The 24 Days of Holiday Crafting Continues: Paper Starburst Ornament

This pretty paper starburst makes a lovely ornament or gift package topper.  I made mine with squares of origami paper but other types of paper work well too.  You need a paper that will curve nicely into a cone type shape and hold that shape.  You can make this an earth friendly project too by using pieces of junk mail, newspaper, brown paper bags,  or pages from a magazine as your paper.  Leave them as is or dress them up with paint, glitter, sequins, or other goodies. The squares of paper I’ve used are 2 inches and when finished, my starburst is about 6 inches in diameter.

I used the red Terrifically Tacky Tape to hold each piece of paper into a cone.  I found that any liquid glues worked as well but there was a lot of holding and waiting for it to dry time and the tape eliminated that. 

I cut a circle out of a scrap of cardboard.  I covered it with a piece of my paper just in case it showed through at all.  This circle becomes your foundation for each of the cones to be glued onto – I found that using hot glue for this assembly stage worked well for me.  To add a final embellishment and cover the centre of the starburst (not that you necessarily need to cover it!), I added a pompom.