Homemade Ornaments

I always enjoy learning how to make new ornaments - instead of plates of goodies for friends and neighbors during the holiday season, I make ornaments, which is a tradition that I stole from my mom. Over the next couple of days, I am going to post some of my favorites - most of them I learned how to make with my mom and/or Grandma Sager growing up and have enjoyed making more and teaching my girls how to make them, too. So, stay tuned for more ornaments!

I'll start with these fun stars - I came across one about a couple months ago that my mom had made and called her to remember how to make them. They are Moravian German Stars and I Googled them and found this really great website with instructions and pictures - click here if you'd like to learn how! If you make any, be sure to leave a comment with a link - I would love to see what you create! They are so much fun to make with different sizes and it's fun to experiment with the strips to see all of the different results! To get all the different sizes, I have used 1" strips, 3/4" strips, 1/2" strips, and 1/4" strips (which is the size I re-taught myself with - it's a bit tricky that small, so I suggest trying with a bigger size until you get it down). They really aren't very difficult at all, I've figured that it takes me less than 10 minutes to make one star, and that includes cutting the strips. They are the perfect project to do while sitting and watching a movie because they don't take up any room at all. NOTE: The double sided paper is the best for these as both sides of the strip will show - but they have also turned out cute with just the solid side showing. Happy paper folding!