window stars

The view on my backyard in the winter is dominated by my neighbor's house.

Add the mud, moss, flat gray sky, and dormancy of everything

and you've got  B O R I N G.

It's time for some wintertime window candy.

These window stars are sometimes called Waldorf stars (after the Waldorf schools - known for their great educational toys integrating art and learning - and I'm guessing this began as an art activity for the kids)

The patterns I used came from the following links:

http://arwenart.com/tutorials/windowstars/

and

http://www.deschdanja.ch/kreativ-blog/74-zauberhafte-fensterterne

I used regular tissue paper cut into 3X3 squares or 3X6 rectangles (depending on the pattern)

although some people prefer to pay an arm and a leg for a waxed tissue paper from the Netherlands (search for "kite paper" or waldorf star paper)