Paper stars. DIY paper star (diagrams, templates)

Good afternoon, today I am publishing an article in which I have collected the most different ways do New Year's 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, as well as complex designs in the shape of a star.

Here are the ideas I collected today in one general pile:

Stars made from strips of paper using the quilling technique.
Transparent stars with stained glass film.
Three-dimensional stars in 3D technology.
New Year stars window stickers.
New Year's garlands with stars.
Six-pointed stars with convex edges.
Stars made 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

using the QUILING technique.

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

Even if you are not yet familiar with the technique of twisting paper strips, then you just need look carefully See the photo below to understand how this paper star is made.

First, we assemble the paper strips individually five rays– and then glue them together.

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

Each ray of a star consists of three short oval twists of paper strips - light green lines. One twist is longer – orange line. AND one rolled 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 be pleased with how quickly your homemade New Year's paper star turned out. You can make several of these and hang them on christmas tree as decoration.

And using a very similar principle, we can create stars like this. This is also essentially QUILLING. But here the shapes 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, we cut 10 identical strips of paper. From each we make a paper triangle. We divide all ten triangles into pairs. And we glue each pair together with the long side. We get five rays future star made of paper. Glue the rays together. We close the center of the gluing with an asterisk. Use a hole punch to make a hole in the top beam so that you can hang it on the tree by a thread.

Craft idea No. 2

New Year's star

FROM toilet paper rolls

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

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

Where to get transparent color film for this New Year's star craft.

Option 1 – food grade colored polyethylene.

Option 2 – colored transparent candy wrappers.

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

Option 4 - colored wide tape - sold in construction or finishing stores.

Option 5 - transparent finishing film from a hardware store. It is sold in large rolls, like 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, when separated from the paper base, gives a transparent color - that is, it transmits light. Check it right in the store - peel off a corner of the film from the paper base right on the roll and check it for transparency.

How we will make New Year's transparent stars.

We cut the paper roll into identical ring parts - and bend these parts ray shapes And mid-pentagon for our future star.

To fold the pentagonal center, 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.

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

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

The easiest way is 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 in a pressed form - squeeze it with clothespins

And when assembled, such a star is hung near the window - so that it lets in light and looks like New Year's craft from glass.

By the way.

If you have a glass cutter and colorful pieces of glass left over from old interior doors then you can do real glass New Year's stars.

Craft idea No. 3

New Year's star

using the VEER technique.

In the photo below we see a six-pointed star made of paper. Even a child can do it in a children's art group. You don’t need to draw anything with a compass or make complex calculations. All you need is 1 square sheet of paper, folded into a fan. And another square newsprint(smaller size).

A Master Class How to make such a New Year's star with your own hands looks like this. Fold the square sheet into a fan like this: to make six sides– that is, three folds of the fan only (as in the photo below).

Can I get a sheet right away? measure the width and divide this figure into 6 equal parts. And mark these parts with a pencil and make folds along these marks - then we will get a fan of six identical accordion blades.

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

That is, we supplement the fan itself (still folded) with slits. And then we stitch the middle of the fan with a staple, fold it in half, unfold it in a circle and glue the blades of the meeting halves together.

Craft idea #4

New Year's star

from twisted triangles.

Here we see a seven-pointed star made of paper. Due to 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 place each such tube on a round paper base coated with glue.

Craft idea #5

Paper stars

In the form of a garland.

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

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

Refill in sewing machine thread, place a star under the machine foot and machine stitch through the star. Moreover, when the line reaches the edge of the star, we do not stop the machine but continue to sew to get a long thread twisted into the line. After a few centimeters of such an empty chain line, we again place a cardboard star.

Option #2. You can make a garland of voluminous stars using the same principle. They are made according to the krishka principle - several star silhouettes made of paper are placed on top of each other and fastened with a common machine seam. Or first you can paper clip these multi-layer stars.

For a garland of paper stars, it is not at all necessary to buy colored paper. You can use pages from old books or a musical staff.

Option #3.

Or you can make a garland of voluminous stars with smoothed 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 a clear master class that clearly shows how to make such a three-dimensional 3D star from cardboard 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 easily bend into the convex folds we need. And we will get a star with faceted rays.

We bend those lines that lead from the center to the tip of the beam outward. And we bend the lines that lead from the center to the interradial point inward.

Craft idea #6

New Year's star

with smoothed edges.

