Stars have always been considered something magical, mysterious and beautiful. They light the way and point the way. Some people are lucky to be born under a lucky star. Some rush to make a wish when they see a shooting star, others just like to look at them at night in clear weather. All people on Earth are familiar with this symbol. Maybe that's why many people want to make their own star of happiness, because it is so beautiful. Now we will try to make an asterisk of happiness from plain paper.

To work, we need a strip of paper and a little time. In our case, the size will be 1x23 cm. Of course, you can take a strip of any size, but the ratio of length to width should remain the same every time 1:23. To find out what size star to get from any strip of paper, you need to multiply its width by 1.67. For example, from a sheet of A4 paper, taking into account the ratio of 1x23, it is convenient to cut strips 1.2x27.6 cm in size. From such strips, you can make an asterisk 2 cm in size.

And so, we begin to add an asterisk. Having rounded the end of the paper strip around the index finger, we tie a knot. It is necessary to tighten it and press it in such a way that a small figure of an equilateral pentagon is obtained.

It is necessary to try so that after tying the knot there is a very small end of the strip. If this fails, it is better to cut it off or bend it back.

Next, we begin to wrap our pentagonal star in a circle long end strips, bending it each time along the line of the edge of the figure. With each fold, the strip will itself lie on the next edge on which it needs to be folded.

After 10 such bends, a short piece of the strip should remain. It can be hidden in a nearby "pocket". The result should be a pentagonal flat figure.

Now you need to try to make the figure voluminous. To do this, each face needs to be slightly pressed inward with your fingers, while at the same time pulling out the corners. Since the asterisk is very small, special care must be taken so as not to accidentally spoil it.

If you did everything right, then your star of happiness should be like this.

Do not be discouraged if something went wrong for you and the asterisk did not work the first time. Try to start again and for sure, this time you will succeed! And when you learn how to do them, it will seem to you that nothing is easier.

Decoration of a room or any other place to holiday event garlands, pendants, hand-made panels are very popular. Almost any decor element can be made using the most simple materials such as cardboard or paper sheets. Even if you want to turn everything around into a starry sky, this is not a problem, because there are a lot of ways to create different shapes of stars from paper.

classic model

Five-pointed paper stars do it yourself quite simply and even without the help of glue. You just need to master some basic origami techniques:

1. To work, you need a square leaf. Fold it in half and place it folded side down (towards you).
2. Bend the upper right corner (two paper layers) inward, towards the middle of the sheet, only slightly smoothing the place of the bend. Expand the corner. Do the same for the bottom right corner. You have an intersection left on the sheet.
3. Now attach the lower left corner to the center of the resulting intersection. Smooth out the fold.
4. Turn the same corner of the sheet back to the bend. And iron the resulting fold again.
5. Bend the lower right corner to the resulting triangle on the left side. Iron the fold.
6. Turn the right side back along the line of alignment of the triangles.

A figure similar to a bag should come out: at the bottom - a narrowing, at the top - paper of different heights. top must be cut at an angle. Lay mentally a slash from the top of the triangle on the side to the opposite side so that it crosses it below the middle. Cut off the excess.

When you unfold the sheet, you will only have to straighten or push the lines of the rays of the asterisk with your hands again. Such crafts are convex only on one side, but this is their advantage when you want to create, for example, a wall panel from them or stick them on any plane.

Eight-pointed decoration

You can make paper stars with your own hands voluminous on both sides. Such figures can be hung from the ceiling or.

1. Place a square piece of heavy paper in front of you, face up. Bend it in half: first from the bottom up, then turn the bent half back, then from the side and turn the half back in the same way.
2. Place the sheet face down. Bend the bottom left corner to the top right, iron the fold, straighten the sheet. Do the same for the bottom right and top left corners. And here is a four-pointed asterisk in front of you.
3. On the reverse side of the sheet, on lines that are bent inward (not convex!), Mark the middle of each ray starting from the center of their intersection. In total, you must put down four points-marks.
4. From the edges of the rays along the fold, make cuts to the points. Bend the resulting incised edges inward, towards the rib. Coat any half with glue and glue it with the other folded edge. One "star" half is ready.
5. Do another one in the same way. Then grease the center of the crafts with glue and align them so that the directions of the rays do not match. To the middle, you can glue a rope for which the decor will be hung.

