Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01

children themselves can do much towaro
decorating tree in this manner.
At the top of the trec< shining above al
other ornaments, is TIE Christmas star
and this is the way to make it:
From piece of cardboard cut an
oblong with the top and bottom edges
five and one-Quarter inches long and
the side edges just five inches long
Gig. -. Now, exactly in the middle
at the top edge make q dot ca, Fig.
-, then on each side edge, one and
sevan-eighthS inches from the top
edge, make dot Obj, + ig. -. On the
bottom edge, one inch from each bot
tom corner, make the dots &C. With
the aid of ruler draw the lines con-
Meeting these points, as shown in Fig.
3. This gives Il perfect hVe-pointed
star. five inches high. Cut the star
out, cover it's entire surface with a
coat of paste, and lay over it Il smooth
piece of gilt paper. pressing out the full
ness and creaSeS. When the paste is
dry, cut away the paper from the
edges. and there will remain a gilt
star, firm and stiff enough to stand up
bravely.
But this is not all. There are to be
a number of goldtipped rays flaming
out from the star to represent it's
spreading light. For these rays select
tenbroomstraws with two prongs.
Trim the prongs off evenly, shorten
the stems at the bottom, and spread
the prongs apart. Now cut twenty
strips of gold paper half an inch wide
and little over four inches long. Lay
one strip down, cover the wrong side
with paste, place three broomstraws
with their prongs resting on The paste
side OF the paper, and press another
strip of gold paper over the first, in
closing the tips Of the straws. This
will give gold paper on both sides Of
the straws. Then, when the paste
ia dry, cut away the paper,
leaving gold triangle on the
tip of each prong of each broomstraw.
Fig. shows one triangle cut out.
Treat all Of your broomstraw rays in
this way, then cover with paste the
center of the wrong side of the star
up to the points, lay two straws In
place, the stems crossing, as in Fig.
5, and. over the stems press a short
strip of white paper like D, Fig 5,
FASTING it down securely. Adjust the
other rays between the points Of the
star, and fasten them in place in the
same manner.
To hold the star upright make a
lighter from strip of white writing
paper for a stem. Flatten the top of
paste it on the back of the star be-
tween the two lower points, as in
Fig. g. Over the stems of the broom
straws and the end Of the lighter paste
white paper lining that will reach
part way up each point of the star.
This lining should be made before the
rays are pasted to the star, by laying
the star on white paper, tracing
around its edges with pencil, cutting
out the white paper star and then
clipping off about one inch of the
points. The gold star will look like
Fig. 2.
Not the least effective trimmings on the
tree are the little Christmas bells thai
hang by strings from the tips of the
branches and dangle alluringly. They are
Of different sizes, and some are made OF
gilt, others of colored paper. Fig. 10.
For a bell three and a half inches
high "a very good size) cut strip of
paper three and a half inches wide
and seven inches long, curve it into
the shape shown in Fig and pin
together. Cut off the point that laps
over according to the dotted line, also
the point that laps under, leaving a
little over half an inch for the final
lap. Trim off the bottom points even
with the shortest part of the bottom
edge, as shown by the curved, dotted
line, and you will have Fig. 8. Fig.
8 opened out will give you Fig. II,
which will be the pattern for other
BELLS