Music Sheet Star of David Ornament - Shades of Blue Interiors

I know I promised another furniture reveal today, but sometimes things do go as planned. I am close to being done on a custom piece, but half-way through, I could see it wasn’t going to look like I thought it would, and after some collaboration with my client, I am still fixing some things before it is ready for the final reveal. So. Lo siento, you will have to wait until next Tuesday! 🙂

Buuuut, a couple days ago, when I showed the reveal of the turquoise and gold cabinet, I gave a sneak peak of my tree and the Star of David ornaments I added to it! I made them from antique music sheets that I got from a barn sale awhile back.

All of the ornaments that were on the tree were store-bought plastic ones (I have little kids who will and do grab them and throw them on occasion), and I wanted to add something hand-made and vintage. But, if something happened to it, I didn’t want to spend SO much time on them, that I would be devastated if little hands got ahold of them.

So here is what I came up with:

These seriously took me less than an hour to make about 25 of them! I got much quicker the more I made!

You will need:

Antique music sheets (or pages from an old hymnal for smaller stars)

Scissors

Wire ornament hangers

Here we go!

1- Fold the paper in half, long-ways.
2. Fold the bottom right corner to the center crease.
3. Fold the left side of the paper over so it lines up with the crease you just made on the right side.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the opposite side. So, fold the left corner to the center crease, then fold the right side over on top, lining up with the left sided fold.
5. Notice where creases are, the center triangle is what you want!
6. Fold in half, and cut along crease.

7. Fold a corner to the top meets the center (where all the creases converge).
8. Repeat on all 3 corners.
9. FLIP OVER and back fold each side to the center. (Pictured above, the 3rd and 4th pic should be reversed, but you get the idea)

10. Once all side are back folded, it will look like this.
11. Tuck the left side of the one you last folded, under the left adjacent fold. That sounds super confusing, but I think the pictures make it pretty clear.
12. Voila! All sides are tucked under their adjacent sides, keeping it from coming un-done! Now all you do is poke that wire ornament hanger in one of the star-points (choose one that has a double paper thickness so it won’t tear as easily) and hang on the tree!

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