottom to top (from the inner corner to the middle of the star).
4. Using the cuts, connect the two stars by inserting one into the other.
How to make a paper star. Convex star.
These beautiful little paper stars will be an excellent decoration for your interior, postcard or gift.
You will need:
Colored paper (you can use pages from an old magazine)
Scissors (stationery knife)
* The key point in this master class is the correct cutting of paper strips.
* Stripes must be even. In this example, their width is 9mm and length 221mm.
Scheme:
1. Cut paper strips.
2. Take one strip and make a loop out of it (see picture).
3. Next is a short ponytail paper strip you need to wrap it and tie a knot. Do everything carefully so as not to tear the paper. Slowly tighten the knot, press it and hide the remaining tail by tucking it into the middle.
You should end up with an even pentagon.
4. Let's move on to the most interesting and at the same time simple process - making an asterisk.
Wrap a long strip around each side of the pentagon. You need to do 12 to 15 wraps. This means that each edge needs to be wrapped at least twice.
5. Tuck the remaining tip of the paper inside your star.
6. Now be very careful and careful.
Hold your pentagon with two fingers of one hand. At this time, use the fingertip of your other hand to lightly press on one edge. You need to get to the middle of the edge.
This process needs to be done with all the edges and you will get a beautiful star.
How to make an origami star
How to make a big star. Book pages.
Despite the fact that this star looks very beautiful, many may be unhappy with the damage to books. IN in this case old, unnecessary, technical books are used.
You'll need:
Paper or plastic three-dimensional star
* You can make a three-dimensional star out of paper yourself (see or) and proceed further according to the instructions.
Old book
Scissors
1. Cut off one-fourth of the book's pages and roll them up.
2. Glue the bags to your star as shown in the picture.
3. Apply a little glue to the edges of the bags and sprinkle them with glitter.
Scheme:
How to make a New Year's star
You will need:
Double-sided thick colored paper
Scissors
1. First you need to prepare 4 sizes of squares. You should have 8 squares of each size. In this example we used following sizes: 18cm, 13cm, 10cm, 7cm.
2. Fold each square as shown in the picture
3. Start gluing squares according to size. The first one is large and then descending.
You should get a star like this.
How to make a star for a Christmas tree. Decorative star.
You will need:
Star pattern
White cardboard
Green and red felt
Ruler
Simple pencil
Glue gun
Brown thread
1. Prepare white cardboard and trace a template star on it. Next, cut out the star.
2. Now, slowly, you need to draw another star inside. It should turn out as shown in the picture.
3. Cut out the star inside the blank.
4. Using a glue gun, attach brown string to the star and cover the star with it.
5. The star is almost ready, you just need to decorate it a little. To do this, prepare felt in red and green colors. Cut out two circles from red. And from green leaves. Glue the cutouts to the star.
How to make a Christmas star
DIY paper star. Rainbow star.
How to make the Star of Bethlehem with your own hands
This beautiful decoration ideal for any room.
As the name suggests, these are large volumetric...
These large, voluminous, star-shaped ones made of paper came to us from Sweden and Scandinavian traditions. Today, for several years now, these stars have been one of the Christmas and New Year trends throughout Europe and even in the USA. Which is not surprising: their charm, both when lit and when extinguished, evokes the most festive mood. They are hung in the house and on the street, in clubs and cafes, placed on shelves, placed on festive table on special thin high holders and are even attached to the tops of decorated Christmas trees, like a classic symbolic Star of Bethlehem.
These stars are glued together from music paper, from filigree cut (like) modules, from colored, waxed and tissue paper. They are made plain and colored, simple and decorated. You can glue a huge and small star, with long or short tops, a classic five-pointed, 18-pointed or even a ball in this style - the choice is yours. First, let's look at the basics of creating such a star, then discuss design options and how to implement them.
To you will be required:
— Thick paper (the thickest for a printer) or very thin cardboard(or thin sheets of easy-to-cut plastic), as well as, if desired, colored paper or scrapbooking paper with prints;
— Access to the printer;
— Scissors of different sizes - from long to manicure;
— Stationery knife (optional);
— Glue or good double-sided adhesive tape;
- Needle and thread;
- Unnecessary newspapers.
Collecting a star:
1. Print out the template of one vertex for the star from here. In the pdf file you will find templates for stars in three different sizes - choose according to your taste. Later, starting from them, you will be able to model stars of individual shape and size.