If you forgot to attach the thread - no problem! You can attach it to the ray by making a hole in it and threading the ribbon.

star lamp

Heavenly bodies emit light. How to make a three-dimensional paper star as bright? Cut out patterns and place a light source inside!

1. Draw a line on the sheet in the center, its length depends on how long you want to see the star beam. On either side of it (about 30 degrees), set aside segments a little longer (the edge of the star), and then one more on each side (at 60 degrees), but already the same length as the first line. Merge the line segments into a shape. It will look a little like a heart.
2. At the top (from the 30 degree line - the edge - to the center and back to the edge) draw a stripe of about 5mm. Draw the same strip to the right of the side of the figure. These strips are needed so that the parts can then be glued together.
3. Between the edges of the beam and the fold lines, mark the middle. Here you will need to make holes, "arranging" them in rows. If you do them in each section between the ribs and bends, then you will have four rows.
4. Cut out the workpiece, make holes. Perform scoring (bend the lines correctly).
5. Lubricate the strip on the right with glue and glue the left side of the workpiece to it. Got the first ray.
6. The remaining four rays are made in the same way, thread the garland into the last one before gluing.
7. For the glued strips that remained at the top of the rays, assemble the star decoration by placing the garland inside.

The pattern does not have to be made in the form of holes. You can cut any, as long as the holes are not too large, otherwise the garland will be noticeable.

With a surprise inside

Another way to make paper stars with your own hands, without bothering yourself with complex drawings, is to lay several flat blanks on top of each other:

1. Cut out several identical stars from cardboard (the number depends on the thickness of the cardboard and the desired height of the craft). If you want to hide a souvenir inside, then cut a circle in the center of each sheet figure.
2. Glue the blanks one on top of the other. Leave a few more for the lid.
3. To make the lid close tightly, stick a few cardboard circles on it with the same diameter as the indentation at the bottom.

Now you can decorate the star box at your discretion: self-adhesive film, sequins, fabric, paints.

Speaking of decor! Asterisks can be pasted over with pieces of CDs of a suitable size. Then your crafts will not be inferior in beauty and real heavenly bodies!

Holidays, themed evenings, theatrical performances - all this requires certain paraphernalia. And just decorating the house with interesting items, especially if they are made by hand, is always nice. In our article we will tell you how to make a star out of paper. Everyone will be able to choose for themselves the method they like from the many proposed.

Content:

How to make a small paper star

The presented stars look very beautiful when there are a lot of them, and they are multi-colored, since their size is small (about 2 cm).

Before starting work, prepare:

• colored paper(can be replaced with glossy or unnecessary magazines);
• scissors.

Progress:

Star for cutting: templates, stencils and patterns for printing

Templates

stencils

Scheme

Volumetric paper star

The presented star looks beautiful in a children's room for decorating the interior; on New Year's holidays, you can hang it on a Christmas tree, a wall, attach it to a chandelier, or simply decorate a gift.

The following items should be in the workplace:

• high-density colored paper (can be replaced with colored cardboard);
• pencil;
• glue;
• scissors;
• ribbon.

To make it beautiful bulk star, follow the algorithm below.

volumetric star
Take 2 square paper sheets and fold them in half, first on one side, then on the other, so that when you straighten the sheet, you get 2 fold lines - horizontal and vertical. Then fold twice diagonally.
With scissors, cut the paper a little (about half way) from the top and bottom along the folds, and then from the left and right.
Following the drawings, fold the edges from the cut lines.
To fix the craft, take the glue and process it with reverse side all star rays. Then make the second asterisk according to the previous description.
Glue the two stars together as shown in the picture. You can decorate them with sequins, beads, rain, etc.

Star: origami

Stars made in the style of origami look original and stylish when made from notebooks for music or newspaper sheets.

Let's get to work:

Five-pointed paper star

If you want to make a voluminous five-pointed star, then we advise you to choose such material for work as cardboard.

In addition to cardboard, scissors, paints, a simple pencil and glue should be in the workplace.

