Remember lucky stars? You would make hundreds of them to fill a jar and give them to your friends. Why not reuse this simple craft for other things. Fill small gift boxes with them instead of tissue. This looks great for small things like jewelry. Use the stars for embellishments on cards. I made gift tags (pictured above) out of the paper one uses to make the stars. The paper comes in all kinds of great prints and phrases. Below is a picture of how the paper comes packaged. Usually costs about a dollar a package (30 strips of paper). Directions below
( 3/8" by 10"). It's also fun to print out your own sayings, then cut the strips.
Those are adorable! Now I'd like to make a million.
ReplyDeletewicked cool! thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteamazing! thanks!
ReplyDeleteYay! Thank you for the directions. My friends used to make tons of these for their gelato shop. They'd put them in glass jars and decorate.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial. What is this kind of paper called? I live in the UK and would like to get my hands on some!
ReplyDeletethank you for all your kind words
ReplyDeletethe paper is called "origami lucky star paper"
please let me know if you have trouble finding the paper
i bookmarked this post a long time ago, and just bought the strips in china town..... totally, adorably addictive.
ReplyDeleteI love the gift tag u made out of paper, the one that looks like a star. So beautiful,^-^ but i don't know how to do it, can you please show us how?
ReplyDeleteHow do you do the puffing up step?
ReplyDeleteIt is very difficult.
Hi regina,
ReplyDeleteWhen wrapping the star before you puff it up, don't make it too tight. Then you just squish one side at a time and it should puff up fairly easy. Hope this helps. :)
Love lucky stars
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hola soy Viviana de San Juan ,Argentina estaba buscando estas estrellitas hace tiempo yno puedo creer que sean tan faciles.!!!!gracias!!!
ReplyDeleteVERY cute... But how did you do the first step-- the knot? Is it just like any other knot?
ReplyDeletemy best friend is being sent off to Afgainistain soon. so i am having a friend have the members of his church put prayers on each strip then i will fold them into the stars and send them to him after his deployment. i think that will make him happy. thanks for the instructions i lost the first set i had!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to make these!
ReplyDeleteThankyou for the great tutorial! xxx
What fantastic photos and explanation! Thank you so much for such good directions! I have shared this beautiful craft on my blog! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteHow did you make the 2 really cool ones on the right? :O
ReplyDeleteI was looking for other things to do with the lucky star paper, and I came across this. Can you please post how you made those gift tags? They're so cute! I have so many strips of paper and I'd like to do more with them than just making stars!
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