Clear and simple directions! I made these 70 years ago but had forgotten. We dipped them into warmed wax then sprinkled with glitter and they lasted for years. They were pulled out every year to decorate the tree now I want to do the same with my grandkids.
I think of these lovely Moravian stars every Christmas!! Finally found a great, simple to follow tute!! My mom had these on our tree when I was a child. My great grandmother came from Germany on a boat as a young girl with her sister to America. Whether she made the ones we had or she taught MY grandmother how to make them, then my mom, I'm not sure. But ours were waxed and glittered. They have never been far from my memory even though I'm not sure what happened to them. Now I can make my own and pass down the legacy of the MORAVIAN GERMAN CHRISTMAS STARS!! thank you!!!!
Thank you for this very clear tutorial ! My grandmother used to make these for us when we were children - I loved them and have always wondered how they were made! I will be continuing the tradition for my grandchildren this year.
Someone gave me a whole packet of these years ago. They were small and dainty and I still have some. I never thought of looking it up on RU-vid till just now! Awesome tutorial! Now I can make them as gifts too!
These bring back memories from my childhood. My Mother's friend used to make them. She dipped them in wax and sprinkled with glitter. We made a tiny hole in one of the points and threaded string through to hang them on our Christmas tree. So pretty. Thanks for the video.
Jo Ann Bastanjoo yes. we also made them in my 6th grade class as projects to take home to hang on our Christmas trees. I was in charge of the melted wax for the dipping. to make certain no one got burnt by the hot wax. guess who was burnt? yes me. LOL it was a fond memory of times past. and with the wax with glitter protecting the star, it has still preserved to this day. 50 years later!!!
I am so thrilled to have found this! My German grandmother used to make these in the early 1940's and she gave me several that were waxy and had glitter on them long ago. I have always treasured them but never knew how they were made. Thank you for posting this!
Christmas 2019. We have these hanging on our tree right now. My MIL is from Germany. She remembers making these as a child before coming to America. The smaller stars are so delicate and lovely. My favorite tree ornament. Merry Christmas! everyone. TFS.
2020 remembering the stars my grandma had on her tree. Hers were dipped in wax & sprinkled with glitter. I was told often not to touch, but I was fascinated with them.
The length of the strip is 25 times the width. So if the width of the strip is 1 inch, the length needs to be 25 inches long. If the width is 1/2 inch, the length needs to be 12 1/2 inches, etc.
Thank you! 👏❤️ ...update: actually for 1/2” it’s best to make it longer, like 14-15”. It’s doable at 12.5 but the last strips of paper to be folded aren’t long enough to be pulled through, they need to be pushed in...if the paper is strong enough.
You are very clever. Going to make them so sending this to my email so I can follow and bit more slowly. Many thanks, can surprise my daughter in law who is visiting from Sweden and enjoying a hot summer in New Zealand
Ah - at last. Used to make these with Mom when we were kids. Her family was German (not Scandanavian), but I have looked at several videos on RU-vid and these stars are the ones most like the ones Mom made. We also had antique ones brought from Germany to the U.S. in the 1850's. They were the same shape, but were coated in wax. Thank you for this video.
No, you don't have to practice a lot: your first star will come out right if you follow carefully and slowly and, above all, cut strong paper exactly straight and right, try 2.5 cm x 80 cm. Don't make them too small at first.
Very easy to follow, thanks. We had one on our tree when I was young. It was dipped in wax and sprinkled with glitter. When you say quality paper, what are you using specifically?
Assuming that my attention span and patience would allow me to make this - would it work with fabric that had been bonded? Any thoughts? Very clear video, many thanks.
60cm length and 1cm width should be sufficient, adjust according to the width of the paper - use the ratio 1/60 and you have enough paper length. For a larger star use 2cm/120cm...
Just saw this vid. Great job! 👍 Amazing what one can do with paper. Could you pls let us know the measurements of the paper strips? Thank you for your post. 🌹 🌟 Have a Merry Xmas ⛄️ ❄️ 👼🏻 🎄
The length-to-width ratio needs to be about 25. So 1" wide strips need to be 25" long. 1/2" wide strips need to be about 13" long. Etc. Hope this helps 4 years after you posted this!
Strips one inch wide, 24 inches long. Aa long as you keep the proportions you can make them any size, but the smaller they are, the more difficult, especially for children.
He probably meant not "newspaper quality" paper, but something like the the printing paper... Something that can be bend but also straighten out if you make a mistake and still is usable... Like Origami
Hey it‘s not a scandinavian star. It‘ developed by the German Friedrich Fröbel for children at Kindergarten long time ago. Anyway the star is beautiful but please say the true. Thanks.
I think if we learned to do this as kids, we tend to think it comes from wherever we learned it. I first learned it in Copenhagen in 1948. Later I made them together with a German friend in Kassel in 1965. Here in the USA, we all tend to come together from everywhere -- which is rather exciting, don't you think?
