Once you have collected your sticks, your child can place them in the form they would like. We experimented with different ways to make a star and it was fun to figure out the best way to lay the sticks together.

Once we settled on a form, I started wrapping the yarn around the sticks wherever the sticks crossed each other. Once I started the yarn, I then passed the sticks to my five-year-old to finish wrapped. Then we would tie the yarn off.

When our forms were done, Emma decided they needed glitter, of course!

Emma painted the stars with Mod-Podge (a glue/water mixture works too), and then she got to work on the glitter.

We moved outside for this messy step, but you can also place the star in a baking sheet while you glitter. We often do that and I can just shake the glitter off outside afterwards.

The star came out perfect. I love the look of the sticks. The star moved around our house through the Christmas season--then we packed it up for many Christmases to come!