I finally got my act together and made some paper stars (and then two weeks later I finally got my act together to write a blog post about it).  I first posted about my desire to make these <a href="http://karolinkabulgaria.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/star-crafts/">lovely stars in December</a>.  For Christmas, I received kite paper (a waxy-stiffer kind of tissue paper) from not one but two different people (thanks!)-- so I've got lots and lots of paper to make stars with. But after making the stars, it's pretty clear to me that you could just as easily use tissue paper for these stars.

The most important thing is color.  White tissue paper wouldn't give you the effect that you're looking for.  It would be a fair amount of work for not a lot of wow. And I think in craft projects like this you want the ratio of work to wow to be even if not more wow than work.

[caption id="attachment_2021" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="My kite paper stars in Sofia"]<a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dsc01458.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2021" title="Paper Stars" src="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/dsc01458.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>[/caption]

These stars are lovely when the sun is streaming through.  The colors bleed and overlap.  I especially like the rainbow start for the bleeding-overlapping-kaleidoscope effect.  I also like the fact that these are easy to make and very satisfying.  I haven't gotten to see much of the sun streaming through because I've been getting up before the sun and coming home in the dark but I am sure that during the day when I am at work and they're here in my apartment they are lovely.

Maybe I should make some for my classroom at school.  Or maybe I should try to leave work before 6pm.  Heck, maybe I should try to do both.