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.
La Familia Garcia says
July 2, 2010 at 1:13 pmAwesome! It looks easy enough…I only hope I can do it!
Shelley says
July 2, 2010 at 1:15 pmThat’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.
Diane says
July 2, 2010 at 1:58 pmYour wreath turned out great! Love those colors. You are right… would be gorgeous for any season.
Shan B. says
July 2, 2010 at 6:04 pmThis 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.
[email protected] Hand Me Down House says
July 2, 2010 at 7:13 pmOoh! I love your summery wreath! And those colors are PERFECT together! You did a wonderful job!!
Adam and Wendy says
July 3, 2010 at 1:05 amThis 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)
Just wanted to stop by and let you know that I’ve passed an award along to you for being a Versatile Blogger! Stop by my latest blog entry to pick it up! 🙂 http://wendyandadam.blogspot.com/2010/07/we-just-got-award.html
Amy Woodruff says
July 3, 2010 at 3:40 amI love the colors of the paper you used!! Such a cute idea!
Kenzie says
July 3, 2010 at 4:16 amSo cute! I love the colors!
amyg says
July 3, 2010 at 4:38 amI adore this idea!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
Amy @ Positively Splendid says
July 3, 2010 at 1:52 pmThis is such a terrific idea – and executed so beautifully! Love this!
TheCraftInMe says
July 3, 2010 at 5:05 pmLooks great. I love the different shades of green.
Laura Ingalls Gunn says
July 3, 2010 at 5:21 pmOh I adore this project. It is going in my style file for sure!
Happy 4th of July!
Chris says
July 4, 2010 at 2:29 amWhat a super fun idea. It could be applied in so many ways. Thank you for sharing.
Nestled In Rosenberg says
July 4, 2010 at 4:34 amI REEEEALLY Love your wreath!! Happy 4th!
T.bird
southernscraps says
July 5, 2010 at 6:26 pmGreat wreath. Thanks for sharing.
C.R.A.F.T. says
July 5, 2010 at 9:25 pmlove this!! come on over and link up to MMM 🙂
Kaysi says
July 6, 2010 at 12:34 amI love this!! That’s awesome, great idea!
[email protected] says
July 6, 2010 at 4:29 amWhat a great idea! I love the colors you chose for the wreath! Thanks for the tutorial!
Creative Flair says
July 6, 2010 at 3:53 pmLove it! I am constantly changing my front door wreath for different occasions. Thanks for the idea.
Rachel says
July 6, 2010 at 11:12 pmIt looks so great and seems like it took not a lot of time. Those are my favorite projects
Dawn: The Inked Stamper says
July 7, 2010 at 4:56 amThis 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!
Jane says
July 7, 2010 at 12:44 pmToo cute!! I would have never guessed it was made from cardstock! 🙂
Its A Blog Party says
July 8, 2010 at 1:46 amSooooo cute!
Thanks for linking up!
~Liz
Courtney says
July 8, 2010 at 2:29 pmoh that is so cute! I will have to make this one!
Kristy says
July 8, 2010 at 2:37 pmI love this! Great party idea too
Staci at Craftify It ! says
July 9, 2010 at 9:25 pmI’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!
[email protected] says
July 10, 2010 at 6:16 amI’m going to do this over the weekend for my “Flat Out Free” challenge — thank you!
[email protected] Stories of A to Z says
July 10, 2010 at 8:49 pmAdorable! Love this idea.
Kristi says
July 12, 2010 at 1:50 pmI 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!!!
Kimberlee says
July 12, 2010 at 1:56 pmVery cute! What a fun project to do with children.
visiting from PonyTails and FishScales
Cindy says
July 12, 2010 at 2:46 pmThat is super cute!! Thanks for showing us how it is done.
~Cindy~
Scrappy Gifts says
July 14, 2010 at 12:08 amThis 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
Carmie, the Single Nester says
July 19, 2010 at 8:48 pmThis looks great! I love your color choice.
La Familia Garcia says
December 12, 2010 at 10:25 pmDid you make your “Welcome” w/ the cricut???
patti west says
January 30, 2011 at 1:50 pmSo sweet! Love all of your blog projects. I’m a new follower. 🙂
Nancy Ward says
March 1, 2011 at 1:54 pmHi!
Wanted you to know I posted a link to this tutorial today on my blog.
nancy Ward
PaperFriendly
http://www.nancywardcrafts.com
Chrissy Harris says
March 4, 2011 at 5:24 pmCUTE Wreath! Very Kid Friendly to make also – LOVE 🙂
Mandy Coffey says
March 4, 2011 at 6:49 pmOh 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!
Jane says
March 5, 2011 at 4:10 amVery nice! I love your color choices, but you are so right, the possibilities of this pattern are endless. Thanks for sharing!
Mandy Coffey says
April 18, 2011 at 5:50 pmyou’re featured today!www.smallfineprint.com
Chris says
April 29, 2011 at 2:10 pmI love how the folding makes the stars pop. Such a simple, striking wreath.
Stephanie C. says
May 2, 2011 at 3:06 amThis is seriously adorable!!
Leah says
June 20, 2011 at 2:00 amI 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.
Cheryl says
July 6, 2011 at 4:22 amYour 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
Mom Taxi Julie says
August 24, 2011 at 5:06 pmI 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!
Heidi says
November 9, 2011 at 2:20 pmFun and easy! Thanks for sharing! (found via Pinterest)
~Heidi
jmack says
May 21, 2012 at 12:03 pmHey i adore this and i am going to make it, just wondering what size on the cricut you had it set for?
jmack says
May 21, 2012 at 12:04 pmHey i adore this and i am going to make it, just wondering what size on the cricut you had it set for?
Brandy says
May 21, 2012 at 12:10 pmjmackL: 5″.
Have fun!!
Carissa Bonham says
June 13, 2013 at 8:54 pmThis 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!
Brandy says
June 13, 2013 at 11:30 pmHi 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
Asha Dsouza says
June 19, 2013 at 5:42 amSo cute star wreath.
i love this beautiful tutorial..
thanks for the idea.
Katharine of Kat's Almost Purrfect World says
October 18, 2013 at 1:35 amSo cute and so fun! Thanks for sharing!!!
Linda says
November 25, 2015 at 7:29 amHow do you find the center. I know I should know, but Oh well? Can u help. Thanks
Brandy says
November 25, 2015 at 9:09 amHi Linda! The center of what? The stars? I’m not sure I understand, thanks! 🙂
Nanette Wingrove says
April 24, 2016 at 11:56 amOk….what are you using to score the stars? I’m not crafty….
Brandy says
April 24, 2016 at 12:19 pmHi 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.