Twig Stars

Our family spends lots of time outdoors--splashing much of the day away during the summer, and hunting walnuts and bright red splotches on bare branches in the winter. We find this project to be a lovely way to get us outside when it's oh-so-cold so that we can admire and enjoy nature.
How we did it:
Materials List
- sticks
- glue
- hot glue / hot glue gun
- wire
- pinecones
- glitter
- berries
- rosehips (and anything else found in nature)
- wire (optional)
- wire cutter (optional)
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We make these stars every year. They're perfect for hanging near the porch or near windows. We use birch cones, glittered rosehips, small pinecones from our tree, etc.--whatever we find in our yard or neighborhood that looks pretty.
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First, we go out to gather small, straight branches. I cut the sticks into the same length, then hot glue five of them into a star.
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We then get together all our treasures from nature. We already have some things in a box from years past, and some we collect. We often like a bit of sparkle, so sometimes we glue and then glitter rosehips: red for sparkle, or white for a snowy effect.
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We had some wire to use (but wire's not mandatory). Maddie cut out some wire and used it to help attach things to her star.
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She glued, arranged, and wove things in...
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...and oohed and ahhed while glittering things to her star.
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And, oh! A jingle bell!
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Lavender, tiny leaves, glitter... anything goes for these pretty stars!