Making Moravian Stars

I saw this post last year about making Moravian stars out of paper, and promised myself that this year I was going to try it.

And I did! The tutorial on 33 Shades of Green was very easy to follow...so I cut out some strips using wrapping paper. I chose a silver pattern on white, so that the front and back wouldn't look too crazy when I folded it. Here is the front of the star:

And here is the back:

The idea was to make lots of them and then string them from the ceiling, add them to the tree...but after five, I gave up. Mostly because by that point I only had two (Jack had destroyed three of them), and one of the remaining ones was smashed:

Argh. And again, this is why my house is sparsely decorated for Christmas. I really enjoyed making these, though, so maybe it will still happen? You never know!