Cuteness alert! Teeny origami stars

If you know me, you know I like “tiny”. No idea why. So after yesterday´s tiny gingerbread house I have another “tiny” one today. Have you ever made origami stars? They’re adorable! What could make that even better?

Tiny origami stars!

tiny origami stars by ursula markgraf

Look at them! They are SO cute!!!

And more tiny origami stars!

tiny origami stars by ursula markgraf

And with a teaspoon for scale! I LOVE these.

Once you have figured out how to make them it is really easy. To me it always takes a bit to wrap my head around such stuff … But it really is not that hard. Now even my daughter loves making these.

And it is so easy to decorate with them. Just put some in a clear glas container … or on the table … It always looks good! I love easy decorating! :-)

tiny origami stars by ursula markgraf

If you want to make your own tiny origami stars –  there are MANY tutorials out there. I used these:

video instructions and written instructions

And as you can see I made them using old music sheets. Flea market score! :-) I am a sucker for everything “musical”. Just look here

But you can use ANY paper to make these. Old magazines, printed paper, newspaper … anything really!

Do you like origami stars?

If yes, don´t be shy and leave a comment! It makes my day! :-)

Interested in more crafty and creative fun? Why not try out some mixed media techniques and make some uplifting affirmation cards?

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Bascetta stars from musical sheets (recycling)

I actually made these Bascetta stars already a while ago. But somehow finding the time to type up posts becomes harder and harder.

Well, just shortly before Christmas … and during Christmas actually … I learned how to make these folded stars.

They are made out of square papers and are just folded – and stuck together.

You have to fold 30 pieces of paper.
In Germany they are called Bascetta stars.

Anyone can tell me whether they are called Bascetta stars in the rest of the world, too?

This one is a star made out of special paper that has different prints/ colors on both sides.
It looks really pretty, don’t you think?
After I had made this one I was out of the pretty paper … and I figured I could ge a bit inventive …

So I ended up using old music sheets out of a pretty old song book:

This is a rather old book with musical notes.

I love musical sheets. 

So I had to try whether it would look good. And this is how it turned out:

 

 
 
I totally adore it!
 
 
And as you have to cut the pages to squares there is always a paper strip left over. So what did I do?
I cut squares out of the left over bits … and made a tiny star:
 
 

 

Here you can see both Bascetta stars together:

 

 
 
This was so much fun!
I am actually working on another recycled star. 
No musical sheets though … curious? ;-)
But it might take a bit until it is done …
 

 

The folding and the putting together is really relaxing … but the cutting of the squares is simply booooooring! :-)
If you try to make the Bascetta stars let me know in the comments!
And if you wanna get creative with less folding but more playing with paint and colors … try my free mixed media workshop:
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