Progress:

Star of Bethlehem

Method 1

Such a star will become a decoration in any room and not only on Christmas days. But we’ll warn you right away that it will take a lot of time, the work requires dedication, scrupulousness and patience. But the result will surely please you.

Before you begin, you should have the following materials on hand:

• plain office paper (coloured) A4 in the amount of 50 pcs.;
• dense threads;
• PVA glue;
• stationery scissors;
• stapler.

Let's start doing crafts.

Star of Bethlehem
Take the sheets and cut into 2 pieces lengthwise.
Twist all paper pieces so that one edge is denser, the other is looser, coat with glue and squeeze a little more. These will be the rays of our future star.
Take a stapler and start with 3 beams. Fix them in the form of a fan.
You should put such fans on the prepared dense thread and tighten it tightly.
You will get a ray-shaped ball on a string. This is our star, which can now be hung in any place convenient for you.

Advice! If in your work you use not colored paper, but plain white paper, then spray paint will help to give the star beauty and shine.

Method 2

Making a star that glows in the dark

There is nothing complicated in creating a luminous star, as it seems at first glance. Just take any template of the star you like, make beautiful holes of any shape (round, diamond-shaped, triangular, pentagonal, etc.). After that, carefully pull any garland with small bulbs through these holes. When the job is done, the template must be fixed with glue. This version of the star is a great way to update an old unsightly garland and give the interior magic.

Advice! The stars can be hung separately on ribbons, or you can simply connect them all with a garland and lay them out on a windowsill or other surface.

Video instructions

Finding a suitable and understandable video is a real gift for needleworkers. We have selected for you the most interesting, in our opinion, video instructions for creating stars in different variations.

Volumetric paper star:

Origami five pointed star:

Origami Star Flower:

Star 3D:

On May 9, some original crafts are usually made that can decorate this great holiday. Now I will show you how to make a volumetric star out of paper with my own hands, you will be presented step-by-step instruction With detailed photos. Creation is very easy, taking about ten to twenty minutes. For originality, use colored paper and the homemade product will look more beautiful as a decoration.

How to make a three-dimensional five-pointed star

In this master class, we will need an A4 sheet and scissors, which we use very rarely, but here we can’t do without them.

Let's make a square out of a rectangle. To do this, we bend one corner so that the two edges are connected to each other and lie parallel.

We cut off the excess.

It turns out a square.

We make a rectangle from a square. Press down on the folded side.

We unfold the bent and fold the square in the middle. It turns out here is such a rectangle.

Fold in the middle.

It turns out a small square.

Let's go back a step. We turn off the bend. Now we have a vertical line in the center.

On the left half, bend the upper corner to the center. And we immediately turn back.

We bend lower part and bend back.

Here's what happened. Two lines across.

Now a very important step, we bend the upper right corner to the center of the cross, which is on the left side of the workpiece.

We work with a twist. Turn the corner to the right so that the lines are exactly in contact.

The entire left side must be bent to the right. Top left corner to center.

The lines must touch.

We turn this piece inside out. Bend in the center in the opposite direction.

Here's what happened. Turn the piece over to one side, as shown in the photo.

Turn the top corner up.

Let's take a step back. The trace from the bend is important, or rather this line itself.

It is along this line that we will cut the figure in half.

We take scissors. The diagonal is clearly visible along which we make the cut.

Like this. We need the top part.

From such a small triangle you get a five-pointed paper.

We are starting to expand gradually.

When we expand it, we get such a figure similar to. It is necessary to correct some rays and make the correct creases. This is not difficult.

It turns out here is such a star made of paper on May 9 with your own hands. Beautiful, original and unusual. Bulk crafts decorate the holidays.

Good afternoon, today I am publishing an article in which I have collected the most different ways make Christmas 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, and complex structures in the shape of a star.

Here are some of the ideas I gathered today in one common pile:

• Stars from strips of paper using quilling technique.
• The stars are transparent with stained glass film.
• Stars are three-dimensional in 3d technique.
• Christmas star window stickers.
• Christmas garlands with stars.
• Six-pointed stars with convex edges.
• Stars 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

in the quilling technique.

Here is the first idea - a New Year's star from strips of paper, twisted and glued in quilling technique.

Even if you are not yet familiar with the technique of twisting from paper strips then you just need take a close look in the photo below to understand how this paper star is made.

