How to Make Wire Star Christmas Tree Ornaments

These easy-to-make wire star Christmas tree ornaments are a dupe of some expensive ones I found at a local gift shop. They were originally priced for $15 each and I knew I could make them for a fraction of that. These DIY Christmas star ornaments are a great way to spend some time making Christmas crafts, you can customize them to go with any Christmas decor theme, and they are easy to make without any special supplies,

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Christmas Tree Star Supplies

You can use any type of fabric you like for this part, if you want the finish to be neat and today like mine is, I suggest using ribbon because the edges are finished. If you want a more shabby look with a rougher frayed edge use ripped 1-inch strips of fabric.

If you can find a large wire star form you can skip to covering it with fabric. If not, here is how to make a 7-inch wire star form with just wire You can use any piece of scrap wood as long as it’s big enough, and you need to use nails with small heads as they make removing the finished star easier.

Here is a list of the supplies you need to make one Christmas star.

DIY Wire Star Template

To make your star begin by printing and cutting out the star template. Once the template is printed cut the star out.

Place the star pattern over a piece of lumber at least 7 inches square. Begin adding the nails by placing a nail at the head and the dip of every peak of your star. Hammer the nails into place as straight as possible. (I added some arrows to the image to highlight the placement.)

Adding the Fabric

It’s easier to wrap the fabric around the wire first, and then shape it into a star. If you’re starting with a pre-made star form, simply wrap it with fabric directly. For wire, cut a 36-inch piece to begin.

Attach the fabric to the wire at one end with hot glue, then carefully wrap the fabric around the wire. You want to wrap the fabric evenly around the wire with overlaps every half inch or so. Overlapping the ribbon too much takes too much ribbon. When you reach the other end glue it with hot glue.

Folding Wire into a Star

1. Once all the nails have been added, and the pattern is still on the wood.
2. Make a fold at one end of the wire. Wrap it over the outside of the top nail.
3. Then wrap the wire around each nail, pulling the wire tight as you proceed. For the points of the star wrap the wire around the outside edge of the nail for the dips between the stars wrap your wire on the inside of the arrow. While wrapping the wire use the star pattern to keep the sides straight. I found pulling the wire tight before wrapping the next corner helped.

4. When you reach the beginning, allow the wires to overlap at least an inch on each end. Using hot glue attach the wires together. Pull the star up gently along each nail a little bit at a time. Then remove the wire star from the template.

Finishing the Star

It’s fun to decorate these stars with any embellishments you have available, besides bells you could use buttons, small pinecones, or another small star.

1. All the embellishments I used to finish the Christmas star ornament.
2. Place a white wood star in the center of the wire star, and attach the hanger to the top of the fabric star.
3. Cut a piece of twine 10 inches long tie it around the top of the star, knot it, make a loop two inches tall then tie a bow.
4. Cut a piece of twine 7 inches long and thread the small jingle bell. Tie a knot in the other end. Secure the two sides of the loop twine to the back of the jingle bell with twine. Once tied, glue the knotted end to the top of the fabric sta5.
5. Attach three small pieces of greenery to the top of the star with hot glue.
6. Add three small pinecones. Finally cut a piece of ribbon 8 inches long (or more) and tie it around the top of the star.

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