How to make beautiful Christmas stars with children

Christmas stars can be made with children of any age. No star in the night sky is like another and so the homemade Christmas star doesn't have to be perfectly symmetrical .

In the Crafts with toddlers young little crafters naturally need more guidance from grown-ups. Especially when crafting with sharp objects like scissors or needles, an adult should keep a watchful eye on the young artists. Toddlers can also paint, decorate or fold stars that have already been cut out. The finished Christmas stars are wonderful as decoration or as gift for example for grandma and grandpa.

Classic crafts are stars made from paper, cardstock and transparent paper. They can be made in many variations and are easy to make. But felt, wood or plaster are also suitable for crafting beautiful Christmas stars.

If you'd like to keep it especially simple, reach for one of our Christmas craft kits. They include instructions, templates and all needed materials and you can start right away. Or use our craft ideas to get inspired and be creative.

Craft ideas with stars for Christmas

Make simple star garlands for the window

You will need:

• Cardstock in various colors or gold & silver paper

• Paper

• Pen or pencil for marking

• Scissors

• Darning needle & twine

• Decorative materials (optional)

Craft instructions:

1. Draw a star template on the paper. Cut it out and use it as a stencil.

2. Using the star templates, draw stars of different sizes onto the cardstock or gold paper. Then cut out the stars and decorate them for Christmas – exactly how you want.

3. Now carefully pierce two opposite points of a Christmas star with the darning needle, thread a twine for hanging through the first hole and knot it.

4. Also pull a twine through the opposite hole and tie a knot. The next star with holed points is tied onto this twine, then the next, and so on.

5. After crafting you can hang the finished star garland in the window or from the ceiling.

Make felt stars for the Christmas tree

You will need:

• a few layers of craft felt

• a sharp pair of scissors or a utility knife

• Paper

• Hole punch

• Pen or pencil for marking

• Darning needle & thread or fabric ribbon

• optional craft glue

Craft instructions:

1. Use a star drawn on paper as a template. Now use it to draw stars onto the felt and cut them out.

2. The simple ornaments are already finished – just punch a hole in one point at the corner and thread a pretty ribbon through for hanging.

Make star variations:

• Glue a small felt star in a different color onto a large, already cut-out star.

• Glue two equally sized felt stars slightly offset on top of each other so that a 12-pointed star is created.

• With some patience you can draw a smaller star onto a finished felt star, cut out the outlines with a utility knife and thus craft a delicate felt pendant.

Make tealight stars from wood

You will need:

• Plywood

• Coping saw or children's tool kit

• Router

• Pen or pencil for marking

• Decorative materials (e.g. small adhesive motifs, acrylic paint & brushes)

• optional workbench

• LED tealights

Craft instructions:

1. First draw the star shape on a plywood board. Then draw the outline of the LED tealight in the middle.

2. Now saw out the star with a coping saw. It's easiest if you have a workbench available.

3. Then use a router to work out the hole for the tealight. Caution: This is a task for experienced crafters.

4. Afterwards you can paint the star with acrylic paint and decorate it with adhesive motifs as you like. If you want to skip the difficult sawing part, you can buy our natural Sachenmacher candle holders and decorate them to your heart's content.

Make star napkin rings for the holiday table

You will need:

• colored cardstock

• Paper

• Pen or pencil for marking

• Scissors

• Craft glue or stapler

• Decorative materials

Craft instructions:

1. Using a paper template, draw a star onto colored cardstock.

2. Next, cut straight strips from the cardstock (for cloth napkins about two finger widths and 12 to 15 cm long).

3. Glue or staple each strip together into a ring.

4. Paint or stick the stars with Christmas motifs or glue two Christmas stars offset on top of each other.

5. Glue one finished star onto each ring and let it dry – finally roll up the napkins and slide them into the ring.

Make cut-out stars from paper

You will need:

• colored paper

• Scissors

Craft instructions:

1. Cut-out stars are wonderfully easy to make. For crafting you need a square of colored paper with equal sides. Fold it in half so that a triangle is formed.

2. Place this triangle in front of you like a pyramid. Now fold the right and left corners of the triangle up to the tip of the pyramid.

3. Then fold the left side back once more so that a triangle is formed again, just a bit smaller.

4. Now cut the star into shape with the scissors. The main points, i.e. the outer shape of the star, are created by cutting into the shortest side.

5. Patterns inside the star are created by cutting into the other two sides with any shapes. Just be careful not to cut through the triangle completely.

6. Finally, you can unfold the paper star and you will have a great work of art with individual patterns.

Make transparent stars for the window

You will need:

• Transparent paper

• Craft glue

Craft instructions:

1. To make a window star with eight points you need eight equally sized strips of transparent paper measuring 10 x 5 cm. Fold the strips lengthwise and then open them again.

2. Now fold all four corners to the resulting center line. Then fold the top corners again to the center line so that a steeper point is created.

3. Repeat this for all strips.

4. When you are finished, glue all eight strips together. To do this, always apply glue to the wider corner of the strip and place it against the center line of the next corner. When you have done this with all points, you will be holding your homemade Christmas star in your hands.

Image credits

Star napkin rings for the festive table © Brigitte Bonaposta - stock.adobe.com

Paper cut stars © hugin1 - stock.adobe.com