Origami is what it is exciting activity, which attracts everyone from young to old. And gradually your home turns into a warehouse of various things that you can admire for a long time, sorting through them. Some of them have practical use, and quite interesting.
For example, a star made from paper using the origami technique can be used in other ways. With a little practice in making these DIY paper stars, you can decorate your entire home with them. The main thing is imagination and perseverance! You can also involve your household in folding stars.
How to fold a star out of paper: master class
Now you know how to fold a star out of paper, and there is nothing difficult about it. Volumetric decorations are very original. If you make a pair of identical stars and glue them together, you can hang them on a thread as a decoration in any room.
When preparing for any holiday, when you want to decorate your home, time, as a rule, is sorely lacking. Therefore, you should take care of the decorations in advance - find drawings of the ones you like and try to make them in rough form. If the result suits you, then production can be put on stream - everyone, young and old, can be involved.
Children love it when their rooms are decorated with their creations. They feel well-deserved pride and receive the same moral satisfaction from the work done as their parents. And working together always brings us closer together. Therefore, families that practice making various crafts, for example, as in our version, paper stars, are very united and friendly. We will take our example from them!
Good afternoon, today I am publishing an article in which I have collected the most different ways make New Year's stars with your own hands. We will make stars paper, cardboard, sew stars from felt, crochet them. You will see simple christmas crafts, accessible to children, as well as complex designs in the shape of a star.
Here are the ideas I collected today in one general pile:
- Stars made from strips of paper using the quilling technique.
- Transparent stars with stained glass film.
- Three-dimensional stars in 3D technology.
- New Year stars window stickers.
- New Year's garlands with stars.
- Six-pointed stars with convex edges.
- Stars made from cardboard modules.
- New Year's stars from the newspaper.
So let's start our New Year's star crafts.
Craft idea #1
Paper star
using the QUILING technique.
Here's the first idea - a New Year's star made from strips of paper, twisted and glued using quilling technique.
Even if you are not yet familiar with the technique of torsion from paper strips then you just need look carefully See the photo below to understand how this paper star is made.
First, we assemble the paper strips individually five rays– and then glue them together.
In the photo below, I even highlighted each detail of the paper strips separately - in different colors.
Each ray of a star consists of three short oval twists of paper strips - light green lines. One twist is longer – orange line. AND one rolled paper tape , which wraps all these twists together - in the form of a single frame - the pink line in the photo below.
You yourself will be pleased with how quickly your homemade New Year's paper star turned out. You can make several of these and hang them on christmas tree as decoration.
And using a very similar principle, we can create stars like this. This is also essentially QUILLING. But here the shapes are no longer so smooth and rounded, but more clear and faceted. But the principle is the same.
If you look closely at the photo below, you will see that each of the rays of the star is 2 triangles glued together its longest of three sides.
That is, we cut 10 identical strips of paper. From each we make paper triangle. We divide all ten triangles into pairs. And we glue each pair together long side. We get five rays future star from paper. Glue the rays together. We cover the center of the gluing with an asterisk. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the top beam so that you can hang it on the tree by a thread.
Craft idea No. 2
New Year's star
FROM toilet paper rolls
And here is the next DIY star idea similar to the previous technique because here, too, round paper loops are glued together. Only the loops here are not glued together from paper strips, but are roll cuts from toilet paper - and a transparent colored film (cling film or colored tape) is stretched over each section.
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We will need a roll of paper towels or toilet paper. And we will also need multi-colored transparent pieces of film to cover our paper blanks for the star.
Where to get transparent color film for this New Year's star craft.
Option 1 – food grade colored polyethylene.
Option 2 – colored transparent candy wrappers.
Option 3 – colored transparent packaging from bouquets, or gift wrapping in stores with a gift design department.
Option 4 - colored wide tape - sold in construction or finishing stores.
Option 5 - transparent finishing film from a hardware store. It is sold in such large rolls as wallpaper - but they can be bought in any pieces - at least 1 meter, at least 10 cm. They are cut from the roll and sold. But first you need to make sure that this film, when separated from the paper base, gives a transparent color - that is, it transmits light. Check it right in the store - peel off a corner of the film from the paper base right on the roll and check it for transparency.
How we will make New Year's transparent stars.
We cut the paper roll into identical ring parts - and bend these parts ray shapes And mid-pentagon for our future star.
To fold the pentagonal center, you need measure the circumference of the roll and divide it into 5 equal parts. And bend in the places marked with a pencil.
