So with Christmas coming up and being stuck in a recession it can be hard to figure what to get people, so I am going to show you a gift that can be a small token for friends or for younger/teen family members or even to adults if these are done say in metallic paper and put into glasses etc they could look kinda classy. I learnt how to make these when I was 14 so they could even be used as a craft for kids around christmas. They are Chinese good luck or wish stars.
You need to take a strip of paper, if you run sheets of paper through a shredder at the largest setting it should get this. If not just cut them yourself length wise on a a4 piece of paper about a CM thick.
Then fold the paper as above, it looks like a breast cancer care ribbon. You need the shortest end underneath the longest piece.
Then pull the shortest piece up towards going through the hole.
Pull it through and tight and flatten it into a pentagon. All sides should fit comfortably in so it’s not loose.
Then start to wrap the piece of paper around the pentagon. Each time you should be able to feel where it sits right on each side. If it doesn’t fit perfectly then it’s the other Edge that it needs to be place onto.
Just keep going……
Until you get to this stage, then tuck the left over under the other side. If it comes right out the other side just rip the bit hanging out off.
You will end up with this.
This next bit can be tricky, you are trying to pinch the sides in and push them up to create a 3D point. If it doesn’t work the first time and it gets bent sometimes it is just better to start again or to practise first of all with the other sides.
Then do the next side
The next side after…..
Then your final side.
Neaten it up and pitch the sides all in fully.
Repeat the step over and over until you have a bunch of them
You can use different sizes of paper up to a 1 1/2 CM in thickness. Also the longer the paper the stronger the stars. Maybe try metallic paper.
Now to the gift part, there are a few things you can do with these you can put them in jars as above. I will be putting ribbon and a little decorative explanation tag onto mine to make them into a cute little trinket. If you can get globe pendants you can put one or two in a pendant and onto a chain. You could put them in classes or vases to be decorative. You could use them as confetti, I did this when I was 17 for my music teachers wedding present, I got them a Macy’s gift card as they were going to New York for their honeymoon, I put it into a gift box with a lot of stars and explained that they are believed to be lucky/wish stars to start them off well on their marriage and I’d handmade them all and they seemed to love the whole idea of it.
So hope you will give them a try 
If you do be sure to leave a comment. If you need any help let me know in the comments and I will try and help out.