But below is another simple way to make a star out of paper. Here you need a template (the star drawing 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 out from a flat sheet of paper. And then each edge was bent - in sequence we bend one edge outward, and bend the next edge 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 along 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 ready-made stencil in the picture below. You can trace it directly from your computer screen, just place a piece of paper on the glowing screen - the star will shine through the paper - and use light pencil lines to trace the outlines (or just the corner points). And then remove the sheet from the screen and circle everything with a bold line.

If you want to increase or decrease size pictures on the screen, this can be done using 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 right hand turn the mouse wheel- forward to increase, back to decrease. And the size of all pictures on the screen changes, increasing or decreasing.

Craft idea No. 7

New Year's star

From paper modules.

But here is a star made of paper, which is folded by connecting individual paper modules together. How exactly to fold such a star out of paper is shown in detail in the diagram below.

These paper New Year stars can be made as independent Christmas tree decorations. As a decorative star for decoration New Year's holiday. Or you can dot a ring for an Advent wreath with these paper stars.

Craft idea #8

New Year's star

From cardboard.

And here simple craft volumetric New Year's star, made of cardboard. Here (as you see in the photo) you need to cut out two identical silhouettes of a five-pointed star from cardboard.

After in each make a cardboard star cut with scissors - in a straight line, leading from the lower interbeam to the upper apex of the beam - but don’t finish it to the end, and stop at the central point of the star.

When we we place one slot on the slot of the second cardboard star– we get a cross-shaped connection of two strips (perpendicular to each other). In the end it turns out 3D star.

Here's an option when 2 stars, also cut out of thick cardboard, do not fit 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 slits in such a cardboard star with a blade, the star will look more elegant. And the gold sprinkles will make such a New Year's star completely festive.

Craft idea No. 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 three-dimensional paper stars are also made from two modules, glued one to the other. Only here the module is not made of four beams, but of three.

In flat form, this module has this triangular shape with notches and fasteners on all three sides.

We bend the module along the longitudinal line of each of the three corners of the triangle. The cut modules are placed on top of each other using notch-serifs. And it turns out a three-dimensional star with six rays.

Craft idea #10

Paper stars

Using ORIGAMI technique

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

This star is also obtained from one square sheet of paper. But the process looks quite complicated. But once you understand it, you understand the speed and ease with which these stars appear. And having made 4 such stars, you acquire high-speed automation and can add stars almost blindly.

Here is another star made using the origami technique. Where does it come from a square sheet? paper module. And from such ray modules we create a solid star made of paper.

Craft idea No. 11

New Year's stars

Transparent for the window.

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

Making such a New Year's star out of paper is quite simple. A strip of paper is folded in half. Its ends are curved to give it 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 we made to give our rectangle a pointed shape, we will get different shapes star rays. Thus, by showing some EXPERIMENTAL creativity, we will be able to create more and more designer New Year’s stars for the window.

Craft idea No. 12

New Year's 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 newspaper spread. You can place copper wire inside the twisted newspaper - this will give additional rigidity to the bent star frame.

After this, the blank star from the newspaper can be decorated. Paint it with paint, wrap it with thread, coat it with glue and cover it with glitter. Or something else according to your imagination.

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

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The voluminous star will become a decoration for various holidays, or a separate element of the interior. To do this, prepare the following list of materials:

Red paper;
Scissors;
Pencils;
Ruler;

Let's start the creative process:

Cut out five red squares.
Fold the squares diagonally.
Unfold the squares and fold the right sides of the workpiece towards the middle, and then the left ones.
Bend the upper parts of the workpiece: both the right and left parts.
After all sides are driven, the workpiece will take the shape of a diamond. Then fold the diamond in half.
Unfold the workpiece. Start smoothing the fold lines and straightening the edges.
Gently straighten the inner layer of the star: repeat the previous steps seven times.
Let's start assembling the star.
Glue the side edges of the star and glue them together.
Connect the modules so that they resemble a star in shape.

DIY paper star

The following algorithm will help you create many small stars (up to 1.5 cm in length). A large number of such stars look bright and magical. So, to create such a craft, prepare:

Colored glossy paper;
Scissors.

Let's start creating the craft:

Cut several strips of paper 29x1.1 in length. The width of the strip should be based on the width of future stars.
Make a small loop from the strip and bend it. The end result will be a pentagon.
Press down, turn the rectangle over and work with the long part of the workpiece.
Wrap the strip around the pentagon about ten times (each edge should be wrapped at least twice).
Tuck the edge down. On middle part Press down the figures to form the edges of the star.

