Hanging Star Decorations - Easy Upcycling

For the last few weeks I've been sorting through my huge pile of used Christmas cards, wondering what I could possibly do with them...

Most of them had glitter on them and were donated to me last year because they couldn't be recycled. So I started to come up with some ideas of how to upcycle them into new creations. The first of which is these fabulous hanging star decorations!

I created a template (see below), which is about 7.5cm high, and cut out as many as I could from the cards. Then I sorted them into groups of 5 and put them together. As they are double-sided, you will need 10 of this shape to complete one star decoration:

To make one, you will need: * used Christmas cards, greeting cards or card packaging * star template (see above) * pencil or pen * scissors or craft knife * ruler * scoring tool * strong, all purpose glue or double-sided tape * ribbon, string or thread

Here's my video tutorial showing how to make the stars:

They really are a fabulous way of using up old Christmas cards, greeting cards or card packaging. 

I will be back soon with my next Christmas card upcycling project!

Until then, happy crafting!