VIDEO: Crafting tips for Christmas

Symmetrical parchment star for Christmas

1. For a parchment star for Christmas, cut a square out of sturdy parchment paper.
2. Now fold the paper diagonally and lay it on the table with the closed long side facing you.
3. Now fold the right tip to the left onto the left tip. There is now a right triangle in front of you.
4. In the next step, fold the top left tip upwards, that is, fold one leg of the right angle onto the other leg so that the tips are on top of each other. Repeat on the back.
5. You are now ready to start cutting. First cut from the open tips to about the middle, after unfolding you will later see the star shape. On the closed sides you can cut out small triangles or semicircles.
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6. Now carefully open the fold on your parchment star for Christmas. If you've cut the right way, you'll see a star that has the same pattern on every ray.

The star looks particularly pretty for Christmas if you iron it, attach a thread and then carefully dip it briefly in liquid candle wax. So you can hang this star as a decoration on the tree or in the window.

Crafting tips for an eight-pointed star

1. For an eight-pointed parchment star for Christmas, you need Din-size parchment paper. It does not matter whether it is A4, A3 or even larger. The larger the starting size, the bigger the star for Christmas will be later.
2. According to this crafting tip, fold the rectangular paper in half, you will get 2 rectangular pieces. Then fold these again until you get 8 rectangles of the same size. You cut this out.
3. Fold each rectangle in half lengthways and open the paper again.
4. Now fold the corners of the rectangles to the center line, resulting in unequal hexagons.
5. On the upper side of the hexagons, fold the corners to the middle again. You now have 8 finished parts in front of you.
6. Use the wider point to put all the pieces together to form a circle. If you glue one part after the other half on top of another, the circle will close to form an eight-pointed star.

Parchment paper comes in different sizes, thicknesses and Colours. Greaseproof paper is also suitable, but due to its thinness it tears quickly. Architectural paper is very suitable, it is less sensitive and you can even color it yourself. Parchment stars in different colors look particularly attractive on the window when, for example, they are flooded with sunlight. Good luck in implementing these crafting tips!