Easy to Make Christmas Star Decorations

This printable Christmas star template makes it easy for kids (and adults!) to make gorgeous star decorations to hang on the Christmas tree.

Making these 3D star decorations is quick and easy. You only need a few simple art supplies to make star decorations that look gorgeous! It is a great Christmas craft to do with your kids this holiday season!

Every year we make something new to hang on our Christmas tree. We really don’t need any more Christmas decorations, our tree is loaded a;ready, but it’s a tradition. So each year, amid the business of dance concerts, piano recitals and the end of the school year, we always find the time to make Christmas decorations, and these stars are perfect!

Even if you don’t have much time, or crafty inspiration, these super simple Christmas star decorations are quick and easy to make and will look great hanging on your tree!

They are perfect to make with kids of all different ages as they are simple enough for toddlers and preschoolers to make without much adult interaction, and fun enough for older kids and adults to make too!

Use our printable template and make these simple star decorations with your class, or at home!

How to Make Simple 3D Star Decorations.

The printable star decoration template makes it easy to create these gorgeous Christmas star ornaments with just a few basic art supplies.

Supplies to make Christmas star decorations:

• Printable star template (see below to download)
• Cardstock or matte photo paper to print on.
• Scissors
• Something to colour them – markers, paint, crayons etc.
• String
• Tape or glue.

Start by printing out the simple star templates.

You only need a single sheet of light cardboard to make three star decorations (we often use double sided matte photo paper which works great). Or you can print the template onto plain paper and paste the page onto some scrap cardboard – the side of a cereal box works well.

Cut out each pair of stars and cut a slit along the grey line, until just past the centre of each star.

Now it’s time to decorate the stars.

You can decorate the stars any way you like. You could use coloured pencils or markers for a really low mess activity, or go crazy and use whatever painting technique you like.

We used our favourite easy art technique, crayon resist, to colour our stars. We used oil pastels in reds, greens, and yellows, and liquid watercolours in the same colours, with cotton buds (q-tips) for brushes.

To put the starts together and make them 3D, simply slot the matching stars together sliding up the cut you made in the centre. You may need a dab of glue or some tape to hold them in place.

Tape a string and your Christmas star decorations are ready to hang.

Free Printable Star Decoration Template

The simple star decoration template includes 3 different starts on a single, easy to print page.

Simply download and print, and you are ready to start creating!

This printable is an A4 sized pdf file, you will need a pdf reader such as adobe acrobat to open it. It will fit to print on US ‘letter sized’ paper, just be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options to allow for printer margins.

Do you make Christmas decorations with your kids?

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