And now for every ray of our star we must bend BASE, which in length will coincide with the length of the side of the pentagonal center. To do this, bend the roll along the edge and measure with a ruler half the length of the side of the pentagonal center stars.
Using the same principle, we wrap the remaining rays of the cardboard star in film (or colored tape).
And now our task is to glue all the parts of the star into one - connect the rays with the middle.
The easiest way is a piece of double-sided tape. Scotch tape with sticky edges on both sides.
Or you can spread it with PVA glue and dry it in a pressed form - squeeze it with clothespins
And when assembled, such a star is hung near the window - so that it lets in light and looks like New Year's craft from glass.
By the way.
If you have a glass cutter and colorful pieces of glass left over from old interior doors then you can do real glass New Year's stars.
Craft idea No. 3
New Year's star
using the VEER technique.
In the photo below we see a six-pointed star made of paper. Even a child can do it in a circle children's creativity. You don’t need to draw anything with a compass or make complex calculations. All you need is 1 square sheet of paper, folded into a fan. And another square of newsprint (smaller in size).
A Master Class How to make such a New Year's star with your own hands looks like this. Fold the square sheet into a fan like this: to make six sides– that is, three folds of the fan only (as in the photo below).
Can I get a sheet right away? measure the width and divide this figure into 6 equal parts. And mark these parts with a pencil and make folds along these marks - then we will get a fan of six identical accordion blades.
And if you make patterned slits in such a star (like in a snowflake), you will get a patterned New Year's star made of paper - with a beautiful openwork pattern on their rays.
That is, we supplement the fan itself (still folded) with slits. And then we stitch the middle of the fan with a staple, fold it in half, unfold it in a circle and glue the blades of the meeting halves together.
Craft idea #4
New Year's star
from twisted triangles.
Here we see a seven-pointed star made of paper. Due to the abundance of rays, it looks more like a snowflake. But if you change the shape of the triangle to a more elongated one, you can get a design with five rays. We place each such tube on a round paper base coated with glue.
Craft idea #5
Paper stars
In the form of a garland.
A paper star is often used as an element New Year's garland. Here I propose to consider three ways to make such a star garland for the New Year.
Option #1. Here is the simplest and quick way put stars on a string. You need a sewing machine and star silhouettes cut out of cardboard.
Refill in sewing machine thread, place a star under the machine foot and machine stitch through the star. Moreover, when the line reaches the edge of the star, we do not stop the machine but continue to sew to get a long thread twisted into the line. After a few centimeters of such an empty chain line, we again place a cardboard star.
Option #2. You can make a garland of voluminous stars using the same principle. They are made according to the krishka principle - several star silhouettes made of paper are placed on top of each other and fastened with a common machine seam. Or first you can paper clip these multi-layer stars.
For a garland of paper stars no need to buy at all colored paper. You can use pages from old books or a musical staff.
Option #3.
Or you can make a garland of voluminous stars with smoothed edges. If you make holes in such paper stars with a hole punch, then you can stretch the thread through them and we will get a starry New Year's garland.
Here is a clear master class that clearly shows how to make such a three-dimensional 3D star from cardboard with your own hands. As we can see, with a sharp stick under the ruler we iron the arrows of the star. And then the ironed lines will easily bend into the convex folds we need. And we will get a star with faceted rays.
We bend those lines that lead from the center to the tip of the beam outward. And we bend the lines that lead from the center to the interradial point inward.
Craft idea #6
New Year's star
with smoothed edges.
But below is another simple way to make a star out of paper. Here you need a template (the star drawing itself) and a ruler with which we will smooth out equal folds of each face of such a star.
Look at the picture and you will see that this is a simple flat six-pointed star. It was cut out from a flat sheet of paper. And then each edge was bent - in sequence we bend one edge outward, and bend the next edge inward.
To draw a six-pointed star on paper yourself, you can use ruler or compass. First, we measure the distance from the middle of the circle to its edge (that is, we find out the radius of the circle). And then we measure this radius along the entire circumference with a ruler or compass. Only six of these radii fit along the entire circle. These marks will be the points of the rays of our star with six rays.
Or you can use the ready-made stencil in the picture below. You can trace it directly from your computer screen, just place a piece of paper on the glowing screen - the star will shine through the paper - and use light pencil lines to trace the outlines (or just the corner points). And then remove the sheet from the screen and circle everything with a bold line.
If you want to increase or decrease size pictures on the screen, this can be done using the buttons of your computer.
