Fifi's Craft: Matariki stars
With Fifi Colston
Make the 7 sisters of Matariki; pretty twinkly stars to hang in your window. Or dress up a dining table with a starry centrepiece and Matariki serviette rings!
You will need:
For the stars...
Small polystyrene balls (25mm)
Glitter (white looks best)
Beaded floral and dressmaking pins in different lengths.
A selection of crystal and pearl beads
White craft glue
For the centrepiece...
Large polystyrene ball or foam cake base
Glitter /paper
15cm round silver cakeboard (or a placemat covered in silver
paper)
Bamboo skewers painted silver/white
Craft knife
White craft glue
For the serviette rings...
Scrapbooking card in winter colours (I used glitter card from
Spotlight)
Fifis serviette template - check Fifi's
website for this
Beaded pins and crystal beads
To make the stars:
1) Paint the poly balls with craft glue, sprinkle them with glitter and let them dry.
2) Thread crystal beads onto the pins- use a selection of bead sizes.
3) Push the beaded pins into the small poly balls to create stars. You will need 8- 12 pins per star keep pushing them in until you like the effect!
4) Hang them with clear nylon fishing line in your window- or make a centrepiece for a Matariki dinner celebration.
To make the centre piece:
1) Cut the large poly ball in half with a craft knife blade and cover with glitter- or use the foam cake base and cover with glitter on the top and paper around the sides. Use white craft glue.
2) Cut the painted skewers (or use clear glittery plastic knitting needles!) to different lengths. Push the skewers through the ploy ball/foam base, point first from the underside.
3) Glue the poly ball/foam base onto the cake board.
4) Push the finished stars onto the ends of the knitting needles.
To make the serviette rings:
1) Trace the template out onto scrapbooking card and cut it out.
2) Slip the end (A) through the slit (B) and bend the star ends out a little.
3) Thread a few beads onto a long floral pin, push it through the card and thread some more onto the end, securing the last pin with a dab of glue.
4) Roll up a serviette and push through the card ring.
(TX: 14 June 2011)
