Making star from branches (Christmas stars)

Submitted by Ramba on

This poinsettia is bast from tree branches. He is easy to build and looks besondern as a star to Christmas lights decoration great. If this star is tinkered with small children should be especially careful when cutting the branches and when gluing with the hot glue gun so that the children do not hurt themselves. 

Material

  • Div. twigs
  • Eventually a bow
  • Hot glue gun
  • Paper

Instruction

  1. Gather various branches of beech, oak, birch, hazelnut and other trees.

  2. These are then cut into small pieces with secateurs. The branches are best cut at the same time slightly oblique.

  3. The small branch pieces now dry in a warm room 1 to 2 days, so that the hot glue holds better later. Alternatively, you can also dry them briefly with a hair dryer.

  4. Then you draw a star in the desired size on paper and lay out the outer shape of the star with longer sticks and glue them with hot glue.

  5. Now you fill the star shape with small cut twigs and glue them also with hot glue.

  6. On the star shape filled with twigs, now place a second layer of twigs and glue again.

  7. Finally tie a bow to one of the branches and hang in the living room, hallway, front door or other place

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