Star of Bethlehem SVG

The simplest shape in the Nativity set

Four long rays cross four short ones, and the bottom ray keeps going well past the others, the way this star is usually pictured pointing down toward the manger. No lines run across the middle and nothing floats loose. Because the outline is so plain, it reads from the back row of a sanctuary and from the corner of a gift tag alike.

Pieces and weeding

A single piece with 0 cut-outs makes up the solid file, so there is nothing to weed beyond the waste around it. It passes our cut checks from about 2 inches wide. One clean outline, one lift, and the job is over. Keep a sharp blade on the mat for the eight points, since those tips are the only delicate spots.

Color layers

• Base and lines, dark navy: a slightly larger star behind, which shows as a slim rim all the way around
• Star and gold, amber gold: the star proper, sitting centered on that rim

Line up the long lower ray first when gluing. Once that point matches, the other seven fall into place.

Paper ornament making

Few designs give a Sunday school class such an easy win. Pre-cut a stack of stars around 3 inches wide from gold card and let children glue each one to its navy rim. Punch a small hole near the top point, thread a ribbon, and each child has something finished to carry home. Older students can stack three stars, adding foam spacers between them, for a raised look. A dab of glitter along the long ray is plenty of decoration.

A foil or glitter card

Mirror card and foil paper can be difficult to cut in detail, and this outline asks very little of them. Cut the top star from foil and the rim from a matte navy, then mount the pair on a plain cream card front with the long ray dropping toward a short handwritten greeting. Leave the rest of the card empty. The contrast between shiny gold and flat paper does all the work.

Ideas by scale

• Gift tags and place cards, one star apiece
• Advent calendars, numbered in pen, one star for each day
• Window decals that hang high on the glass
• Wooden signs, painted from a stencil above a family name
• Totes and sweatshirts in vinyl, centered with nothing else around it

Size guide

Under 2 inches the points get too fine to lift cleanly, so print a sheet of them and run it through Print Then Cut for confetti-sized stars.

Try it in

• Silver over deep blue for a colder, frosty night
• Pale cream on kraft for a farmhouse feel
• Copper foil with a burgundy rim

Pairs well with

Display this star above the Classic Nativity Scene in a mantel display, or browse every other point count across our Christmas star hub.