How to Make a Christmas Card Star

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Print out this pattern.

   First, right-click on the image, select Save Image As to save the file to your computer, and save it as Template1. (To make it easy to find, save it to the desktop.)
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   Step 2: Print.

   Then, locate the file on your computer, right-click, and select Print.
   
   Be sure to print it in its original size, not a size suggested by your printer program.
   
   To turn this into a group activity, be sure to print out more than one copy. , Make sure to trace it on the side of the card opposite the nicest part of the card’s design.
   
   Repeat until you’ve traced the pattern twenty times. , Scoring each card along the interior fold lines will make the thick paper easier to fold.
   
   To score, place the edge of a ruler along the desired fold and run one edge of a pair of scissors along the ruler, cutting partly through the paper.
   
   You can also use a ruler and a pizza cutter instead, but be careful not to press too hard. , Apply glue to each long side-flap and press the flap along the inside of the adjacent side of the pyramid, but don’t do anything with the flaps along the base for now.
   
   Each pyramid will eventually be a point on the star. , First, right-click on the image, select Save Image As to save the file to your computer, and save it as Template1 . (To make it easy to find, save it to the desktop.) Then, locate the file on your computer, right-click, and select Print .
   
   Be sure to print it in its original size, not a size suggested by your printer program.
   
   Use heavy cardstock or print your pattern onto regular paper and then paste the pattern onto a cereal box or other light cardboard.
   
   This will be the body of the star. ,, Be sure to glue flaps underneath the adjacent edges to hide the structural elements of the star body. , First, fold the base flaps of each point inwards toward the interior to make sure they lie flat along the star body instead of pushing the star point away from it.
   
   Then, apply glue to each flap and press into place.
   
   Hold until secure.
   
   Repeat until all 20 points are applied. ,
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   Step 3: Cut the pattern out and trace its outline onto the interior of each card.

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   Step 4: Cut the pattern out of each card and fold where the lines should be.

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   Step 5: Glue the cutouts to form enclosed pyramids.

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   Step 6: Print out this pattern.

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   Step 7: Cut out and score-fold the pattern.

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   Step 8: Glue together carefully.

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   Step 9: Glue the points onto the star.

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