Easy Bauble and Light Filled Star

2 Materials
$10
1 Hour
Easy
Up the WOW factor at home this Christmas and make this simple yet stunning light and bauble filled star.
You won't believe how easy it was to do and the best thing about it - you don't need any special tools either. It's one of those no-stress DIY Christmas decorating projects that can be made in an afternoon. All you need is:


  • Two large sheets of sturdy cardboard
  • Masking tape, ruler and scissors or a craft knife
  • Battery operated string lights
  • Christmas baubles
  • Spray paint and glue


We have a lot of baubles at home and they're all different colors. Yeah I know, I’m one of those people that picks a new color theme every year icon Do you do that too? Thank goodness Bonnie and Edward Seymour invented spray paint way back when. My heroes!!!! This year I'm going for the whole metallic look so the baubles got a small makeover first.
While the paint dries we made a huge star shaped cardboard box for all those baubles. The cardboard needs to be sturdy so the thicker the better. D raw a large five point star. As long as the tips of the star are big enough to hold your smallest bauble you'r good to go.
Measure the sides of each of the points of the star and cut 8 cm wide strips to fit. That’s about 3 1/8 inches. Use some masking tape to attach the sides to the star to form a box.
Spray or paint the star to hide the masking tape and let one of your fur babies give it a test drive.
Poke a few holes in the bottom of the star and add the string lights. Then glue the baubles inside the star shaped box. That's it.
Hang the bauble filled star on the wall or let it take center stage on your mantel. And it looks so beautiful at night when we switch the lights on. I'd love to know what you think?
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  • Robbie Robbie on Jun 06, 2018

    Loved Calico Cat💗💗💗💗. What’s her name? She looks like a good helper🐾🐾🐾

  • Laurel Wiers Jacobs Laurel Wiers Jacobs on Dec 23, 2019

    Where are the lights placed?

  • Mary O'Brien Henderson Mary O'Brien Henderson on Dec 23, 2019

    How many colors of spray paint did you use & what are the names of the colors? You've shown 2 but it looks like it could be 3 or 4. And it maybe the lighting.

    Thanks so much! We have a group of ladies in our church and we meet up here at our home called "Let's Get Creative!" We laugh and eat & have a great time doing crafts or cakes or whatever together.

    Blessings!

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  • Carole White Carole White on Dec 23, 2020

    Love this!!! Pretty cat, too! Thanks for sharing this project

    • Michelle Leslie Michelle Leslie on Dec 23, 2020

      You're very welcome Carole. Hope you have a beautiful and love-filled, safe Christmas

  • Brenda Brenda on Dec 23, 2020

    This small display is lovely. So elegant. Love the colors chosen. Looks like the cat is the star. Ha. Great job.


    • Michelle Leslie Michelle Leslie on Dec 23, 2020

      Our Cleo is one of my best helpers  Hope you have a wonderful and love-filled Christmas Brenda

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