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| Papercraft Scandinavian style Origami stars |
A huge part of Christmas to me is taking time out of our busy lives, slowing down and making family time or now as the birds have flown the nest creating some 'me' time and pottering away an hour or two each week to fill me with joy of the season and forget about the wows of our world and the commercialism that Christmas is trying to become.
This year I decided to recreate some of the stars mor (as a family, we shorted the Norwegian word for grandmother from mormor to mor which means 'mother') had on her tree. They were made from shaved wooden strips and had such a natural feel to them. Mor's tree was full of these stars, real candles and a garland string of the Norwegian flag, all topped with a straw angle with foil wings.
In searching how to make these stars I began on Norwegian websites but the web is full of how to make them in every language you could think of. They start fiddly as most things in life do, with a couple of mutterings under my breath as I ripped yet another strip of paper but I persevered and am so pleased that I did. Sure enough, after an hour of frustration, I began to be able to make the stars in ten minutes flat.
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| You can use wrapping paper, wallpaper or specailist origami paper |
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| It is important to LOCK in the paper so it holds it shape |
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| This stage begins to get exciting |
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| Stars growing like rabbits, be warned it's addicitve |
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| A festive subtle addition to the French doors |
A few second clip to show how the stars just gently move...
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| A close up of the papercraft stars origami style |
STAR MEASUREMENTS FOR THE STRIPS:
For large stars, dimensions are 80cm x 2.5cm
For small stars, the dimensions are 44 x 1.5cm
A few links to various star tutorials:
Norwegian, but slow enough to get the gist...
Star video tutorial
Danish but with no volume, a clear exapmle, but you will need to keep stopping it as it is not real time.
Quick tutorial for stars
Here are links to previous posts on paper crafts and how I 'dress' the French windows every Christmas:
Paper baubles
I have also found on amazon yiu can order ready cut strips the ideal length for these stars too. If you Google Danish paper weaving strips you should find it.
♥ Have you made any paper decorations,
do tell... ♥
I love these stars, I'll have to make some. I'll have a look at the videos to see how long the strips have to be. Thanks Selma x
ReplyDeleteKaren, I have updates the post and added in some measurements, hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I've tried to do any sort of origami, there's been lots of muttering, even with the simplest of patterns. The stars are lovely. Christmas should be much more simple than the world makes it to be. Handmade, homemade and cozy, quiet times are best.
ReplyDeleteI totally get the muttering Tammy, I did begin like that with these stars too but I persevered in this instance and was rewarded was able to make each star quite quickly there on in.
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