About this design
Every library needs a perfect basic star, and this is it. The Classic Five-Point Christmas Star has five identical points spaced exactly 72 degrees apart, with a classic proportion between the outer points and the inner corners, so it looks neither too skinny nor too stubby.
In the color version, a smaller, lighter star sits inside the main one, giving a gentle two-tone effect that looks like a gilded edge. Use it wherever you need a star that simply looks right.
Project ideas
- Tree toppers. Cut two from gold glitter chipboard and sandwich a dowel between them.
- Gift tags. A 2.5-inch star with a punched hole and a name written across it.
- Star garlands. Cut a dozen in gold and silver and string them on twine.
- Shirts. One large star or a scatter of small ones in glitter iron-on.
- Classroom rewards. Star stickers made with Print Then Cut.
Color ideas
The default color version is gold with a lighter gold inner star. Other combinations:
- Silver with white for a frosty look
- Red with gold for a traditional Christmas
- Navy with gold for a night-sky theme
- White with silver glitter for a winter wedding
Size and cutting tips
This star passes our cut checks from about 1.5 inches wide, the smallest recommended size in the collection. Its points are sharp, so for chipboard, felt or wood, size it to at least 3 inches and use a fresh blade.
When weeding vinyl, peel the waste toward the points rather than away from them so the tips stay down.
Step by step: a two-sided tree topper
- Download the solid SVG and size it to 7 inches.
- Cut two copies from gold glitter chipboard, using your machine’s chipboard setting and a deep-cut blade.
- Hot-glue a 12-inch wooden dowel or a short length of floral wire down the back of one star, leaving 5 inches below the bottom points.
- Glue the second star on top so the glitter faces out on both sides.
- Wrap the protruding dowel with green floral tape so it blends into the tree.
- Slide the stem into the top branches and secure it with a twist tie.
Good to know
The 72-degree spacing means the star looks the same whichever point you put at the top, so you can rotate it freely to fit a crooked treetop.
Pairs well with
The Classic Tiered Christmas Tree is its natural partner, and the Rounded Cookie-Cutter Star gives a softer version for kids’ crafts.
