This step by step tutorial of How To Make A Matchstick Star Wall Art is a great way to help homesteading children create a treasured keepsake. Reusing those wooden matchsticks that you use to light your wood stove each morning suddenly becomes a craft supply.
How many of you can remember making these as a child ? My grandmother proudly displayed my brunt matchstick cross for over 19 years on her hallway wall.
Directions of how to make the star:
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1. Draw or print a star template on a blank piece of paper
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2. Trace the pattern on cardboard and cut the shape
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3. Draw the lines emerging from its center to all the six inward pointed edges.
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4. Collect all those brunt wooden matches into one pile.
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5. Starting from the center glue 6 matchsticks forming a star-burst like pattern.
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6. Then fill each sector with burnt matchsticks and cut the matchsticks for length adjustments if necessary.
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7. Lay flat and allow to dry. Flip over and glue a a pop can tab to the back and allow to completely dry.

Such a unique piece of art will strike up conversations once people get close enough to tell that it’s made of burnt matches.
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