Oh my! Christmas is coming! And fast! Do you remember back when you were a kid and asking “How many more days til Christmas?” and your parents answered with something like “Still 6 weeks, kiddo!” and you thought it would just Never. Ever. Arrive.?
These days, as a big ol’ grown-up, 6 weeks goes by SO quickly, and Christmas is over before you know it and suddenly your kids are asking you “How many more days til Easter?!?”.
This year I am feeling a bit slack with the Christmas preparations, especially on the creative and decorative side of things. But I am determined not to have Christmas arrive without me having made some effort.
As fate would have it, just the other day my son came home from kindergarten and presented his latest masterpiece- a beautiful, intricately folded paper Christmas star. If I was only going to manage one new craft project with the kids this Christmas, I knew that this would be it.
And once I had decoded the pattern, I just knew that I would have to share the secret of the Christmas star with you! (Spoiler Alert! It’s not as difficult to make as it looks!) Read on to learn how you can make your own gorgeous paper star this Christmas.
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Now you might be thinking that it looks a little fiddly and complicated. Or that you aren’t some sort of origami wizard (Tip: it’s not origami! There IS glue involved 😉). Looking at places online like Pinterest you can easily get overwhelmed by the sheer number of gorgeous-looking Christmas crafts to make your home picture-perfect for the happy holiday season.
But some of those splendid crafts also look stupefyingly near impossible. Like you don’t have enough to think about at this time of year without feeling socially pressured into making some contortionist craft project.
That’s why this project is SO GOOD. If a teacher can juggle half a dozen kids at kindy making these colourful Christmas stars, then you can do it too. Even if your own kids want to make their own or even “help” you with yours.
I have prepared for you a downloadable, printable PDF with the complete, easy-to-follow instructions so that you can get your craft groove on and get creative!
The materials you will need are super basic and maybe you even already have everything right there at home. You can make this star in any size you wish; from small enough to be a Christmas tree decoration up to large enough to be a feature on your wall. You choose! (Or maybe you can’t decide, and simply end up making a stack of them in all sorts of sizes 😉). Once you get started creating these beautiful decorations, it’s pretty hard to stop…
So, are you ready to get crafty? Then just click here to get your FREE Christmas Star pattern!
Once you’ve made one (or several dozen, whatever the case may be!) I’d love to see them! You can find me on Instagram, just tag me @jennyfamtastic!
