I have a habit of tripping across a craft tutorials on YouTube, then holding them on a playlist for, in this case, years. The video makes it look so fast and easy. I thought I might make a bunch of these stars for the family Christmas ornaments.
Uh ... not so much. A bit more tedious than it looks and the result is somewhat clunky.
But here's what I did so you don't have to!
I found the supplies in my stash.
Following the directions, I cut them down
Then strung them into a loop. I had to try three methods before I managed to pull the string through the straws.
The folding begins (this step easy).
The folding continues (this step confusing at first).
Twisting and poking and adjusting and magic happens here.
Straws that short were hard to manage due to their inflexibility. So I tried again.
I used the loop turner from my sewing tools to thread the string through the longer straws. Worked like a charm. (Work smarter, not harder).
First fold
I missed taking photos of the confusing fold. Then magic happens.
Ta Da!
The end result is cute, but I'm not sure what I'll do with these. I'm fairly convinced I won't bother making more.
It's pretty satisfying to learn a new skill, though. Here's one of the videos tutorials I used:
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