Stars from Drinking Straws-Himmeli!

 A few years back I noticed that these geometric Himmeli creations were getting alot of attention. 

Traditionally a Finnish craft using wheat straw,  

they were made for Christmas  and holidays, and just for fun.

Long years ago, Life magazine had a feature article on Himmeli stars 

made from drinking straws and our family made them for Christmas that year.

Now that plastic drinking straws are being phased out, this craft is perfect 

for the supplies still on hand.

I found this box of 1000 in a thrift shop.

These can also made from paper straws!

I cut the straws in half and strung wire through them to make a series of triangles

 then attached them together to make the geometric ball in the center.

 Leave the extra wire attached to trim away later when you are finished.

It will seem floppy and look a mess until you have attached enough

 triangles to give the ball structure and strength.

Wire three long straws together and attach to the triangles that for your center ball. 

Soon you will see how your spiky star ornament will look! 

Carefully tighten the wire attachments and trim the ends. 

Now you can hang your beautiful Himmeli star or spray paint it a 

fun color or even, what fun, cover it with glitter!

And NOW I'm getting oh so fancy and using black straws for this 

next wonderful project.

Here's the start......

A gorgeous Himmeli light fixture (with a low heat bulb of course!)

I will write up another post when it's done!