How to Make a Shooting Star Holiday Card

Kids will love making different variations of this adorable star holiday card!

By Abbey Hendrickson from Parents Magazine

Brian Pineda
Star Bright

This festive greeting card is really easy to make -- no sewing skills required.
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Step 1: Gather Materials for Shooting Star Holiday Card

What you'll need:

Fabric or decorative paper, scissors, glue, blank card, ⅛" hole punch, embroidery thread

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Step 2: Shooting Star Holiday Card

Make it:

Cut 2 or 3 different-size stars from fabric or decorative paper. Glue together.
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Step 3: Shooting Star Holiday Card

Cut 7 to 10 ?" slits on the bottom left-hand half of card, spaced ?" to ?" apart. Punch a hole about 1" in from top right corner.

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Step 4: Shooting Star Holiday Card

Insert thread through hole, and wrap over the front of the card, securing string inside first slit; repeat until all slits are threaded. Trim and knot ends together.
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Step 5: Shooting Star Holiday Card

Glue star over hole.

Originally published in the December 2011 issue of Parents magazine.
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