Ribbon stars. Elastic band "Asterisk" from satin ribbons. Master class do-it-yourself star bow

Add some flair to your Christmas tree with these handmade stars. The secret to creating stars: tie all the knots in the same direction.

What you will need:

• ribbon and silver string for hanging (1.2 cm by 45 cm, 15 cm by 56 cm, 2.5 cm by 81 cm);
• glue.

Step 1

Cut a piece of ribbon (1.2 cm by 45 cm, 15 cm by 56 cm, 2.5 cm by 81 cm). Holding one end of the ribbon in your left hand, between your index finger and thumb so that the remainder of the ribbon is at a 45 degree angle to the tip of your index finger, wrap the ribbon around your index finger to form an X-shaped loop.

Step 2

Pull your finger out while holding the loop securely. Push the opposite end of the ribbon through the loop and pull to make a flat knot.

Step 3

Repeat 5 times so that the bottom left of each new knot touches the bottom right of the previous one. Trim the ends of the ribbon, leaving 0.6 to 1.2 cm on each side.

Step 4

Tuck the end of each ribbon under the knot on the opposite side to make a star. Secure using a drop of glue.

Step 5

Ready! It remains only to hang the decoration on the Christmas tree.

A visitor to our Forum-Grad will be interested in the topic of creating congratulatory stars and ribbons. The scope of these gifts is simply endless. They can be scattered as holiday table, and stick on Greeting Cards or decorate them with gifts, a Christmas tree or create a garland.

Creating stars.

Paper is taken about one centimeter wide. From a strip about half a centimeter wide, you can also create an asterisk, but it will be miniature, so the creation will become more complicated.

Almost any paper can be used, as long as it is not very dense, since it is difficult to bend it. Paper can be colored and beautiful only on one side, wrong side will not be visible.

To start creating the star, you need to cut strips about one centimeter wide and about 26 centimeters long. We create a loop through which we pass the donut of our strip, and tie a knot from the ribbon. This is a crucial moment, since the strip should not be too tight, but not very loose, so that in the corners the parts of the strip are close to each other. We bend the tail back so that it is not visible from this side.

Next, you need to wind the tape. You need to wrap it tightly enough. Initially, we direct the working end of our strip to where the tail was just bent so that it is also not visible. After that, a regular pentagon will already be drawn - this is the basis of our paper star.

Along the edges of the pentagon, you do not need to flatten the paper, just tightly bend around its side.

Next, we bend the tape inside out and direct it to the right up, go around this side of the pentagon, then direct the tape down and to the left. Now the tape should already lie down in the direction we need. Now you need to go around each side of the pentagon several times.

Giving an asterisk volume

When the tip paper tape about one to one and a half centimeters remains, it is necessary to hide it under the last turn of the tape.

The volume is convenient to do with a fingernail. The nail must be directed across the middle of each side. At this time, we keep the workpiece over the edge.

We are trying to bend all sides of the asterisk to the center approximately the same from all sides. The asterisk turns out to be about one and a half centimeters in diameter.

Stars have always played an important role in our lives. Stars give light, heat, show direction. Someone is born under a lucky star, someone makes a wish when the star falls, someone worships them, and someone just admires them on dark nights. We are all, in fact, children of the stars, because without them we would not exist ... This symbol can be found everywhere on Earth. That is why, and also because it is just beautiful, we will make paper stars of happiness.

To do this, we need strips of paper and a little time. The size of the strips is 1 cm x 23 cm or other sizes with a similar ratio of width to length (1:23). Of course, the width can be larger, for example, if you use A4 paper, then with a strip length of 297 mm, its width can be made 11-12 mm.

To determine the size of the future star, you need to multiply the width of the strip of paper by 1.67.

Here are some ready-made calculations (width | length | star size):

• 1,0 | 23,0 | 1,67
• 1,1 | 25,3 | 1,84
• 1,2 | 27,6 | 2,00
• 1,5 | 34,5 | 2,50

Making an asterisk

1-4. We bend a strip of paper around the finger and thread the tip of the paper into the resulting loop. The resulting knot is carefully tightened so that a neat pentagon is obtained.

5. It is desirable that the tip does not go beyond the pentagon at all, but if this happens, then we simply bend it in the opposite direction (step 5). And even easier - cut off the excess)))

6-8. With the free end of the strip, we start wrapping the pentagon in a circle, in total you should wrap 10 times in this way.

9-11. If the tip remains, you need to bend it (or cut off the excess) and hide it.

12. Here we have a blank star.

13, 14. Holding the workpiece, press the edge of the star with your fingernail, pressing it inward.

Repeat the same with the rest of the faces. Here you need to act especially carefully so as not to spoil the asterisk.

And now our star of happiness is ready!

With the appearance in stores of a huge variety of interior decorations for any holidays, you can catch yourself thinking that you want something that is not stereotyped, not standard. What, for example, christmas toys on the Christmas tree should be unique, reflect the mood of your home. The same applies to the stars on the Christmas tree, because this is the most important and final decoration.