Press the button with your left hand Ctrl on your keyboard (it's on the bottom row on the left) - and while the button is pressed, you use your right hand turn the mouse wheel- forward to increase, back to decrease. And the size of all pictures on the screen changes, increasing or decreasing.
Craft idea No. 7
New Year's star
From paper modules.
But a star made of paper, which is folded by connecting individual paper modules. How exactly to fold such a star out of paper is shown in detail in the diagram below.
These paper New Year stars can be made as independent Christmas tree decorations. As a decorative star for decoration New Year's holiday. Or you can dot a ring for an Advent wreath with these paper stars.
Craft idea #8
New Year's star
From cardboard.
And here simple craft volumetric New Year's star, made of cardboard. Here (as you see in the photo) you need to cut out two identical silhouettes from cardboard five-pointed star.
After in each make a cardboard star cut with scissors - in a straight line, leading from the lower interbeam to the upper apex of the beam - but don’t finish it to the end, and stop at the central point of the star.
When we we place one slot on the slot of the second cardboard star– we get a cross-shaped connection of two strips (perpendicular to each other). In the end it turns out 3D star.
Here's an option when 2 stars, also cut out of thick cardboard, do not fit on top of each other - but simply lie on top of each other so that the rays of the upper star are located between the rays of the lower star. If you make openwork slits in such a cardboard star with a blade, the star will look more elegant. And the gold sprinkles will make such a New Year's star completely festive.
Craft idea No. 9
Cardboard stars
DOUBLE SIDED.
Method 1 – four-beam blank
You can make a star with four rays out of paper - then make the same second one and connect them together.
Here detailed master class with a description of how to make 2 blanks with your own hands and connect them together into one star.
Method 1 – three-beam blank.
And these three-dimensional paper stars are also made from two modules, glued one to the other. Only here the module is not made of four beams, but of three.
IN flat view this module has this triangular shape with serif fasteners on all three sides.
We bend the module along the longitudinal line of each of the three corners of the triangle. The cut modules are placed on top of each other using notch-serifs. And it turns out volumetric star with six rays.
Craft idea #10
Paper stars
Using ORIGAMI technique
You can make a star using the origami technique. That is, from an ordinary square sheet of paper WITHOUT USING SCISSORS. This is what distinguishes fashionable Japanese technology origami is the art of transforming a square plane into a figure of any complexity.
This star is also obtained from one square sheet of paper. But the process looks quite complicated. But once you understand it, you understand the speed and ease with which these stars appear. And having made 4 such stars, you acquire high-speed automation and can add stars almost blindly.
Here is another star made using the origami technique. Where a paper module is made from a square sheet. And from such ray modules we create a solid star made of paper.
Craft idea No. 11
New Year's stars
Transparent for the window.
You can make a star out of paper to stick it on the window. Such stars look very elegant. And this is an alternative to the classic ones paper snowflakes, which we are all used to gluing on windows during the Christmas holidays.
Making such a New Year's star out of paper is quite simple. A strip of paper is folded in half. Its ends are curved to give it a pointed shape. We attach the resulting module to a round base sheet. Or we immediately attach it to the window - to an imaginary circle.
Depending on the shape of the folds we made to give our rectangle a pointed shape, we will get different shapes star rays. Thus, by showing some EXPERIMENTAL creativity, we will be able to create more and more designer New Year’s stars for the window.
Craft idea No. 12
New Year's stars
from a rolled up newspaper.
And here is another star made of paper - or rather, from a sheet of newspaper. Here a thin twist is made from a newspaper spread. Can be placed inside a rolled newspaper copper wire- this way the bent star frame will be given additional rigidity.
After this, the blank star from the newspaper can be decorated. Paint it with paint, wrap it with thread, coat it with glue and cover it with glitter. Or something else according to your imagination.
These are the ideas I have collected for you in this article. Now you know quite a lot of ways to make a star out of paper with your mind and your own hands.
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The star has long been an image-symbol carrying its own meaning. We are used to seeing a star on the top of the Christmas tree for decoration and in the interior of our rooms on the eve of the winter holidays and on New Year's Eve.
So that you can also decorate your favorite corner and make it a little more cozy, you can try making a star out of paper and cardboard with your own hands. Although it is simple, such crafts look very interesting and impressive. From ready-made small stars you can make a garland or a whole composition, or simply throw volumetric stars from paper into a box with a gift. It will look great!
- A five-pointed star inscribed in a circle is nothing more than a symbol of perfection. It means the 5 elements (5 elements that make up the whole world).
