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How was your weekend today? Did you get some Christmas shopping done? I’m so behind on everything.
I thought today I’d share with you how I made all the gold 3D stars you saw throughout my Christmas tour last week (click HERE if you missed it). I’m sure this has been done over and over already in blogland but I’ll write about it anyways. It’s definitely not mindblowingly new but they are one of my favorite accessories I added to my tour this year.

I have always liked stars and they are perfect for Christmas.

I had a large amount of poster board stashed in the basement. You can buy several sheets at our grocery store for very very cheap (I think 8 sheets for $2.50) and some of the stars were even made from cereal boxes I had in our recycling bin.

Now I’m lucky enough to have a silhouette cameo at home who cuts and perforates all the lines for me but it is totally doable without the silhouette machine and all you need is a star shape to trace (HERE is a printable version to download), crafting knife and cutting board. I tried it and it works to. It’s just a little more time consuming that way because you lightly have to score the areas you want to fold with the crafting knife.

Click HERE to download my 3D star silhouette file so you can make your own (let me know if the link is working for you).

Make sure that you set the thickness and blade appropriate for cardboard before sending the poster board through the machine. And you obviously have to cut the poster board to the size of the cutting mat before being able to feed it through the silhouette cameo.

All I had left to do is peel the stars off the silhouette cutting mat, fold the perforated lines and spray paint them with gold spray paint ( I used Rust-Oleum gold spray paint). I actually wanted to use copper first but decided on gold last minute since I had already painted some Christmas balls copper. I wanted to mix more metallics.

How to make gold folded 3D stars

I made several different sizes. You can resize the stars in the silhouette file to whatever size you want.

How to make gold folded 3D stars How to make gold folded 3D stars How to make gold folded 3D stars with a silhouette machine Foldable 3D stars silhouette cameo downloadable file

 

If you don’t feel like making the stars you could also just buy THESE paper mache stars (HERE) and spray paint them gold with the same paint I used

Here they are in our home. They make such a big statement for a small amount of money.

Small Dining Room Christmas Tree

If you are wondering about the little tree skirt, it is my painted dishtowel which you can read about by clicking HERE.

Small living room Christmas tree - Cuckoo4Design

green velvet pillows HERE | teal ornaments HERE | pink ornaments HERE | green ornaments HERE | blush ornaments HERE and HERE | gold ornaments HERE | white ornaments HERE | snow flakes HERE | my foldable stars HERE or you can buy THESE paper mache stars and spray them gold

 

And the gold stars match perfectly with the gold Ikea star tree topper. They are totally made for each other.

Christmas Tree - Cuckoo4Design Christmas_diningroom_Cuckoo4Design_12

Also see them in my 2015 Christmas tree (click HERE to see entire post):

flocked Christmas tree - Cuckoo4Design copy

lime green ornaments HERE and HERE | pink and blush ornaments HERE, HERE and HERE | gold ornaments HERE  | my foldable stars HERE, tree topper HERE | my curtain tutorial HERE and fabric HERE | wall decals in my shop HERE

 

I feel like it was so easy and they make such a big difference. None of the trees would look the same without the stars, don’t you agree?

I hope you like the stars as much as I do.

Tschüß

(Youleeya)

 

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  1. Sheryll & Critters. says

    December 15, 2014 at 7:10 am

    I am going to try your print outs with some poster type paper that I got from a beer suitcase. I am hoping it will be easier to cut. I love stars myself. And I am hoping to make a tree tooer by roling up a poster board into a small tube. Wish me luck.

  10. Shellee says

    December 15, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    LOVE the stars, but I couldn’t get the link to work. Would you kindly email the download to me?

    Thank you!

  13. Joanne says

    December 16, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    Your trees look gorgeous!!! I don’t have a silhouette cameo, how can i print out the pattern for hand cutting?

    • Julia says

      December 16, 2014 at 7:43 pm

      Any star shape would do, maybe I should include a star printable with various sizes to my post too for people like you who don’t have a silhouette. I hope I can get to fixing that this weekend.

      • Joanne says

        December 17, 2014 at 8:10 am

        If you can that would be awesome! my son’s 2nd birthday is next month and i think these stars would make the perfect decor (and he loves his stars). Thanks for replying!

  14. Katrina says

    December 16, 2014 at 4:02 pm

    The stars are so pretty! I’m so behind on pretty much everything when it comes to Christmas, I can’t believe its literally days away!!

    • Julia says

      December 17, 2014 at 5:38 am

      Thanks Amber, I hope downloading the file works for you. One reader told me it didn’t work for her.

  16. kim says

    December 19, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    I am so behind – your blog hasn’t been updating in my reader.

    Love these stars and I’ll have to try them on the silhouette. What a fun idea. I hand folded stars a few years ago and it wasn’t nearly as simple.

    Everything looks beautiful!

  19. Suzanne says

    November 19, 2015 at 8:03 pm

    A question because I can’t open the file – what kind is .studio? It doesn’t open on my laptop and I absolutely love these!

    • Julia says

      November 22, 2015 at 7:06 am

      So sorry, I missed your comment. .studio is a file you can use with the cutter but you should be able to open it in other programs as well. I have to double check it.