An excellent solution would be to make a star with your own hands, such hand-made will be to the liking of the whole family. And also very good gift for Christmas and new year holidays a set of homemade toys for the Christmas tree and the main beauty - the star. If you think that the star is useful only for the holidays, then this is not at all the case, it can be interesting to use it in the interior after.

Decorative Christmas tree with a star

If you want to make not only an asterisk, but also a complete decorative Christmas tree, then this can be done from satin ribbon. Do not forget that you can make additions from fabric.

From the materials you will need: ribbons of two colors, the width can be any, for the result, as in the photo, 1.3 cm, cardboard, a stand (a spool of thread is quite suitable for it), white acrylic, and ordinary, accessories (scissors, ruler, tweezers, compasses), a tube, a candle and a thermal gun, to decorate a bead, you can also come up with beaded jewelry.

The ribbons are cut into pieces 9 cm long.

In the finished form, something similar to loops is obtained, it all looks like this:

Now it's time to make the base of the Christmas tree, we will make it out of cardboard. We draw a semicircle from the edge, the diameter is 12 cm.

We cut this blank and glue the edges, we get a cone.

Now gradually glue our loops in circles.

If we started with one color, we make the second row with another.

So as a result of the alternation, such a Christmas tree is obtained.

We make a leg and a stand from a tube and a coil, and paint acrylic paints into white.

Now that the whole Christmas tree with a stand is ready, it remains to supplement it with an asterisk, also from ribbons.

We will make a star from a silver ribbon, in addition, we will use all the same materials as for the Christmas tree.

We cut a 4-centimeter tape of the same length and get a square.

Step by step, we begin to add this square:

Add the resulting triangle again.

And two more times until we get a small petal. The easiest way to do this is with tweezers.

Cut off the excess, along the contour of the red and green lines, as in the photo.

We fix the result with the help of a candle.

Since a real Christmas star is eight-pointed, we make eight of the same petals.

We fasten them.

For a more stable base of the star, decorate a small cardboard circle with the same ribbon.

And we will fix the resulting star on it, decorating its center with a bead.

We connect the Christmas tree and the star with a thermal gun.

paper star

A real Christmas tree star can be made out of paper. To do this, you can find absolutely any star ray template on the Internet and print it on plain A4 thick paper. We will make a five-pointed star, so ten prints will be needed. Also prepare scissors and a glue gun.

After that, from each printed leaf, we cut out a beam separately.

And we begin to connect the glued elements together.

It turns out here is such a real five-pointed star.

If your Christmas tree is very elegant and colorful and a single-color star seems boring, print out the rays of different colors and put them together, as in the photo:

thread decoration

Decorating a Christmas tree is a responsible business, if you have a little time and the right mood, why not make a Christmas tree star out of thread.

You need very few materials: a small piece of cork board or a dense pallet from something, 10 nails, PVA glue and a thread of any color.

Let's start by preparing the thread, pour glue into a plate and place the thread there, let it get wet. On the pallet we draw or draw our asterisk and drive a carnation into each of its corners.

Even with the onset of cool days, girls braid their hair with various hair clips, clips or elastic bands. Changes only in connection with age, the color scheme and design of the decoration. For little girls, bright and lush hairpins are suitable, and for schoolgirls, classic types of elastic bands with strict shades are preferred. Such decorations include the Asterisk gum.

For manufacturing you will need:
- black and white satin ribbons.
- scissors.
- ruler.
- glue gun.
- half-beads of black color.
- Silver rhinestones.
- lighter.
- scrunchy.
- decorative center in the form of a flower.

Jewelry making.
From black and white tape, it is necessary to prepare identical blanks in the form of squares with sides of 5 cm.

To make a flower, you need to prepare two types of petals: simple and two-color. To create two-tone parts, two shades of ribbons will be used. First, the black square should be shaped into a triangle by folding it in half.

One of the sides of the triangle consists of a fold, its right corner should be wrapped towards the middle of the part.

With the second corner, repeat the action, wrapping it towards the center.

The sections of the created workpiece must be lightly seared to secure the additions, but leaving them soft.

Now you need to make a triangle of white tape.

It is necessary to impose a black square on top of this triangle, exactly combining their edges.

Now we wrap the black part with the corners of the white triangle. First, bend the corner from the right edge.

Then from the left edge, bringing them to the middle.

Now you should fold the part in half so that the edge of the black tape remains outside.

Holding the sharp edges of the part, you need to slightly pull out their additions to the corner of the black square.

Holding the workpiece in this position, you need to cut off too thin slices. The new edges should be seared with a lighter to solder them together.

Now you need to draw the depth of the petal, cutting off the excess tape along the entire part.

The created sections should be treated with fire, keeping from shedding. It remains to straighten the two-color petal and create 7 more similar details.

From the prepared two-color petals, you need to glue the flower, collecting them in a circle.

Simple one-color petals are made from white squares. They are made, like two-color parts, but only without the addition of a black center. The rest of the sequence is repeated. White simple petals will need 8 pieces.

It remains to glue the white petals between the details of the finished flower.