For a small star, all 5 vertices fit on one page; for large ones, you will have to print several pages if you make a star from plain white paper. If your printer is capable of printing on thin colored paper, make sure you print on the back - white - side of it.
If you just need a template for colored paper - which you will then trace with a pencil on the back of the colored sheets - print only 1 template from all presented in the file. If the colored paper is too thin to create the star, simply glue it onto thin sheets of white printer paper first and let the glue dry.
2. Cut out the parts from the template along solid lines (dotted lines are fold lines). Bend the parts along the dotted lines.
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For now, for the first craft, you need 5 of these pieces. Then you will calculate and set the quantity yourself.
3. We glue each module on the side using a tongue specially provided in the template. We make sure that each time we glue the tongue inside the modules, and not outside. We add a little bit of glue so that it does not protrude beyond the edges and leave marks on the paper.
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You can always use high-quality double-sided adhesive tape for these purposes - it will hold just as well, and many will find it easier (and faster) to work with it. But really hot bulbs can melt the tape, so choose your material wisely and be careful!
4. Take 2 modules each and glue them in pairs using the 2 lower tabs of the first module like this - see the picture below. The tongues go inside the second module.
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5. We glue two paired modules and the remaining one in the same way into a star. At the same time, we do not glue the first and last modules together (if you want to place a light source inside the star; if your star is a simple decoration without lighting, feel free to glue these modules with their edges). Instead, we cut two identical long ropes from yarn of medium thickness (or take two thin ribbons), glue the tip of the first one (at least 5 cm) or pull it into the hole from the inside to the outside of the first module from the bottom (if you decide to “sew in”, do it at the tip of the rope/ribbon a larger knot, you can also string a small circle of cardboard onto the top of the knot to seal it; finally, sew the ropes/ribbons no more than 2-3 cm from the bottom edges of the modules), the tip of the second is inside the second module. Wait for the glue to dry if you used it. Using these strings you can tie the cones so that the star retains its shape.
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Or you can take one long rope and thread it through the holes of both modules - also from the inside out. This method is not suitable if you will be putting inside the star Christmas garland.
Here the ropes are sewn in the middle of both modules, but this is not aesthetically pleasing, and most people don’t do this. By the way, tying the ropes will be quite difficult, so be patient and/or ask someone with longer and longer strings to do it. thin fingers(or just help you - hold the first knot).
6. We completely insert a short Christmas tree garland with a battery-powered control unit inside the star (we place the unit right next to the hole in the star) and then tie the strings onto a bow - so that later you can easily untie them and turn the garland on/off or change the battery in the garland as needed. See below for lighting source options.
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7. What’s remarkable is that when you untie the strings and take out the light source, your star folds perfectly into such a multi-layered flat shape for absolutely safe storage - and takes up almost no space!
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IMPORTANT : Although your stars are not connected to the network, for safety reasons do not leave them on without supervision, as sometimes the bulbs get quite hot, which can cause a fire. The optimal type of light bulbs for these luminaires is compact fluorescent light bulbs and, of course, light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs, which are usually - usually! - remain relatively cold.
Alternative source light for the Swedish star lamp - also switchable:
1. Buy separate small LED bulbs (1 bulb per star, the optimal length of the bulb is about 10 mm; available for free sale both on the RuNet and in real construction supermarkets), a set of large flat round batteries (CR2032; 1 battery - 1 light bulb) and the same number of small flat neodymium magnets (available for sale). Also prepare transparent or matte regular tape - you can use separate rolls of tape 1.9 and 1.2 cm wide - and any double-sided tape. The coin in the picture below is just for clarity of size.
2. From cardboard we cut rectangles 4.5 cm long and the same number of rectangles 1.9 cm long. Their width should be slightly larger than the width of a large flat battery. The number of such paired parts is equal to the number of stars you want to illuminate. We buy a set of seals for the holes (if you find them on sale) or cut rings from the same cardboard (the diameter of the ring is equal to the width of the strip).
3. Glue the ring onto the tip of a longer cardboard rectangle. The glue has dried - cut out a hook like this on this tip. For convenience, a hole in the center can be made with a hole punch.
5. We shorten the antenna wires of the LED light bulb with wire cutters by about 0.6 cm. This can be done or not - depending on the size of your star - so that the light bulb then hangs strictly in the center of the star. Moreover, if you do cut, do it at the same angle at which the tendrils were cut initially, so that one tendril remains shorter than the second.
