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How to make German stars.
What you need:
Four strips of ½ by 17 inch paper or eight strips of ½ by one inch paper and glue.
Steps:
1. Measure and cut strips of paper.
2. If you are using shorter pieces of paper, glue your strips together.
3. Weave strips as shown.
4. Starting with the upper left strip, fold down. Repeat all the way around skipping every other strip.
5. Tuck the last strip under the first strip.
6. Flip and repeat.
Note: if you have trouble getting some of the strips to go under the other strips cut the ends at an angle.
7. Flip once again. Now it is time to make outer points.
8. Take the upper right strip and fold behind and to the right, forming a 90 degree angle.
9. Fold that same strip forward and down. Then fold it back over on itself.
10. Tuck the end of that strip under the strip right below the point you just made. Do this all the way around, skipping every other strip. You should have four points, just like this.
11. Flip and repeat. You should now have eight outer points.
Now comes the fun part.
12. Flip.
13. Lift the upper left strip. Take the top strip that points out to the right, fold it around (yes around) and under the top left strip. The end of your strip will come out through the bottom point.
14. Pull snuggle and repeat all the way around.
Oops, Yes I just realized I just goofed up. I accidentally skipped my yellow strip and went right to the green one. Luckily that does not really matter at this stage. If you skip a strip, just go back to it.
Important: Your last strip should get tucked under the original point.
You should now have four points on the first side.
15. Flip and repeat.
16. Tug all the strips tightly and cut off any excess.
There you have it! With a little practice and patients, yours will look better than mine. Thanks for watching.
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