Window Stars
I have long coveted the window stars I’ve seen at the Waldorf school and in photos. I bought a book of how to make them a while back and got so overwhelmed by the complex instructions that I didn’t attempt one for a year.
Eventually, in my combing the Internet, I stumbled upon the right kind of transparent “kite paper” and bought it. My paper is square, so I can now make all the stars that require squares.
Many of the stars in this book require rectangular tissue paper cut to specific sizes and I haven’t tried that yet. I guess my rotary fabric cutter would do the job, but I don’t know if that would be bad for the cutter.
This star was pretty easy to make, although I had to ask Ian help me figure out how to assemble the five points into the star. It was confusing because the instructions were wrong in a couple of places. The book could use a good editor in its next revision, I think! Still, I’m looking forward to making more of these. They’re pretty.
August 12, 2010 at 12:29 am
Beautiful! The assembly at the end sometimes is the hardest part. We like to make these for seasons, holidays and to incorporate geometry with the older kids. Lots of window stars on flickr…my favorite place to get inspiration!
August 12, 2010 at 2:25 am
What a nice blog!
I like the stars I’ll try soon!
Looking forward!
August 12, 2010 at 10:09 am
Thanks for the nice compliment! Good luck with your stars! I’m going to try a few more soon, too.
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