What are Lucky Stars?
Lucky stars are thin folded pieces of paper that are folded into the shape of a star! Though the folding can be difficult to learn, after practice, it will be a skill that you can't forger.
How to fold lucky stars
Lucky stars are a long strip of paper. To fold, you have to make a slight knot (1) in the paper. Be careful, do not fold it too hard or when pressing in the corners to make a star it will be flat and hard to do. After making a slight knot, you must start folding the longer strip to the right and then fold the strip to the left and repeat. When you cannot fold it anymore, tuck in the bottom half of the strip into the remaining folds of the star, or slightly glue or tape it. The last part is to fold the sides down, and you are left with a star shape!
How to store lucky stars
Lucky stars are usually stored in a jar. This jar is then sealed, and wrapped with a cute bow. It is also said that if you fold 1000 (one thousand) lucky stars, you can make a wish!
A recap of materials
Strips of lucky star paper
A jar (shaped or unshaped)
A cute ribbon
How do I buy?
You can buy these all on EBay! Lucky stars come in a variety of colors and sizes. There are plain colored lucky stars and sparkled lucky stars. There are soft lucky stars (which are harder to keep shape!) and harder lucky stars (which in my opinion are a little better to keep shape!). There are also straw kind of material (not paper) to create these with!
Where do I get jars?
You can get jars on EBay as well, or you can even recycle old jelly jars. These jars come in a variety of sizes. My personal favorite are the star shaped jars or the heart shaped jars.
What about ribbons?
You can get the ribbons on EBay as well! The best types of ribbons to get are soft ribbons and not paper. The soft ribbons will bend better. Soft ribbons come in a variety of colors, just like lucky stars. The best thing about ribbons is that you can use them on anything, not just putting a bow on a lucky star container.
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