Can you believe that this wreath is made out of paper? I’ll show you how to make you own 3-d barn stars to create a darling paper wreath for any holiday or occasion. EASY!
Aaron and I made this fun cardstock wreath for our front door. Nice and bright with summer colors and easy to customize for any season. How cute would it be in red, white and blue for the 4th of July, or made with fun Christmas paper?
Here is how to make your own Barn Star Paper Wreath
Using your scissors/cutting tool/machine, cut out 12 {5″} stars. The number of stars you will need can vary, but for a 10″ wreath, 12 stars is a nice amount to start with. You can layer it more or less from there.
{We use the Plantin Schoolbook cricut cartridge. We made them using the “roly poly” feature so that they would be wide. Sturdy cardstock works best for making these.}
Now we’ll show you how to make your stars 3-D!
Below is one all ready to be scored. The white cardstock is under the bright paper.
Score your star 5 times. Once for each point. Start at the point and score directly across to the center between the two bottom points. Rotate star and score again until each point has been scored.
Fold each scored line and crease firmly.
There is your 3-D star! Now finish up the rest of them and you’ll be ready to assemble your paper wreath or use them for any number of fun little projects.
Cut out a 10″ ring for your wreath base using thin cardboard.
Hot glue the stars to the ring and eachother. Since they stick out, you can’t glue them flat, so just apply a small amount of glue to the points where the stars overlap eachother. Don’t skimp on the glue.
Attach a ribbon for hanging.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Awesome! It looks easy enough…I only hope I can do it!
That’s fabulous. I hope I can do that so I can put a red white and blue one on my door. Thanks for the tutorial.
Happy 4th of July weekend.
Your wreath turned out great! Love those colors. You are right… would be gorgeous for any season.
This is sooo cute!! I want to make them for all seasons…Maybe I could do a “Twilight” one…hmmmm…I’m so joking…I couldn’t resist 🙂 ♥ya Brandy…I think a red, white & blue one would be really cute.
Ooh! I love your summery wreath! And those colors are PERFECT together! You did a wonderful job!!
This is too cute! I really need to make a wreath for our apartment door (we live in a residence hall…so a door decoration is all we have in terms of “outdoor decor” haha)
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I love the colors of the paper you used!! Such a cute idea!
So cute! I love the colors!
I adore this idea!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
This is such a terrific idea – and executed so beautifully! Love this!
Looks great. I love the different shades of green.
Oh I adore this project. It is going in my style file for sure!
Happy 4th of July!
What a super fun idea. It could be applied in so many ways. Thank you for sharing.
I REEEEALLY Love your wreath!! Happy 4th!
T.bird
Great wreath. Thanks for sharing.
love this!! come on over and link up to MMM 🙂
I love this!! That’s awesome, great idea!
What a great idea! I love the colors you chose for the wreath! Thanks for the tutorial!
Love it! I am constantly changing my front door wreath for different occasions. Thanks for the idea.
It looks so great and seems like it took not a lot of time. Those are my favorite projects
This is just gorgeous! Love it! I’ll have to make one, you’ve totally inspired me! I’m your 600th follower! Your blog is fantastic!
Too cute!! I would have never guessed it was made from cardstock! 🙂
Sooooo cute!
Thanks for linking up!
~Liz
oh that is so cute! I will have to make this one!
I love this! Great party idea too
I’m going to feature this on Saturday! Come grab a “I’ve been featured” button at my blog if you’d like! I love this!
I’m going to do this over the weekend for my “Flat Out Free” challenge — thank you!
Adorable! Love this idea.
I saw your feature over at Keeping It Simple. I love, love, love this wreath. I can’t wait to try it myself. Thanks for posting!!!
Very cute! What a fun project to do with children.
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That is super cute!! Thanks for showing us how it is done.
~Cindy~
This is so cute! Love the colors!
I’d love if you linked this up to my Scrappy Saturdays! http://www.scrappy-gifts.com/2010/06/19th-scrappy-saturdays.html
This looks great! I love your color choice.
Did you make your “Welcome” w/ the cricut???
So sweet! Love all of your blog projects. I’m a new follower. 🙂
Hi!
Wanted you to know I posted a link to this tutorial today on my blog.
nancy Ward
PaperFriendly
http://www.nancywardcrafts.com
CUTE Wreath! Very Kid Friendly to make also – LOVE 🙂
Oh no way! I love it! And SO much cheaper than buying a foam wreath and a bunch felt! haha that seems to be the trend lately. Thanks for linking this up at Fine Finds Friday! I’m going to feature it soon, i’ll let you know!
Very nice! I love your color choices, but you are so right, the possibilities of this pattern are endless. Thanks for sharing!
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I love how the folding makes the stars pop. Such a simple, striking wreath.
This is seriously adorable!!
I made your wreath the other day. Just thought you may want to see:
http://thewhitakerswindow.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-decor.html
thanks for posting this, I LOVE it. I will probabyl make this again in the future – soooo easy!! thanks again.
Your fan club can’t help but grow! I had to try it, too! You do such a great job with everything… great ideas, photos,instructions! Thank you!
I wasn’t sure it would work without a cutting machine, but you were right, it did! I still like yours better though:
http://crackofdawncrafts.blogspot.com/2011/07/independence-day-fun-collection-of-four.html
I made two of these for Christmas last year
http://justmejuliejulie.blogspot.com/2010/12/copy-cat-christmas-star-wreath.html
http://justmejuliejulie.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-star-wreath-and-biggest-loser.html
They are fun to make!
Fun and easy! Thanks for sharing! (found via Pinterest)
~Heidi
Hey i adore this and i am going to make it, just wondering what size on the cricut you had it set for?
Hey i adore this and i am going to make it, just wondering what size on the cricut you had it set for?
jmackL: 5″.
Have fun!!
This may be a really dumb question but what are you scoring these with? Are you using something sharp like an exacto knife or scissors? Or just denting it? I can’t wait to make this. thank you!
Hi Carissa!
Not a dumb question at all. I should have taken a picture of what I used! I used my Cricut tool for scoring it. You can see it here in the link. It is the wide one with a triangular tip. It just creases (dents) the paper, so you could use any number of things. Hope this helps!
http://www.cricut.com/Shopping/detail–Cricut-Tool-Kit-185-4.aspx
So cute star wreath.
i love this beautiful tutorial..
thanks for the idea.
So cute and so fun! Thanks for sharing!!!
How do you find the center. I know I should know, but Oh well? Can u help. Thanks
Hi Linda! The center of what? The stars? I’m not sure I understand, thanks! 🙂
Ok….what are you using to score the stars? I’m not crafty….
Hi Nanette! You just need some sort of scoring tool and a straight edge (ruler). My scoring tool looks similar to this (http://amzn.to/1T7plAq). Any sort of pointed, but blunt tip, object would work. You might even be able to use a butter knife, gently.