- The six-pointed star of Bethlehem refers to the Nativity of Christ.
- Eight-pointed - began to bear the name of the Virgin Mary.
How to make a star out of paper? Different ways
So, the first and quite popular way of making paper crafts is a technique called quilling. It consists of creating certain compositions from strips of colored paper, twisted in a certain way and connected to each other.
To make a very simple quilling star step by step, we you will need: strips of paper of several colors (you can buy them at a craft store or cut them yourself, the desired width is 5 mm), scissors, PVA glue, an awl, a pen rod or a toothpick (to wind the paper strips).
For each ray, you need to make 3 small elements in the form of a leaf or drop, one medium one, which will be in the middle, and one more - the largest one, encircling all the others. First connect the middle loop to one of the small elements, then glue two more on the sides. And only at the end encircle the entire resulting part with another strip. Do this in several layers to make the loop stronger. Make 5 of these parts and glue them together. Our first star is ready!
Gallery: paper star (25 photos)
Volumetric eight-pointed and five-pointed star made of paper
The simplest way
There is also a simpler version of a voluminous five-pointed star. Simply cut out 2 star parts using a template or a self-drawn diagram. To make the drawing even, you can first draw a circle and then fit the finished star into it. So all the rays will be the same in length. Better to use thick cardboard, available in different colors. In each of the parts, make a cut to the centers. In one - in the center of one of the rays (upper), and in the second - in the center of one of the recesses (lower). All that remains is to insert them into each other and that’s it.
All these options are more suitable, for example, as Christmas tree toys or just pendants for anything, as they turn out quite big size. But you can also make small convex stars. They will look very interesting as a garland if you string them on a strong thread. So how are they made?
Small convex stars
To make such stars, prepare strips of paper 9 mm wide and 221 mm long. It is important to make them even so that there are no difficulties in further work. Make a loop closer to one of the ends and insert the end of the strip into it. Then remove it inward from the back side of the workpiece, and wrap the remaining strip around the resulting pentagon. For each face - at least 2 layers. All that remains is to squeeze their middles towards the center, and the first star is ready.
For the next eight-pointed star we will need 8 squares of four different sizes. Fold each of them as in the picture. Then glue squares of the same size together to make 4 eight-pointed stars. Now connect them together. These are the stars we got.
A paper star will not only decorate your home on the eve of the Christmas holidays, it will be suitable for educational activities with children. Making a three-dimensional paper star with your own hands is quite simple, and joint lessons will help develop the child’s imagination and hand motor skills.
An ordinary piece of paper can be a suitable space for creativity. Giving him the required form, the craft can be decorated by coloring it with felt-tip pens and paints. Imagination and manual dexterity will help your child create a masterpiece. This article will tell you how to make a three-dimensional star out of paper.
Required materials and tools
All the tools and materials that may be useful in work can be found in everyone’s home. Therefore, absolutely anyone can do this work. To create a star you will need:
- paper;
- protractor;
- compass;
- scissors;
- a simple pencil;
- decorations.
Instructions for creating a volumetric star
Start making crafts by choosing paper. For work, you can use either a regular sheet, or a bright multi-colored one with your own hands, which can be made from durable material; in this case, the craft will be quite dense, and it can be used as decorative decoration room or Christmas tree decoration.
On back side Using colored paper you need to draw a circle, the diameter of which will correspond to the size of the star. A compass is suitable for these purposes, but if you don’t have one, then you can use a saucer or other round object. After this, you need to draw a line from the edge to the center of the circle.
At the second stage, a transport ruler will come in handy. With its help, you need to mark an angle of 72 degrees from a straight line and draw a line. In this way, you need to mark the entire circle - you get five lines.
The next step is to connect all the lines into a star. In the center of the part you need to draw additional lines as illustrated in the picture. After this, the star needs to be cut out and bent along the main lines so that the drawing faces inward. If thick paper was used in the work, then you should work much more carefully on the folds so that they are as pronounced as possible. For these purposes, you can use any blunt object (ruler, back of a knife, etc.).
A voluminous star made of paper is made quite quickly with your own hands. Finally, you need to make a small loop so that beautiful craft could be hung on a Christmas tree or somewhere else.
Double volume
This option is a continuation of the first instruction, which tells how to make one convex part. This master class will tell you how to make double volume.
According to the previous example, two similar elements should be performed. A 3D paper star template is presented below. Its difference lies in the fact that there are additional elements, intended for gluing parts.
