Tanabata

Star Garlands

by Claudia G. Cimini

Materials and Tools

8.5" by 11" wide-lined paper, crayons, scissors, needle & thread.

Directions

1. Color one side of the paper. Try zipzags, stripes, spirals & squiggles.

2. Turn the paper over and carefully cut along the lines to make strips that are one line-space wide

3. Fold a strip of paper as shown in the diagrams. Repeat diagram steps 3 - 5 until the strip is almost used up. Trim if necessary and tuck in the end as shown. Pinch the five vertices (corners) to make a puffy star shape.

4. Use need and thread to string stars like beads into a garland.