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in this video i'm going to show you how
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to make a polish star christmas ornament
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really effective really easy
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simply make it with some paper really
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so i'm christine of christine's crafts
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and this channel is dedicated to
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so what are you going to need to make
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one of these well the first thing you're
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going to need are some paper circles
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you're going to need 10 of them and you
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can make them any size you like but the
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one i've made is 4 inches diameter
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and you can make them out of any paper
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copy of paper is what i've used and
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you're going to need some glue i
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recommend tacky glue even though you
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can't read the label on mine
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you're going to need a pencil now use an
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old one because you're going to get it
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covered in glue it does make a bit of a
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you're also going to need some string
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twine or embroidery thread like i've
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used to hang your polish star
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you're going to need a needle for that
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and you're going to need two small beads
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or tiny buttons and they're just to
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so it really doesn't matter which you
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so take one of your circles
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and then fold it in half again
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and what you're doing here is finding
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the center of your circle so if you made
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your circles using compasses
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you'll already know where the center is
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and then you need to take something
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about one inch diameter
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here in the uk i've used a 10 pence coin
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and you're going to draw around it in
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the center of the circle
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don't get too worried when it's not
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exactly precisely in the middle so long
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as it's approximately okay you'll be
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then you need to take your scissors
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cut from the outside edge
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to that center circle
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and you're going to do it along each of
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so you're cutting these quarter sections
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and once you've cut those
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you want to cut again halfway between
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now you could have marked those by
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folding your circle again i don't bother
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i just cut them like this
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and i'm sure you're going to realize you
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could cut more than one circle at a time
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because obviously the next thing i'm
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repeat that for the other nine
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once you've got them all cut
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take one of your circles and apply some
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glue along one edge of one section
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place it point towards the outside of
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at the opposite corner of that section
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and then wrap the paper around it
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can be a little bit fiddly and you just
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get better and better the more you do i
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believe me you're going to do plenty
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so wrap it round until the glue wraps
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around and it's secure you've got a nice
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and then twist your pencil and pull it
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backwards to take it out
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and that's one of your points formed
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so then take your glue and repeat that
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on the next one round
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place it along one side
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take the point of the pencil to the
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opposite side of the section
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with the point pointing towards the
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outside edge of the circle
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see this one decided it didn't want to
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wrap just keep poking it in
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and get that nice tight point on the end
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and then it'll wrap beautifully
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make sure it's secured down
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remove any glue that might have escaped
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and then twist that pencil out
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and keep going so you're going to repeat
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that for all the sections of your circle
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once you've completed all eight
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and repeat the process
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for all of the other circles so in total
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you'll have 10 of these when you're
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finished and you can start assembling
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thread onto your needle
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and then thread it through one of your
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once you've got your bead threaded on
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there you're going to form a knot around
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the bead a loop with a knot so that it
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just make sure it's nice and secure and
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then you can always trim off some extra
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how long your thread is is up to you
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and i make sure mine's plenty long
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enough and then i can always cut it down
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later if i want to make the loop smaller
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that i'm going to hang it up with
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so once you bead secure
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we're going to thread it on the first
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one of these now you'll see i've turned
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and i'm going to come
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from that side from the bottom there
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right through the center
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and pull it right through until the bead
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is against the paper edge like that turn
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place it down on your table get another
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and this time you're going to go the
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opposite way through it
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so you're gonna go from the top through
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so now these two are facing each other
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and then you're gonna repeat
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for the other eight and you're gonna
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keep them all the same way only the
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first one was the other way up
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now you'll see me messing about with the
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thread here making sure it's not wrapped
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around any of the points and it's not
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going to make a problem later your
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thread needs to be running up straight
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through them all with no problems so
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just keep stacking them on until they're
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once they're all on you need to get the
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and that's when the magic can happen
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if you now pull that thread
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you will get your polish star
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but you need to keep it like that
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so for me i found the best way to do
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that is to take the needle and thread it
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through the bead again but remember it's
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got to be in the same direction as the
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first time you threaded it
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and it just allows you then
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to when you pull it tight it will stay
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and that's your polish star
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so all that's left to do is to form your
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hanging loop with your
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and then you can hang it up and it's all
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so you'll see i'm just going to knot
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mine down inside there so that it won't
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and then you can hang it wherever you
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like obviously this is the moment to
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adjust the length to make it exactly the
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and then go make as many as you like you
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can dip them in glitter you can decorate
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them you can use coloured paper the
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so thank you for watching and i hope
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you've enjoyed this video good luck with
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