Paper Stars Tutorial
Items needed:
1 piece of 12 x 12 double-sided paper
Hot glue gun
2 sheets of cardstock in a complementing color to your 12 x 12 paper
String or Thread to hang the ornament, approximately 2 inches
2 Buttons, beads, or other embellishments
Paper piercer tool and piercing mat (if needed)
1. Cut your piece of 12 x 12 paper to strips of 6" x 1 6/8”. You will have 14 pieces total.
3. Cut 2 strips of 1x9” cardstock and score every quarter inch. For more information, review the rosette tutorial on this blog from September 30th http://artsyacorndesignstudio.
4. To make the star points, start with 7 pieces of your strips of paper from your 12 x 12 sheet. You will want to wrap the strip of paper around on itself so that the two top tips on the strip of paper wrap around and meet to make a V and the bottom. See the diagram to help with understanding how to do this. Use a strip of hot glue to hold your paper cone together (its easier and holds better than other adhesive). Repeat the process 6 times, making sure to fold the paper the same way each time so each paper cone matches. Also, make sure you are keeping your folding consistent so each piece is similar and not tighter or looser than the others. This will help keep your star uniform and will be easier to assemble!
5. You will now need to assemble to other set of paper cones to make a star on the other side of your ornament. Since the paper is double sided, you can reverse the paper and have the other set of paper cones that comprise your star a different look on the other side. This is up to you on how you want to make your ornament.
6. After assembling all 14 paper cones for your stars, set these out on your work surface to resemble a star. This will help you with assembly later.
7. To start putting together your stars, you will glue one paper cone to the center of your cardstock circle with the point facing outward. The circle will but used as a base to glue all your pieces together, but shouldn’t be seen in the final ornament.
8. Continue to glue your paper cones on your circle with the point facing outward until all are on your ornament. At this point, you will need to use extra hot glue to keep together the pieces by gluing cone sections together, using extra glue to reinforce the paper cone to the circle base, or flattening the cone a little to make sure you don’t have any space remaining between segments.
9. Flip your piece over so the star is on the bottom and the circle base is facing you. You will now glue your other star to the back of the piece. Use the points on your already glued on star as your guide or where to glue the other pieces- this is so your paper star lines up and matches front and back. Repeat the process of using additional glue to keep each piece together and ensure that no space is visible between each section.
10. Glue a pleated rosette to the center of each star. Once secure, add a button or other embellishment to the center of the rosette for a final touch. Repeat this process on the opposite side. Remember, the each side of your paper ornament should coordinate but does not have to be identical. You can use a different color rosette or embellishment if you want to add character to your paper star!
11. Punch a hole using a paper piercer tool into the top of one of your star points and loop a piece of string through your hole to help with handing your paper star. Cut the string to the length needed and tie into a knot. You can hide the knot of the string in the hole you made in the star point- a tiny bit of hot glue will hold this in place easily.
12. Add glitter, crystal effects, dazzling details or any other embellishment you choose for some extra oomph to your star!
13. Give as a gift or enjoy for yourself!
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