Just as I have mentioned about making a Christmas tree in my earlier
post, we can easily make a Christmas star too for our homes. Surely,
children will love to have it in their homes. My 9 month baby loves to
stare at it during the night when it is brightly lit. She also tries to grab
the star reaching out her hand.
Below is the tutorial I have prepared so that it will be easy for you to make one.
Kindly note that it may seem a too lengthy description, but don't be misled to think that it's a difficult one. It's only that I wanted to give more details to the tutorial.
1) Start with 6 pieces of A4 or any rectangular shaped paper.
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| fig 1 |
2) Create creases as in fig 1 by folding as shown in the figs 2,3, 4 and 5.
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| fig 2 |
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| fig3 |
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| fig4 |
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| fig 5 |
3) Next open all the foldings.
All the creases are highlighted with
lines as shown in fig 6.
4) Draw a line 1cm width parallel to the line marked as C shown in fig6
5) Next cut the paper along the line which is marked in red
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| fig 6 |
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| fig 7 |
6) Now our paperwork looks as in fig 8
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| fig 8 |
7) Again fold it along the creases as before and as
shown in fig. 9 and fig 10
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| fig 9 |
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| fig 10 |
8) Now fold the side A B to side A C as in fig 11 to resemble
fig 12
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| fig 11 |
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| fig 12 |
9) Fold the left side (flap below the one we just folded) along the new fold we made
just above.
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| fig 13 |
10) Next we unfold it and draw 1 cm width lines as shown in fig 14.
Then cut along the red lines.
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| fig 14 |
11) Now turn over and glue the area which we marked 1 cm width
and paste the other end on top of it , as in fig 15, 16,17 and 18
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| fig 15 |
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| fig 16 |
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| fig 17 |
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| fig 18 |
12) Now we have successfully completed one wing of the star.
The shape
will resemble fig 19. Similarly we have to make five more wings
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| fig 19 |
13) Mountain fold at every creases except the
two flaps as shown in fig 20. For the flaps we will
do the valley fold
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| fig 20 |
14) Apply glue under the flaps as shown in fig 21
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| fig 21 |
15) Paste it along with another wing ,on the side without flaps,
as shown in fig
22, 23 and 24
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| fig 22 |
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| fig 23 |
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| fig24 |
16) Repeat the above steps for all the wings.
In this way, all the 6 wings are adjoined .
Last attach thread to the
two ends to tie it up.
We can punch designs to make it more beautiful when we light it
up.
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| fig 25 |
That's it. Now you are all set to gaze the star inside your very own
home. You can also join along with your little loved ones and sing out the
popular rhyme : "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!
How I wonder what you
are!"
Thank you.
