While down at my mom's house visiting for Thanksgiving, she showed me a couple craft ideas she had come across on the internet. As I was looking at them all, a picture of a barn star jumped out at me. These barn stars are made out of nothing more than a cereal box. I had to try this out and see if I could re-create what I was seeing. So I googled star images and came out with a basic star pattern to use as a template. I opened up the cereal box, laid my star template down, traced and cut out. After I had them cut out I took a ruler (so it would be straight) and with the edge of my scissors, scored five times each from point to point all the way around the star. This gave it the 3-D look of a barn star. I then painted them with an off-white acrylic based paint and brought them home. I tried edging one with a pen and didn't like the look so went over the creases with a simple No. 2 lead pencil and I prefer that look rather than the pen. However, I bet a charcoal pencil would give a really awesome effect. This was my first attempt at them and I will be doing more. I want to get hold of a big piece of cardboard and really take my time and do a big one for my living room wall. I must admit I did these rather quickly just to see how they would turn out, but I know these stars will be absolutely amazing given the time and right accents such as paint and what not. Nevertheless, it's always fun for me doing an awesome project using materials that would otherwise be thrown away. Hope you enjoy and until next time...stay crafty!
