How Do You Make A Paper Moravian Star?
A paper Moravian star is a beautiful, hand-folded decoration. Traditionally, Moravian stars were made to celebrate Christmas, particularly by people of Moravian descent. They started out as complex structures of 110 spikes, but were later simplified to stars with 26 spikes. Making paper Moravian stars is a fun, elegant craft idea. To make one, you will need four strips of paper. Each strip should be 20 times as long as it is wide (e.g, a 1″ x 20″ strip). Trim each edge so that it slants diagonally, but also has a straight edge. Fold each strip in half and then interlock them so that they are at right angles to each other. Lay the strips on a flat surface with the top left strip facing up. Fold only the front half of the top left strip down, leaving the back half where it is. Turn 90 degrees and repeat, until all four strips are folded down. On the fourth strip, fold it over and under the previous strips. You should have something like a criss-cross pie pattern. To tighten the strips, t