First, from paper strips, we collect separately five rays– and then glue them together.

Here in the photo below, I even highlighted each detail of the paper strips separately - in different colors.

Each ray of a star is made up of three short oval twists of paper strips - light green lines. One twist is longer - orange line. AND one 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 rejoice at how quickly your homemade New Year's star made of paper turned out. You can make several of these and hang them on Christmas tree as a decoration.

And according to a very similar principle, we can create such stars. This is also essentially QUILLING. But here the forms 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, cutting 10 identical strips of paper. From each we make a paper triangle. All ten triangles are divided into pairs. And we glue each pair with each other with a long side. We get five rays future paper star. We glue the rays together. Close the center of the gluing with an asterisk. With a hole punch we make a hole in the upper beam in order to hang it on a Christmas tree by a thread.

Craft Idea #2

new year star

FROM ROLLS from toilet paper

And here is the next DIY star idea similar to the previous technique the fact that here, too, round paper loops are glued together. Only the loops here are not glued from paper strips, but are toilet paper roll cuts- and a transparent colored film (food wrap, or colored tape) is stretched over each section.

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We need a roll of paper towels or toilet paper. And we will also need multi-colored transparent pieces of film to wrap around our paper blanks for the star.

Where can I get transparent color film for this Christmas star craft.

Option 1 - food color polyethylene.

Option 2 - colored transparent candy wrappers.

Option 3 - colored transparent packaging from bouquets, or gift wrapping in stores with a gift wrapping department.

Option 4 - colored wide adhesive tape - is sold in hardware or finishing stores.

Option 5 - a 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 - cut off from the roll and sold. But first you need to make sure that this film, in isolation from the paper base, gives a transparent color - that is, it transmits light. Check directly in the store - peel off the corner of the film from the paper base directly on the roll and check it for transparency.

How we will make New Year's transparent stars.

We cut the paper roll into identical parts-rings - and from these parts we bend ray shapes and middle-pentagon for our future star.

To fold the pentagonal middle - 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.

By the same principle, we wrap the remaining rays of a cardboard star in a film (or colored tape).

And now our task is to glue all parts of the asterisk into one - connect the rays with the middle.

The easiest way is with 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 pressed down - we squeeze it with clothespins

And when assembled, such an asterisk is hung by the window - so that it transmits light and looks like New Year's craft from glass.

By the way.

If you have a glass cutter and multi-colored pieces of glass left over from old interior doors, then you can do real glass Christmas stars.

Craft Idea #3

new year star

in the BEER technique.

Here in the photo below we see a six-pointed star made of paper. Even a child in a circle of children's creativity can make it. You do not need to draw anything with a compass, build complex calculations. All you need is 1 square piece of paper folded like a fan. And another square of newsprint (smaller).

A Master Class for making such a New Year's star with your own hands looks like this. We fold the square sheet like a fan so to get six sides- that is, three folds of the fan only (as in the photo below).

Can sheet immediately measure in width and divide this figure into 6 equal parts. And mark these parts with a pencil and make bends-folds according to these marks - then we will get a fan of six identical harmonica blades.

And if you make patterned cuts in such a star (as in a snowflake), you get a patterned New Year's star made of paper - with a beautiful openwork pattern on their beams.

That is, the fan itself (still folded) is supplemented with slots. And then we sew the middle of the fan with a bracket, fold it in half, unfold it in a circle and glue the blades of the halves that meet.

Craft Idea #4

new year star

from twisted triangles.

Here we see a seven-pointed paper star. Because of 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 lay each such tube on a paper round base smeared with glue.

Craft Idea #5

paper stars

In the form of a garland.

A paper star is often used as an element of a New Year's garland. Here I propose to consider three ways to make such a star garland for the New Year.

Option number 1. Here is the simplest fast way put the stars on a string. You need a sewing machine and silhouettes of stars cut out of cardboard.

We refuel in sewing machine thread, put a star under the foot of the machine and drive the machine line through the star. Moreover, when the line reaches the edge of the star, we do not stop the machine, but we scribble further to get a long thread twisted into a line. After a few centimeters of such an empty line-chain, we again put a star out of cardboard.