A lot of multi-colored stars placed in a beautiful vase will look most advantageous in the interior.

Origami paper star

Such stars look impressive if they are created from newspapers or decorative paper. Let's start creating origami:

Fold the square piece of paper in half, then bend the top into a triangle.
Do the first step with the other top of the workpiece.
Place the corner of the rectangle on the opposite side into the bend suppression element from the previous paragraphs.
Bend the rays of the star according to the drawn lines. Cut off the excess part.
If you folded the sheet correctly, it will acquire folds in the shape of a pentagon.
Follow the lines drawn on the sheet and bend them so that you eventually form a star.

Modular origami star

The following craft requires the impressive experience of a needlework master, since it includes many stages of creation. The final craft will impress you with its appearance.

First, prepare ten paper sheets square shape. Let's get started creating a stunning modular star:

Bend one square along two diagonals, and then in transverse directions.
Fold one sheet to form a double square.
From another leaf, fold the workpiece so that it forms a double triangle.
Insert the triangle into the inside of the square.
Fold the ends of the square into the inside. Do this on two opposite sides.
Unfold the workpiece and bend the protruding corners. This will help create one of the modules.
Create four modules for one star. Connect the modules. They should be attached to each other with side corners. In this case, one corner of one element should rest against the folds of another corner.
Insert the corners from the outside under the folds of the other module.
Connect the modules until they form a single ring.
Spread out all the components of the star and place it in a visible place in the room.

Do-it-yourself volumetric star

Volumetric stars are one of the most common decorations for the New Year. They are simple to create and look attractive: this is what makes the blank so popular. Let's begin the process of creating a volumetric star:

On paper, draw the outline of the rays of the future star, print it and transfer it to another piece of paper.
Fold the paper along the lines and glue along the edges.
Make five templates.
Glue the templates together so that they form a star.

By the way, the size of the star depends on the size of the prepared template. Make several multi-colored stars and hang them on a string: this way the star will become the center of attention of the room decorated for the New Year. Of course, the red three-dimensional star will be an excellent craft for school in honor of May 9th.

Crafts help give room to imagination and create truly magnificent objects that decorate the interior of the room. Don’t be afraid to experiment with techniques, materials and the use of certain products.

Recently, the origami technique has gained a huge number of fans.

Meanwhile, origami- This ancient art folding different paper figures without the help of glue and scissors, which has its roots in Ancient China.

Today we will try this technique with an easy master class, folding strips of paper into a charming star, also called an asterisk of happiness. Probably because these stars are very cute, when you look at a whole scattering of these pot-bellied little ones, only positive emotions. They can decorate the interior, decorate a gift, even make curtains from stars.

Making such beauty is not at all difficult. Be sure to involve the kids in this fun activity. They will really like it, and it will also develop fine motor skills hands

So, first you need to prepare paper, scissors (a paper cutter), a ruler, a couple of minutes of free time and a good mood).

The paper used is different: regular colored, office, silk, scrapbooking paper, wrapping paper, you can even cut the colored pages of an old magazine, they will also make original stars. There are also special sets on sale with ready-made beautiful stripes for stars.

We cut the paper into strips 29 cm long and 1.1 cm wide. Although other sizes can be used. The width of the stripe determines
the size of our star, and the length should be sufficient to wrap each edge at least 2 times.

Let's start the process:

Making a loop;
- holding the short end, very carefully make a knot;
- tie a knot so that the result is an equilateral pentagon;
- we wrap the short tail on the reverse side and turn the workpiece over;
- if the tip is too long and looks beyond the star, then bend it or trim it;
- now we begin to wrap the pentagon with the long end until the paper runs out;
- we hide the remaining tail in a striped pocket;

Our blank is ready, all that remains is to make it voluminous. To do this, take the pentagon with your left hand, and with two fingers of your right hand we grasp each corner of the star and press down the edge, thereby pressing the side of the pentagon in the middle.

That's all, the star of happiness is ready! Have a good mood everyone!

You can see the process of folding a happy star more clearly in the video.

Holidays, theme nights, theatrical performances - all this requires certain paraphernalia. And simply decorating your home with interesting items, especially if you made them yourself, is always nice. In our article we will tell you how to make a star out of paper. Everyone will be able to choose their favorite method from the many offered.