7. Now we squeeze the battery with tape - completely sealed edge first - between the antennae of the LED light bulb, with the longer antennae going to the positive side of the battery, and the shorter one on the back side of the battery. And we stop the longer tendril at the edge of the tape so that the wire does not touch the battery. If you are not sure which antenna is supposed to be attached to which side of the battery, push the battery deeper so that both antennas touch their sides of the battery: if they are placed correctly, the light will light up - and then pull the battery back to the desired level; If it does not light up, swap the antennae on the battery.
8. Battery with a light bulb back side Glue it down to the bottom of the cardboard label - to double-sided tape - and securely fix it in place and below with the tape that was originally glued to the battery. Be careful not to move the top antenna of the light bulb beyond the border of the adhesive tape.
And here's how it works: we apply a magnet simultaneously to the free tip of the antennae from the light bulb and to a large battery - and the light bulb turns on. The magnet will attract the battery and it will “sit” in place quite firmly. We turn the cardboard with the magnet over to the other side (magnet up) - and again apply it to the large battery - and the light turns off, but the cardboard with the magnet still stays in place. That's the whole secret!
For such a label with a light bulb, the connecting rope on the star on top must be made solid so that the label can be hung on it by a hook.
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Design options for classic Swedish star-shaped lamps:
1. Buy shaped hole punchers and make shaped holes in the bent but not yet glued star modules (after step 2) - as symmetrically as possible or just in in no particular order. These can be completely different figures from stars and months to hearts and flowers, or you can use only 1 type of figures (and also of the same or different sizes). Classic voluminous Swedish stars usually come with shaped holes, and not made of solid paper.
2. Having outlined with a pencil the same design of large slots on each module that has not yet been glued together (it is optimal to do this using a single cardboard template - for complete symmetry of the pattern on the finished star), place each module on a stack of newspapers or a special mat for cutting and cut out with a stationery or craft knife this design.
4. The top of the stars can be decorated with a pencil or rhinestones, sparkles or additional details made of colored paper, but, as a rule, the patterns in these cases are made very simple and as discreet as possible, so as not to distract from the simple graceful beauty of the star itself. It’s just the way it’s done according to the classics, the rest is up to your discretion!
5. Glue thin colored paper onto thin white paper (so that light can pass through better) before cutting out the modules - and you will get not white, but colored star.
6. If you have 5 sheets of paper with the same large pattern, you can, by overlaying and tracing the template in a strictly defined place on the patterns, cut modules with a pattern in the center, and then, as described in paragraph 2, cut out individual specific parts of this pattern on all modules. You can again stick colored tissue paper under the cut out areas, or you can just leave the holes as they are.
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Add additional ears to all the lower edges - and you can glue a pointed “ball” instead of a star.
And it doesn’t matter whether you made a complex pattern on the star or a simple one - in any case it will look amazing!
Happy New Year!
Sources:
www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/paper-star-lantern.html
www.meandmydiy.com
Want to decorate your home, classroom, desk, New Year's card or do you need a little surprise? Try making a star out of paper. A beautiful star will decorate any celebration! In this article I will show and tell you how to make a star out of paper. Choose which star you need to make. I will offer many ways to make simple and voluminous stars.
What is needed to make a star
If you decide to make a paper star, then first of all you will need paper. It could be:
- cardboard,
- regular White paper,
- foil paper,
- colored origami paper,
- newsprint,
- scrap paper or other
You will also need: glue, scissors, decorations (glitter, beads) and a little patience.
How to make a large voluminous star
A large voluminous star is good for decorating rooms or a Christmas tree. For such a star you will need thin cardboard or thick paper.
- Download the templates from the link -, print and cut out of cardboard necessary blanks. You will need to make 2 sheets with template #1 and one sheet with template #2.
- Cut out the templates and bend them along the dotted lines.
- Assemble all 5 pieces using glue. You will get a five-pointed paper star.
This star looks good made from music paper, foil paper or thin shiny cardboard.
You can decorate the finished star with glitter, sparkles or special paint.
How to make a 3D star out of paper
A simple but effective star can be made from plain paper. The star turns out voluminous and beautiful. You can make several of these stars and hang them on a thread. Such stars look good both on the Christmas tree and just in the room.
