Christmas Stars

So I've attempted our first home made Christmas decorations, they're pretty easy to do to be honest, but I would say they are best made with children above toddler age, unless it's just my small boy that would equal a disaster when put in a room with glue and lollipop sticks!

 

 

Anyway this how to make them yourself....

 

 

Items needed:

 

1) Lollipop sticks (if you don't have them saved from the summer you can buy packs cheap enough from most craft shops and some supermarkets) You will need 10 sticks per star

 

2) PVA glue

 

3) Tinsel approx, 2.5 metres per star

 

4) Christmas ribbon, as much as you like!

 

5) Needle and thread

 

 

So the instructions are basically as simple as the shopping list!

 

1) Place the lollipop sticks on a flat surface, such as a table or large tray, and position them to make a five point star shape.

 

2) Once they are positioned where you want them start to apply glue to the ends of the lollipop sticks where they join to each other, one at a time, and apply a little pressure for a minute or two until the glue starts to set.

 

3) Leave about 20 minutes for all the glue to set, at this point you should be looking at something along these lines....

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) Once the glue is set you're ready to decorate the star. I used tinsel, you just can't beat tinsel at Christmas! I picked some that was made with wire inside so that it could be bent into shapes easily. I also made sure it was a fairly thin tinsel as you can lose the star shape if your tinsel is too thick. So quite simply you just need to start wrapping the tinsel around the star frame. Once you've finished the tinsel shouldn't need securing in place if you've used a tinsel with wire in, if not though you could use florist wire to secure it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) Finally you need a hook to hang the star with, just cut a piece of Christmas ribbon about three inches long, but it's best to thread it through the star and decide yourself how much ribbon you want. Thread the piece of ribbon through the star and then stitch the ends together with the thread and needle to make a loop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There you have it, your star is ready to hang. If you like you could use some more Christmas ribbon to add a second loop so the star will hang longer or flat on a wall.