I have discovered a love for Window Stars. Earlier in the autumn the first regular contributor to our site Erin shared a fantastic tutorial for creating a Fall Window Star and today for the first of many Christmas Book and Craft posts you will see on Rainy Day Mum I am sharing a fantastic Christmas book and how to make a super simple Winter Window Star to make with the book.
Featured Christmas Book - Song of the Stars
One of my aims with the children is that they understand the true meaning of Christmas as well as enjoy it for the celebration that it has become and I love discovering versions and variations of The Nativity Story to read and share with my children. Song of the Stars a Christmas Story by Sally Lloyd Jones is one of my favorites - written in poetry it looks at how the natural environment may have reacted to the birth of Jesus from the Stars in the Sky through to creatures in the sea and on the land.
Winter Window Star Tutorial
As the book starts with the stars in the sky and finishes the same it was perfect to create a Window Star with - another seasonal one. This time a Winter and unlike our autumn one this one is the simplest design and you and your children can create this together.
Materials Need for a Winter Window Star
Kite Paper - 8 sheets, 4 blue and 4 white - here is a pack from Amazon but I tend to buy mine from Myriad Natural Toys and Crafts in the UK and buy the pack with 100 sheets at a time.
Out Now! - Countdown to Christmas Ebook
When life gets hectic in the lead up to Christmas wouldn't it be great to be able to spend a little time with the family creating gifts for others, food to enjoy together and traditions that make magical Christmas Memories?
But what actually happens is you spend hours searching through Pinterest looking for ideas and realise halfway through saying you are going to start that you have only 1 thing on the materials list!
I've been there!
So that is why we've put together our 24 favourite Christmas Activities, Crafts and Recipes with full materials lists and step-by-step instructions so that you have everything at your fingertips.
Produced as a PDF you can download, print and use these ideas throughout the festive season with your children and families.
Find out more as we share with your our Favourite Ways to Countdown to Christmas.
How to Create your Winter Window Star
- If your Kite Paper isn't already in squares your first step will be to make it into around 6inch squares.
- Fold your first square in half to make a triangle.
- Open the square and take one of the corners not on the fold and fold to the center seam.
- Using your thumb press firmly to get a clean fold along the outside.
- Now repeat on the other side.
- Do the same for your other 7 pieces of Kite Paper.
- With the fold at the BACK of your first diamond shape place a little glue along the bottom right-hand edge of a blue diamond.
- Lay a white diamond over the top and press to check that the glue has stuck - see below for the angle to use for the simple window star pattern.
- Repeat the glue along the edge and add the pieces together alternating blue and white until the last piece.
- With the last piece glue as normal to attach a new piece but lift up the blue diamond, you started with and place the last white diamond underneath - see the picture to see exactly what I mean
- Now leave to dry for a little
- Attach to your window for this beautiful Winter Window Star to decorate your home this coming season.
More Window Stars for you to make
Fall Window Star
Flower Window Star
Advent Window Star
More Christmas Themed Crafts and Books
If you have loved reading and creating with your kids then make sure you sign up to get notified about the Storybook Advent Series that we will be running again this year on Rainy Day Mum where I will be sharing 4 weeks worth of Christmas Crafts and Book from the first Sunday of Advent through to Christmas Eve for you and your kids to do together.
As for today then check out these other 4 Christmas Crafts and Books in the Christmas Craft and Book Series by Emma Owl to create and read with your children.
A Christmas Tree with A Little Blue Truck from To Be a Kid Again
Easy Graham Cracker Houses with Georgie the Gingerbread Fairy from My Storytime Corner
Santa Snoopy Craft with Charlie Brown Christmas from Play Dough and Popsicles
Found Objects Snowman with Snowballs from Our Daily Craft
Read these Christmas Activities and Books Next
- The Snowman - Number Bowling
- Song of the Stars - Small World Imaginative Play
- The Nutcracker - Peg Dolls
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Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn't have to be put on hold and you don't just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.
Heather says
Wow - this is gorgeous! Such a beautiful craft.
Erin D says
Window stars are completely addictive, aren't they?! We have our front windows full of them, and we're always trying to squeeze in a new one 🙂 Beautiful job Cerys!
Julie says
I love this idea! My daughter is completely obsessed with folding paper at the moment so we will definitely give this a try!