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journallucky star garland
I was out looking for some new origami papers last night, when I saw a pack of paper strips for making Lucky Stars. I’ve always wanted to know how to make them, and I thought I couldn’t go far wrong for under a dollar.
They are actually really easy to fold - if you want to make your own, the hardest part would be to cut the strips of paper (although even that wouldn’t be much hardship with a paper cutter/guillotine).
Each 25 x 1cm strip made one 1.5cm star. I strung them into a garland with seed beads as spacers. The finished result (sorry about the backlighting) makes a really cute window decoration:
They would also make a nice tree garland! If you want to make some yourself, here are some instructions, and a video that shows how easy it is to make one.
PS - While I was out, I couldn’t resist picking up this pen pot featuring Elephant and his ‘Favorite’ upside-down monkey friend, who apparently like bananas very much. You can’t argue with random cuteness like that 
Wibit ( Brie) Said,
December 22, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
They are stunning. When I was little I used to make very small ones and put them in a minature bottle for some reason/ it was cool at the time!
Clare Said,
December 22, 2007 @ 10:46 pm
I love those lucky stars, I want to have a go at folding some too! Cute mug as well!
futuregirl Said,
December 29, 2007 @ 11:30 pm
I never thought of making a lucky star garland. Mine are just laying around everywhere.
phoebe Said,
January 5, 2008 @ 12:53 am
i love the pen holder, you really can’t go wrong with random cuteness. i made a ton of these over like a month, i cut a magazine into strips and folded them at school, i ended up losing over 75% of the stars, i guess that’s why i should be more organized.
Folding Trees » Lucky Star Ideas Said,
June 26, 2008 @ 8:25 am
[...] String them alone, or space them out with beads for a different effect. Here is a garland I made last Christmas - I use mine as a window decoration, but with appropriate colours of paper for your stars you could [...]