Content:

How to make a small star out of paper

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 paper 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 interior decoration; 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 available at the workplace:

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

To get a beautiful three-dimensional star, follow the algorithm presented below.

3D star

Take 2 square sheets of paper and bend them in half, first on one side, then on the other, so that when straightening the sheet you get 2 fold lines - horizontal and vertical. Then fold twice diagonally.

Using scissors, cut the paper a little (about halfway) at the top and bottom along the folds, and then to the left and right.

Following the pictures, fold the edges away from the cut lines.

To fix the craft, take glue and apply it to all the star rays on the back side.

Then make the second star according to the previous description.

Glue two stars together as shown in the picture. You can decorate them with sparkles, beads, rain, etc.

Star: origami

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

Let's get started:

Five-pointed star made of paper

If you want to make a three-dimensional five-pointed star, we recommend choosing a material for work such as cardboard.

In addition to cardboard, the workplace should have scissors, paints, a simple pencil and glue

Progress:

Star of Bethlehem

Method 1

Such a star will become a decoration in any room and not only on Christmas days. But let us immediately warn you that this will take a lot of time, the work requires dedication, scrupulousness and patience. But the result will undoubtedly please you.

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

regular office paper(can be colored) A4 in the amount of 50 pcs.;
dense threads;
PVA glue;
stationery scissors;
stapler

Let's get started with the craft.

Star of Bethlehem
Take the sheets and cut them into 2 pieces lengthwise.
Twist all the paper pieces so that one edge is tighter, the other 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 place such fans on a prepared thick thread and pull them 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 do not use colored paper, but regular white paper, then spray paint will help 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 star template you like and make beautiful holes of any shape (round, diamond-shaped, triangular, pentagonal, etc.). After this, carefully pull any garland with small light bulbs through these holes. When the job is done, the template needs to be fixed with glue. This version of the star is an excellent way to update an old, unsightly garland and add magic to the interior.

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

Video instructions

Finding a suitable and understandable video is a real gift for handicraftsmen. 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:

Paper stars are very popular around Christmas. They are often cut out according to a template and glued together. But making a star from a paper strip is much faster and easier, which is clearly visible from our photo of MK.

Paper stars are used in different ways - they are strung on a thread into a garland, placed in transparent containers, scattered on festive table or near the fireplace. They can be hung on a small tabletop tree as a New Year's toy.

To work you will need:

office colored paper or thin cardboard (ordinary thin colored paper will not work);
scissors;
a board, a long iron ruler and a stationery knife (for cutting strips of paper);
pencil - make marks.

How to make a star from a strip of paper:

We mark the paper lengthwise into strips 15 mm wide and cut them. I immediately cut a stack of 7 sheets of thin glossy cardboard from Olli. She marked two points, applied a ruler to them, pressed them tightly and ran the blade of a stationery knife several times until the strips of paper were completely cut off. Small unevenness in width will not spoil the craft, but burrs should be avoided.
First of all, you need to tie a knot at the end of the strip. To do this, place the tip of the strip in an X shape on the same strip a little further from the edge. The front side should be facing you.
We insert the tip into the formed loop.
Carefully tighten the knot so that a pentagon is formed and the strip of paper at both ends is not deformed.
We cut off the excess tip of the paper along the edge of the pentagon.
We begin to wrap the pentagon with a strip of paper - we make a fold exactly along the side of the pentagon. Try not to smooth the folds, otherwise it will be difficult for you to give the star volume later.
When folded carefully, the strip of paper will always run exactly along one side of the pentagon.
From which side the paper begins to stick out, we make the next fold, again aligning it along the side of the pentagon.
Continue wrapping until the strip becomes too short.
The remaining tip should be hidden in a pocket.
We push it so that the last fold lies exactly along the side of the pentagon.
If the edge of the strip comes out on the other side of the pocket, it must be carefully cut off.
This is what the correct preparation looks like. Now it just needs to be given volume.
Using the nails of two fingers, we squeeze the middles of two adjacent sides of the pentagon. The first ray of a star is formed.
We repeat the action for all pairs of sides, trying to make the indentations the same. It turns out to be a plump and beautiful star.

Not only the child, but also our cat really liked this craft - he enthusiastically chased them across the floor or deliberately threw them off all surfaces, even tried to get them out of a glass aquarium-goblet!

Enjoy your preparations for the holidays!

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Anastasia Kononenko