I was scrolling through my Instagram feed yesterday and I spied a really cute idea for a Christmas craft (but I forgot to bookmark it and can’t find it now). It is perfect for this time of year, but I can see it being used anytime during the year as decorations.
Basically, we all know that when you have children in school, they love to bring you their art they made. You of course put it up on the refrigerator because you are so proud of your baby. However, it quickly gets covered over with other important stuff and then it gets lost. Well, what if you too, that beautiful art and made a decoration from it? That was the premise for the Instagram story/post.
She cut stars out of the art and folded the stars to be somewhat 3-D, then she placed the cut out stars back to back and glued the edges after inserting a string for hanging. What you end up with is a beautiful 3-D star made from your child’s art to hang on the tree or on the garland around the house. Think how proud your baby will be when their work is hanging on the tree!
All you have to do is find a template for your star and then cut out both sides from the same piece of art.
Here’s a tutorial I found for both cutting out the stars and gluing them together. The only thing different is you are using your child’s art to make them. I think this is a really neat way to showcase your child’s artwork and show your child just how much you like their work. We all know how important it is to build esteem in our children and this is one way to do just that.
As you can see below, I have made these stars before myself and they are really simple and easy to make. I just made mine into a wreath and painted my stars. I hope you try this craft out and enjoy the process. If you make some, please send me pictures and leave me a comment about the process.
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