Jar of paper stars

Paper stars and glass jar - Sold by @drpenguin

It's a Chinese belief that making and giving 1000 lucky stars to someone will grant that person a wish

lucky stars

These adorable little stars are fast, fun and easy to make. Once you get in the swing of making them you won't want to stop! That's what happened to one of my art students, Christina. She loved creating her own simple patterns on colored copier paper that she cut into narrow strips. Then she folded the strips into neat little 3D stars. It wasn't long until she had a bag full of them, which led to a small problem....what do you DO with all those stars? She used them to make a 3D work of art…