materials   square piece of paper (any size, width will be approximately your finished size) ribbon   tools   stapler hole punch

directions

• Start by folding your paper into accordion pleats. The number of pleats determines the number of points on the ornament (each pleat equals two points).
• Fold the accordion paper up so all pleats are together and the height of the paper is one pleat. Fold paper in half to determine the center, unfold, and staple at the center point.
• Cut a curve or diagonal into each side of the paper from the edge to about halfway to the staple. Make sure the cut is on the same side of the paper so that it forms a wide U or V shape when cut. The outside edges will form the points of the star.
• Fan the sides out so that they meet and attach on the back side with small pieces of tape.
• Punch small holes in the top of the star and thread ribbon through to form your hanger.

directions

• Experiment with different lengths of paper to get the size you'd like. Cut a trunk and pairs of short, medium and long branches.
• Curl the branches around a toothpick to get spiral effect.
• Glue branches to trunk, beginning with the longest curl, working up to the smallest.
• In our version, we created a "cap" with another piece of paper and ran fishing line through the cap. You can also take the trunk and turn it over to create a loop at the top and thread ribbon through the loop to hang the ornament.

materials   1 - 7x7" lightweight paper (we've chosen momigami) 1 - 5x5" lightweight paper 10" ribbon for scarf black paper cut into small circles (for eyes, mouth & buttons) orange paper (for nose)   tools   string glue various hole punches (for circles)

directions

• Fold the two pieces of paper into origami balloons. Detailed instructions at www.ehow.com
• Glue the two balls together, opening end of one ball to the open end of the other.
• After the glue has dried, tie the ribbon around the neck for the scarf.
• Glue the black circles onto the tummy for buttons, and head for eyes and mouth.
• Cut triangle for nose out of orange paper and glue onto face.
• Poke two very small holes in the top of the head and thread string through (in our sample, we used fishing line). Tie ends in a knot to form your hanger.

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