3D Paper Star

Christmas is just a few days away! I'm sure so many of you have put up your decors at home and you can no longer deny the scent of the holidays in the air with friends sending you treats, moms baking goodies, etc. etc. Tons of people are doing their Christmas shopping, heavy traffic is everywhere. Ironically though the longest holiday of the year is also the busiest time of the year.

Enjoy a little break from all the holiday madness and ask your friends or family to make your very own stars for Christmas! You can hang them on a tree, write wishes on the strips of paper, or put them up like a garland. 

Before I go into full tutorial of how to make this 3D paper star, I'd like to make special mention to my guests during the Crafty Party! Look inside your craft bags and you should be able to find strips of paper tied with a string, scissors, and double adhesive tape. 

Craft bags for the Crafty Party

Freebies in the Craft Bag

You'll need 12 strips of paper, double adhesive tape, and a pair of scissors

Take all of your 12 strips together and fold it in half to make a crease. Then take 2 strips, put adhesive in the middle and make a cross, putting one strip on top of the other.

The horizontal strip should be on top of the vertical one. Take two more adhesive tapes and stick it on either side of the horizontal strip. Make sure that you leave just a tiny gap between the tape and the vertical strip. 

Now flip the whole thing over. The horizontal strip should now be vertical. Stick two more adhesive tapes on either side of the middle horizontal strip, and again mind the gap!

Now bring the other two horizontal strips on top of your newly placed vertical strips to make it look like a pie!

Once you've done that, stick on four more adhesive tapes on the right most strips. Twist the two outermost strips to meet each other at the end and stick them together. Or just do it like the image above and do it on all four sides. 

You'll need to repeat this process twice to come up with the two halves of the 3D Paper Star. Once you do, simply stick the two together with more adhesive tape. One should be in the shape of X the other like a cross. So when you put one on top of the other, the loose strip will match the twisted ones as you can see below.

You can leave it as it is or cut away the extras. Tie it around with string and hang it up on your tree!

Here's a video I found online of the full tutorial :) Have a bright and shiny holidays!