Easy Star Crafts

Stars can be crafted from various materials.

Children and adults can make a variety of star-shaped crafts with a few materials. Themes can include holidays, birthdays or other celebrations for yourself or to give as gifts to friends and family. Keep a craft box handy to collect supplies that can be used for this type of project.

Foam Door Hanger

Decorate foam door hangers with peel-and-stick foam stars and letters. Select a pre-cut foam door hanger in a favorite or holiday-themed color. Add glittery stars in several sizes and personalize, writing a name with letters. An example can include a dark-blue door hanger with silver stars. Use dimensional paint to add lines flowing from the stars or other details such as smiling faces on the foam stars. Attach letters to write the words "A Star Sleeps Here" or "The Star's Room."

No-Sew Felt Star Accent Pillow

Create a star-shaped accent pillow. Make a template first by folding a sheet of paper in half, then drawing half a star freestyle along. Cut it out. Open the paper and lay the template on two pieces of felt (same color or contrasting). Trace the outline of the star with a pen. Cut the two felt pieces with scissors. Apply a line of hot glue (adults only) inside the edges of the two felt pieces, leaving a 3-inch opening. The glue tends to cool quickly, so apply the hot glue in short strips, pressing the felt edges together before moving on. (Children can use white glue). Let dry. Fill the pillow with polyester batting. Close the opening with more hot glue. Decorate the front of the pillow by gluing on embellishments such as small stars from bits of felt or fabric. Glue on two large google eyes or plastic buttons. Add other details as desired.

Stamped Greeting Cards

Make whimsical stamped greeting cards with star-shaped stamps. These can include sponges cut into different-sized stars (for toddler hands) or wood and clear mounted stamps. Cut white cardstock sheets (on a paper cutter) into 10-inch-by-7-inch pieces, then fold in half to make a blank 5-by 7-inch card. Mix and match star stamps and assorted ink-pad colors and stamp the front of the cards, overlapping the edges of the stamps. Toddlers can stamp cards using the star sponges and paper plates with a thin layer of acrylic paints. Older children and adults can add three-dimensional images by stamping with embossing ink and sprinkling embossing powder (tip off excess onto a paper plate to reuse). Dry with a heat gun (not a hair dryer). The cards will fit an A-7 size envelope.

References

• Making Friends: Foam Door Hangers
• The Holiday Zone: Stars and Stripes Stamping