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Slide the hanging star down onto the plain one, slot into slot, until their lower points are level: the two cross at right angles, 78 mm across each way and 86 mm tall with the loop.
Two flat five-point stars that slot together at right angles into a star that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging star is slotted up from the notch between its lower points and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its top point; the plain star is slotted down from its top point.
Cut size
164 × 86 mm (6½ × 3⅜ in)
Size with margin
164 × 86 mm (6½ × 3⅜ in)
Shapes
2
Layers
2
What you need
Cardstock in gold or yellow, colored on both sides (every point shows its back): see paper and card weights for one that holds its shape
Thread or narrow ribbon that passes through the 4 mm hole
Cut both stars from gold or yellow card. The hanging star is slotted up from the notch between its lower points and the plain star down from its top point; each slot is 0.8 mm wide, and its mouth opens out to start the other star. If you resize, resize both together. The slots change with them (0.4 mm wide at 50%), so cut a test slot in a scrap of your card first and check that a strip of the same card slides in without bending.
2. Slide them together
Hold the plain star upright. Lower the hanging star onto it from above, slot into slot, until their lower points are level. Each slot runs halfway from the top point to the notch, with 1 mm to spare where they meet, so the stars seat all the way.
3. Turn the points square
Turn the stars until they cross at right angles, so the eight side points sit evenly. Tie a thread through the 4 mm hole in the loop to hang it: the hole sits 5.3 mm above the plain star’s top point, so the thread hangs clear of it. Without the thread, the star stands on its four lower points. If the stars sit loose, a dot of glue where the slots meet holds them square.
Two flat trees that slot together at right angles into a tree that stands out in 3D, 70 mm across each way. The starred tree is slotted up from its trunk and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the star; the plain tree is slotted down from its tip.
Two flat six-arm snowflakes that slot together at right angles into a snowflake that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging snowflake is slotted up from its bottom arm and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its top arm; the plain one is slotted down from its top arm.
Two flat discs, each with a cap and six star-shaped windows, that slot together at right angles into a ball that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging disc is slotted up from its bottom edge and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its cap; the plain disc is slotted down from the top of its cap.