Well done! When I was growing up, there were orange and cream colored paper stars, dipped in wax and sprinkled with silver glitter, folded like these, in our Christmas box that were never displayed.(probably faded and yellowed from red and white) Nobody remembered who had made them. I was always fascinated by them and carefully handled them each year wondering how on earth they were made! Fast Forward to the age of the internet., and I’m in my 50s. These came to mind one fall. Step by step instructions came up first result on my search and I made them half the night from leftover used Christmas ribbon since I had no easy way to cut paper. The very next day my son noticed the Friends of the Library bookstore as we were checking out our selections, and I walked straight to the far shelves and put my hand right on a Christmas Crafts book which almost fell open to a page with instructions for them as well! I was captivated! Half price day, so 50¢ for the book! I made a boatload of them over the next few months since I could sit on the couch and fold them on the book on my lap instead of at the computer. Very peaceful and methodical therapeutic way to unwind after a long workday. Thank you for concise, well edited and well thought out video directions so it’s much easier to see and understand each step! Beautiful! If you have no paper or way to cut it straight, but have ribbon that’s not the listed size width, the wider it is, the longer the piece needs to be. Add a few inches and get to folding! You can also skip just the last side center 4 bumps and lay it flat on a package for a bow!
For someone like me, your video is perfect!! Thank you for such a concise, perfect way to explain making the stars. Not all the talk and etc, but right to it and done. Keep up the good work.
@@JessicaHill depending which way you lay down the cord you can get a square effect or a spiral one...I still love the effect but just haven't done it in years...I did show my kids and grandkids how to do it....💜💛💙🌹☮️
PS. It really helps to have an extra person next to you pushing the pause and play button on the video so that both of your hands are free to keep folding :)
Was glad to find this; instructions were fine - thanks. However, haven't made these since I was a kid, with my Mom whose family was German. We even had some antique stars brought from Germany to the U.S. in the 1850's. Somehow, these are not quite like I remember - but they are still neat stars.
I just stopped it after each full step and I found it useful! With the stand-up points, I kept watching it until I understood it. Actually I did it wrong and then was able to figure out where I went wrong! I think this video is good!
You did a fantastic job making that Star. I'm going to try my best to reproduce what you just did. Thank you so much and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I like your style of instruction. I was just looking at somebody else's video...and he was so busy laughing and making stupid jokes, I couldn't follow along. You get right to the point. Excellent! Subscribed also.
My German MIL has made these since her childhood. She taught my husband. We have tiny white stars hanging on our tree right now (Christmas 2019). So delicate and lovely. My favorite tree ornament.
how could we attach a string so they can be hung? my opa made hundreds of these but passed two decades ago. they’ve been dwindling since. but they have strings on them!
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I thought it was so funny when you said a hashtag or like we used to call them "pound" signs 1:39 my mom used to talk about that when she would call my dad at the office and she had to push the pound sign. Anyhow my wife and I watched this video like 17 times as we worked on a special Christmas ornament for her sisters. It is actually old family heirloom Christmas paper from 40 years ago.
@@JessicaHill yw. Thanks 2 ur video my wife made two beautiful ornaments for her sister's with this vintage christmas paper that had been in her family for 40+ years :) thx
Kevin Andersen My grandma was from the north-eastern part of Germany and she made these. They were so lovely. She made them with plain white paper and dipped them in melted wax that she colored with a crayon. I remember them being very pastel in color. And then she would sprinkle glitter on them while the wax was still hot. She moved to America prior to WW2 and never traveled before that, so I have to assume they were making these in Germany.