The elements cut out from the template need to be shaped and glued together according to symmetrical additions. All you have to do is wait until the glue dries, and the volumetric paper will be ready.
Star from book pages
And although this star looks very beautiful, many may not be happy about having to spoil books. This is not at all necessary, because they can be replaced with old magazines, newspapers or technical publications.
When thinking about how to make a three-dimensional star out of paper, first of all you should worry about the materials and tools necessary for the work. You will need a voluminous paper star; it can be made by following the master classes presented above. In addition, you need to prepare scissors, glue, and an old book.
The first step is to make a lot of paper bags. For each of them you need a paper rectangle equal to one-fourth book page. When many parts are ready, they need to be glued to the paper star as shown in the photo. Finally, apply a little glue to the bags and sprinkle the craft with glitter.
A voluminous star made of paper with your own hands is quick and easy to make. To make it a wonderful decoration for a room, Christmas tree or gift, you can experiment with colors and sizes. Such elements can be fastened together using threads, glue or double-sided tape.
Paper will perfectly decorate a Christmas tree, chandelier or window.
I bring to your attention a photo tutorial on how to make a three-dimensional star out of paper. Together we will put together two stars from paper modules - a six-pointed one and a seven-pointed one.
While I was figuring out the diagram, I came up with another asterisk of seven modules ( option 2). But more on that below.
For now, take a square sheet of paper. I used squares of colored paper with a side of 8 cm.
Option 1. Six-pointed volumetric star made of paper
Fold the square in half in the longitudinal and transverse directions.
We bend the remaining corners in the same way to the point of intersection of the fold lines.
We get the next figure.
Turn it over to the other side. We bend the top part on both sides, aligning the sides along the horizontal fold line.
We do not push the fold line completely, but only to the vertical line. First on one side.
We form the fold on the other side in the same way.
And now we bend the lower part in the same way.
This is what we should get.
Turn the figure over to the other side. We bend the corners from the center along the existing fold lines.
We repeat everything for the bottom part.
* We get the next figure. This figure is common for folding stars. If you fold a seven-pointed star, then move on to option 2. To fold a six-pointed star ( option 1), we continue to add.
Bend the figure in half along the vertical axis.
And bend it again along the horizontal axis. We place the resulting triangle in this way. Bend the right corner as shown in the photo.
Unbend. We divide the vertex into two layers and begin to stretch it in different sides.
At the same time with your fingers right hand Bend the corner to the left at the bottom.
Iron the fold lines well.
We get this module.
If you bend the bottom corner to the left, then the entrance to the pocket is on your right. From the entrance to the pocket, it is necessary to fold the outer triangles inward along the existing fold lines. This way they will not interfere with the assembly of modules.
On the other side, straighten the triangles.
To assemble a six-pointed star we will need six modules.
We take two modules. We put one on top of the other. We tuck the free corners into pockets.
This is what the two assembled modules look like.
Similarly, we attach the third module.
In order for the star to be hung, we attach a cord made from several folds of thread to one of the modules.
We straighten the module, drip a drop of glue and insert a knot of lace.
We complete the assembly of the modules. Our six-pointed volumetric paper star is ready.
With practice, you can fold a star from beautiful wrapping paper.
If you didn’t understand something, you can use the video lesson.
Option 2. Seven-pointed volumetric star made of paper
We begin to add the modules of the seven-pointed star in the same way as the modules for the first star ( option 1). We reach ( * ), where we got this figure.
We fold the figure in half not along the vertical axis, as in the first case, but along the horizontal axis.
We bend the side of the triangle towards the base on one side and the other. Iron the fold line well, dividing the top of the triangle into two layers.
Now we take the side triangles and stretch the figure in different directions, bending it in half.
This is what we should get.
From the entrance to the “pocket”, the side triangles along the existing fold lines must be bent inward so that they do not interfere with the assembly of the modules.
This is what the finished module for the seven-pointed star looks like.
In order to assemble a star, you will need seven modules.
We take two modules and tuck the protruding side corners of one module into the “pockets” of the other.
We connect the modules well with each other so that they fit together as best as possible.
We also connect the remaining modules.
Until you get such a seven-pointed three-dimensional star.
In order for the star to be hung on the Christmas tree, we glue a rope loop of the desired color into one corner.
You can decorate the finished stars with beads by gluing them in the center.
This is the star made from colored wrapping paper.
If you prefer video tutorials, then a detailed video tutorial is below.
