I’m a lover of Christmas time. Perhaps it’s the memories, or the time spent with family and friends, or perhaps it just signals the start of the long summer holidays which, as a teacher, I love! What ever it is, Christmas is my favourite time of the year. Christmas is not a huge production for us (in fact I like to keep it very simple), but I do love to do a few simple craft activities, and bake a few treats. And because I’m such a Christmas enthusiast, I like to start early.
I saw some wire decorations similar to this on Pinterest a few years back, and got inspired to make my own. These wire Christmas stars are super easy and only take 5 minutes to make.
You will need:
- An old bit of wood
- 5 bullet head nails
- Piece of paper and pen
- Jewellery wire (I used 24 gauge) – I picked this up in the beading section of a craft shop. They have several colours available.
- Beads (optional)
- Needle nose pliers.
To make the stars:
- Draw a five pointed star on a piece of paper.
2. Place the paper onto the wood, and knock a nail into each of five points.
3. Remove the paper.
4. Cut a length of jewellery wire and bend in half. I used approximately 80cm for each star.
5. Twist the top of the wire to form a little hook.
6. Begin winding one side of the wire around the star. If you want to add beads, thread them on as you go.
7. After going around the full star with one side of the wire, swap and use the other side to go around the star.
8. Repeat this alternately until most of the wire is used.
9. Wrap the last few centimeters of each end of the wire around a join in the star.
10. Cut a small piece of wire and wrap around a join, and repeat till all 5 joins are covered.
11. Slip the star off the nails and trim the excess wire off the joins.
12. Hang on your tree!
Do you love Christmas and Christmas crafts, or is it just too soon for you to even think about it?
These are just so preeeeetty! We are away for Christmas this year, but I still plan on a modified Christmas house!! x
I always decorate for Christmas, even if we are going away for the actual day. I just love the pretty decorations.
These are gorgeous! oh if only my toddler would let me craft!! As it is my sewing I do when he is asleep, and that leaves little time for new projects. LOL! Perhaps next year we can all sit down and make some. 🙂
xx
I remember the toddler phase and as much as I loved it, there is something lovely about not having toddlers around too… especially when you are feeling creative!
Love these so much Jo. Definitely going to make these to add to gifts this year. I usually buy a special pretty ornament to add to our closest friend’s gifts (porcelain ones or something elegant). This would be great. Thanks xx
I was planning to attach these to Christmas presents too 🙂
Yes, it is a tad early for me. But then I have my daughter’s and hubby’s birthdays to think of before I even consider Christmas, a very busy time of year.
I love these stars and can’t believe how easy they are to make. I’ve saved this to my Pocket app for later. Thanks for sharing. Zoe xx
My daughters birthday is only a week before Christmas… but I like to plan early 🙂
I love Christmas too – though it’s still very strange to my Canadian self to have a HOT Christmas. 🙂 These are lovely!
We had a white Christmas one year when we lived in England – we found that strange too 🙂