Option number 2. You can make a garland of bulk stars points. They are made according to the principle of krizhka - several silhouettes of a star made of paper are superimposed on each other and fastened with a common machine seam. Or you can first paperclip these multi-layered stars.

For a garland of paper stars You don't have to buy colored paper. You can use the pages of old books or a musical staff.

Option number 3.

And you can make a garland of three-dimensional stars with smooth 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 an understandable master class that clearly shows how to make such a three-dimensional 3D cardboard star 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 already be easily bent into the convex folds we need. And we will get a star with faceted rays.

Those lines that lead from the center to the tip of the beam are bent outward. And the lines that lead from the center to the interbeam point are bent inward.

Craft Idea #6

new year star

with smooth edges.

And below is another easy way to make a star out of paper. Here you need a template (the drawing of the star 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 from a flat sheet of paper. And then each face was bent - in sequence, we bend one face outward, and bend the next face 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 around 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 put a sheet of paper on a glowing screen - the star will shine through the paper - and trace the contours (or just the points of the corners) with light pencil lines. And then remove the sheet from the screen and circle everything with a bold line.

If you want to increase or decrease the size pictures on the screen, this can be done with 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 spin the mouse wheel Forward to increase, back to decrease. And the size of all pictures on the screen changes increasing or decreasing.

Craft Idea #7

new year star

From paper modules.

And here is 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.

Such New Year's paper stars can be made as an independent decoration for the Christmas tree. As a decorative star for decoration new year holiday. Or such paper stars can be dotted with a ring for a Christmas wreath.

Craft Idea #8

new year star

From cardboard.

But simple craft volumetric Christmas star made from cardboard. Here (as you see in the photo) you need to cut out two identical silhouettes of a five-pointed star from cardboard.

Later in each make a cardboard star cut with scissors - in a straight line, leading from the lower interbeam to the upper vertex of the beam - but do not cut to the end, and stop at the central point of the star.

When we we put one slot on the slot of the second star made of cardboard- we get a cruciform connection of two strips (perpendicular to each other). As a result, it turns out 3D star.

And here is an option when 2 stars, also cut out of thick cardboard, do not sit 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 holes-slots in such a cardboard star with a blade, then the star will look more elegant. And gold sprinkles will make such a New Year's star quite festive.

Craft Idea #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 voluminous paper stars are also made from two modules, glued one to meet the other. Only here the module is not of four beams, but of three.

V flat view this module has just such a triangular shape with serifs-fasteners on all three sides.

We bend the module along the longitudinal line of each of the three corners of the triangle. The faceted modules are put on each other with notches-serifs. And it turns out a voluminous star with six rays.

Craft Idea #10

paper stars

In ORIGAMI technique

You can make an origami star. That is, from an ordinary square sheet of paper WITHOUT USING SCISSORS. This is what distinguishes the fashionable Japanese origami technique - the art of turning a square plane into a figure of any complexity.

Here such a star is also obtained from one square sheet of paper. But the process looks rather complicated. But as soon as you understand it, how do you understand the speed and ease with which these stars appear. And having made 4 such stars, you acquire high-speed automatism and can add the stars almost blindly.

And here is another star in the origami technique. Where a paper module is obtained from a square sheet. And from such modules-rays we fold a solid star out of paper.

Craft Idea #11

new year stars

Transparent for windows.

You can make a star out of paper to stick it on the window. These stars look very elegant. And this is an alternative to the classic paper snowflakes, which we all used to glue on the windows during the Christmas holidays.

Such a New Year's star is made of paper is quite simple. A strip of paper is folded in half. Its tips are bent to give 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 that we made to give a pointed shape to our rectangle, we get different forms star rays. Thus, having shown an EXPERIMENTAL hitch, we will be able to create more and more author's New Year's stars on the window.

Craft idea No. 12

new year 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 spread of the newspaper. Can be placed inside a newspaper roll copper wire- so the bent frame of the star will be given additional rigidity.

After that, the star blank from the newspaper can be decorated. Paint with paint, wrap with threads, coat with glue and cover with sparkles. Or something else according to your imagination.

These are the ideas I have collected for you in this article. Now you know a lot of ways to make a star out of paper with your mind and with your own hands.

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