“Money Star,” a traditional design, I think. Folded by Annalisa from US dollar bills (and some standard weight paper in the same proportions as a test fold). Photo tutorial available here by Homemade Gifts Made Easy.
And so the Christmas gift parade begins. This was a gift for my niece, Joan. She and her family are moving overseas next year, so my brother asked the family to avoid physical gifts that they would have to ship or store when they move. This kind of limited my options, since I’m--hang on, there’s a word for this...ah, yes--poor. But I figured even if I couldn’t give much, I could make it look pretty. Joan’s really into stars right now (there is nothing quite so cute as her excitedly signing ‘star’ every time she sees the top of the Christmas tree), so who am I to deny her one of her favorite things?
Even though I did a test fold just to make sure, this is actually quite a simple star. You could easily jump right into making it, and it will look fine. The only kind of tricky part is making sure the flaps fit into the other modules correctly, but one they’re there, they stay quite well, which is good when you’re sending a package cross-country. I’m all about the pragmatic aspects as well as aesthetics.
