Lynne: I was hoping that since we had Teri Partridge as a guest author today with the Champagne Cork Angel, I would not be required to have an ornament. After some discussion about fair shares and obligations, here is my ornament.
While I was cruising the net this morning for an idea for our Ornament Advent, I found an origami Christmas Star that used wrapping paper scraps. Since most of my wrapping for Christmas is done, I have lots of small pieces of paper lying around and was eager to try it.
You will need 2, 6 x 6 inch squares of wrapping paper and this tutorial by Nikki, in Stitches. And that’s it. These are the clearest directions I’ve seen for origami folding and I was able to make 2 of these ornaments in about 30 minutes.
Once I was done with the origami figure, I added glitter and then hot-glued some vintage buttons to the front and back. I had these buttons stashed in a jar, but you could use whatever you have on hand. I added some fishing line to hang the star and marked off another day on the calendar.
the crafty sisters 
I’m so happy you made my origami star AND shared it!
Thank you!
And thank you for your sweet words about how easy my directions were to follow!
Happy Holidays!
They are another kind of stars inspired by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel and indeed very easy to make although I fold them a bit differently than Nikki did. Here’s a pic of some I made:
I was pleased Nikki that you saw the post and I meant every word about the directions. Origami can be so hard to explain.
I looked at your stars Enny Kraft and I loved how the red color on the inside makes a 3d effect. And thank you for the info about Friedrich Froebel.