Stars and Stripes appear in many forms in American decorating. Gharpedia shares with you a creative project on painting a DIY wooden Christmas star with folk art painted on it. Read on to learn how to make this glitzy star for Christmas…
Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. In reality, it represents the truth of the spiritual life. He taught the value of spirituality, purity, and devotion and how these values could improve people’s lives. The Christmas festival celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and the notion that a life filled with knowledge and light can triumph over the darkness that has spread throughout the world.
Christmas décor is incomplete without a Christmas star. Sherri Osborn (author of the article – The Meaning of Christmas Symbols, published on thespruce.com) says that the Christmas star represents the star of Bethlehem, which guided the three kings, or wise men, to the baby Jesus in the Biblical story. The star is also a heavenly sign of a long-forgotten prophecy and a beacon of hope for humanity. So this Christmas, make a DIY wooden Christmas star instead of going for a store-bought star.
Genuine folk art is wonderful, but a painted DIY folk art star too can be fun to make. It kind of reinforces the Maine Coast theme. Make just one large star or a group of smaller different-coloured ones. These stars can be your DIY star decorations. So let’s start with our guide on the Christmas star DIY project.
This project shows how to make a wooden star for Christmas and make the most of the grain of an old piece of wood by painting and then rubbing back the star and waxing it; or using new pine and giving it a similar treatment by applying two different-coloured paints, then rubbing back the top coat with sandpaper in places to reveal the colour below. Stark colour contrasts are best for this effect. Before starting this DIY wood star guide, first assemble the things required for the project.
Things Required For DIY Wooden Christmas Star Project
The following things are required for a DIY wooden Christmas star project:
- A piece of wire and a nail for hanging up the star
- Beeswax polish and a brush to apply it
- Bench with a clamp
- Cherry red paint (acrylic)
- Deep blue paint (acrylic)
- Drill with a number 4 bit
- Medium grade sandpaper
- Paintbrushes
- Star pattern template
- Tenon saw or a jigsaw
- White paint (acrylic)
- 2 X 5 cm number 6 screws
- 25 cm X 25 cm piece of old pine for star, plus small offcut for shelf
Template for Christmas Star DIY Project
Draw a pattern based on a star shape measuring 20 cm from point to point and the small shelf for the candle (7 cm square).
The Process: Step By Step DIY Star for Christmas Tree
Follow this process of step-by-step DIY star for a Christmas tree to create your DIY folk art star. Caution – A jigsaw makes short work of cutting out these star shapes. Practice your cutting technique on scrap wood before you go on to the real thing.
- Transfer the pattern onto the wood. Clamp the wood to the bench and using the tenon saw or jigsaw, carefully cut out the star shape. If you are using a jigsaw, then it will be easiest to drill holes at the inner points, insert the blade and cut outwards away from them.
- Sandpaper the edges of the star to round them off a bit and to tidy up the inner and outer points. Mark the position for the small shelf and drill two screw holes through the star, then fix it in place from the back using 2 X 5 cm number 6 screws
- Apply a coat of red paint and leave it to dry.
- Rub back the paint around the edges and also rub gently with the grain so that the ridges are revealed. Fix the wire to the back of the star and hang it from a nail, folk style.
Make a group of small stars in the flag colours and hang them together on the wall as candle sconces (a word of caution … never leave candles in a room unattended as they present a fire risk)
Go ahead and work on a DIY wooden Christmas star well in time to ring in a traditional Christmas this year! You can paint the star according to your idea of a folk art star and create different DIY star decorations. You can look out for different Christmas star painting ideas and wooden star decoration ideas and create an astonishing Christmas décor.
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Author Bio
Huta Raval – An English Literature and Journalism Topper, Huta Raval has graduated from the L D Arts College, Ahmedabad. Post serving for 23 years in the NBFC and Public Library Sectors her desire for ‘writing the unwritten’ brought her to the creative field of content writing. Her clientele comprises of NGOs, Blogging Platforms, Newspapers, Academic Institutions, et al.