Template for the star -
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Cut out 2 stars from paper, bend them along the given lines and glue them with an offset, as shown in my video. You will get a wonderful star if you use beautiful colored or glitter paper.
How to cut a star out of paper
Sometimes we need a pentagonal star. It can be pasted on a postcard or poster. To cut out such a star you just need to know the paper folding technique.
Watch my video tutorial on how to fold such a simple star and you will learn right away!
How to make lucky stars from a strip of paper
Did you know that stars can be made from a simple strip of paper? These funny little plump stars are usually called “lucky stars”. They are very easy to assemble. And craft stores even sell ready-cut strips of different colors and patterns for these stars.
Adding stars of happiness is very easy. Take a strip of paper, tie a knot at the end and start folding the strip. Then hide the remaining tail and lightly press the figure.
You can watch my video tutorial on folding these cute little stars.
Little stars of happiness can be strung on threads and you get a whole curtain - a rain of stars. You can make a bracelet or earrings from the stars. And also just pour the finished figures into beautiful bottle, a vase or just a gift bag.
How to make a star out of paper using origami technique
You will get a very beautiful three-dimensional paper star if you make it using the origami technique. This beautiful star looks great both on the tree and on a gift.
Of course, for beginners in origami, it will be a little more difficult to fold it, but if you have patience and a great desire, then I believe that you will definitely succeed in this star.
Watch my master class on making a beautiful paper star:
How to make a star from an old book or newspaper
An interesting star can be made from sheets of an old book or newspaper. Each individual stick is rolled into a thin bag, which then needs to be secured to a cardboard blank in the shape of a star.
Please note that the book will require a lot of pages))
To decorate such an original star, you need to cover the tips of each element with sparkles. To do this, dip the bag in PVA glue and then lower it into a box of glitter. Glue all the bags onto a cardboard blank - in the end, you will get a large newspaper star.
But, in my opinion, this is still a decoration in retro style. But you might like it.
Stars glowing in the dark
Charming paper stars, glow in the dark can be easily made with your own hands. To do this, you need to cut holes in the template. These could be small stars, diamonds, or some intricate pattern. Next, you need to place a garland bulb in each star. Every home has an old, working, but not very pretty garland. Why not make luminous stars from it?
Place the light bulb in the star and glue the template. All that remains is to hang this beauty and wait for darkness.
These glowing stars look simply amazing!
How to make a Star of Bethlehem from paper
Often for matinees and holidays you need to build a Bethlehem star. This is an 8-pointed star and is quite easy to make from paper.
You just need to download and print the template and make several paper blanks, each time reducing the size a little. Then you will have to stick the stars on top of each other and decorate them.
You can decorate the star of Bethlehem with sparkles, rhinestones, beads and other materials. You need to attach a lace or ribbon to the top.
How to make an openwork star kusudama
In addition to ordinary paper stars, there are openwork cut-out kusudama stars. This is a star-ball made using the weaving technique. Paper template for such a star, it is first cut with a stationery knife or small scissors, and then all the parts are glued into a ball. This craft looks simply gorgeous!
You can even come up with your own openwork pattern for kusudama.
I hope you will definitely like paper stars and make the most beautiful star from paper!
Today, we will learn how to make beautiful three-dimensional stars out of paper that can beautifully decorate some elements of your home. This simple craft, but even here you need to be extremely careful and attentive. Our instructions will help you make voluminous stars correctly and beautifully!
How to make an origami star?
In order to make a star, we need only one strip of paper, measuring 1.1x29 centimeters. It is better to take colored paper, or cut it from some fashion magazine, so the star will turn out to be more attractive and beautiful.
Let's get started!
1. We take the prepared strip and make a small loop on one of the edges.
3. Press the knot with your finger so that it is flat. Now let's see if we have an even pentagon, if not, then we redo it.
4. We wrap the remaining tail to the bottom and wrap it around the resulting pentagon.
5. Let's turn our craft over.
6 . We hide the tail inside the pentagon.
7. Now, we begin to wrap our figure with the remaining strip. We wrap it on all sides, and try not to press down the paper too much.
8. We hide the remaining tip of the strip under one of the layers.
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Now the most important point, the star needs to be made voluminous. To do this, gently press with your fingers on each face of the pentagon in turn until you get what we want.
That's all, ours volumetric sprocket ready!
VIDEO. Origami star.
