Happy Holidays!! I absolutely love this time of year! I think I have loved making Christmas ornaments since I was a kid, I remember making some out of home made clay in school, and I made some at home using the small styrofoam balls to make snowman ornaments with googly eyes. So when I decided to make this star ornament, I knew it would be simple enough for a school aged child to make this!
I began by using a light chipboard mailing envelope that I kept to be able to recycle it. This was the perfect project for this! You can also use a cereal box as well. I began by cutting the envelope into (2) Pieces, I then had a mini album with the star pattern to trace it on both of the pieces of chipboard then cut them out.
I then needed to score all of the points & open edges from the tip/opening to the center of the star. Did this with both . Then I matched them up and adhered it using my hot glue gun since I needed it to glue fast. After cleaning up the edges from the glue strings, I then cut up my book paper to glue it on using Helmar Acid Free Glue, I just poured some onto my craft mat and added a spray of water and used a paint brush to apply the book pages first. I wanted to make it sturdy so being that I only had (1) music sheet, I let it dry before adding the last layer which was the music sheet. I added one more layer of glue without water so it would seal and have a little shine.
After it all dried completely, I made a whole using my crop a dile, then added twine to hang it up from. I wanted to add some glitter so I used some products from DecoArts, I applied the Glitter Glue along the edges of the star then sprinkled some of the glitter on top. I had some beautiful Christmas Papers from Pion Designs that had a variety of cut outs. I chose this vintage Santa. I cut it, distressed the edges with Vintage photo distress ink. I adhered it to a white Prima flower using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue. Lastly I added some glitter glue to the edges of the flower and sprinkled glitter and adhered it with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Glue to the center of the star.
I hope that you find this very easy to follow, you can leave a question in the comment section or email me @ rodriguezjeanne72@yahoo.com if you have trouble or just need to ask anything. Thank you so very much for checking out my post. I really hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Years! I will see you all in 2018!!! Xoxo, Jeanne
