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Make Your Own Stick Star Ornaments
Posted Dec 25, 08 -Filed Under crafts (recycled materials), gifts from recycled materials, holiday crafts: Christmas (recycled stuff), party décor (recycle and upcycle), party favors, seasonal: winter, use for natural stuff: vines, sticks..., use for yarn scraps
How to:
Use a good pair of garden shears to cut some straight branches. From these branches, cut 5 stick pieces the same length and approximately the same diameter. Cut the first stick (whatever looks right) and use that stick to mark the length of the remaining sticks. I used sticks that were about 6 ¼ inches long and ¼ to nearly ½ inch wide. The exact size doesn’t matter as long as it appeals to your sense of proportion and all the sticks are the same length. Keep in mind; thinner sticks are easier to bend into place.
Tie two sticks together than tie another two sticks together near the end (see X and Y in photo).
Spread out the non-tied ends and overlay as in photo and tie top of star (see Z in photo).
Tie on the last stick. Play with the sticks a little; some go over, some under. Do whatever works for that star.
Party Craft
I prepared enough for my daughter’s whole class. I made bundles and tied them together with nice red yarn that was used to hang the star ornament after the star was constructed. The ball of wool yarn was used to tie all the sticks together.
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ooh – you could do this with cinnamon sticks, too, if you had long ones!
I am so doing a “Blair Witch Christmas” theme in the cedars out in our woods next year!
Maven,
I bet that would look so nice! I’ve made some large ones too. Great for exterior decor.
Best, Hester Jane