Paper star door dangly thing

Instead of beads, why not use stars? This is not a project for the faint of heart. Right before I started I already regretted having the idea...I have gone "Star Crazy". "Star Crazy" is when your back aches, your neck aches, the joints in your finger aches, you make paper stars for about 2-3 hours everyday for about a week, your legs fall asleep......I am a star making machine.

Materials
Paper
Ruler
Some kind of pole(a part of my mosquito net)
needle and thread

Time: Too long...when I was focusing, I could make a star in 1 minute and 7 seconds. Now multiply that by 900 stars makes a total of 16 hours and 45 minutes for the stars(at optimal output) plus an hour half for stringing it all together. ~18:15

Cost: Free/really cheap

Other 'ibles that are similiar, my 'ible is more or less combining two, but it was my crazy idea.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Origami-Dream-Stars/ If you don't know how to make the stars
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pop-Tab-Curtain-Window-Beads/

Step 1 Making stars

Do this in small increments or you will go "Star Crazy". My project needed about 825 stars. Choose your colors and start making stars! Don't bother lining them out until you have a lot.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Origami-Dream-Stars/

Find some good movies to watch is a must

Comments

[breumer]

verry nice!! I like it! thanks!

[Timberloin]

I LOVE Firefly! Thanks for the instructable, too!

[Brian15]

how do you make a star

[jianqiang]

The intro has links of other instructables

[canida]

Wow, that's awesome! A ton of work - I hope it lasts for a long time. (You don't have cats, do you?)

[eveh]

Haha...that was my first thought. I have three and that would last about a minute at my house. Great idea though. I have seen the beaded curtains in the doorways of certain shops and always liked them.

[jianqiang]

1. No cats, do women count? 2. I wouldn't have minded getting a bunch of friends, but then they would all have invested time and energy into it and then feel like they have ownership of the final product. So I kinda like to do things myself so then I can gift it guilt free. 3. Pretending to be a teacher is my current occupation...I have classes of two and four. 4. You can buy pre-cut paper at origami stores, but they are usually itty bitty 5. 18+ hours, I began to get more efficient after the first few hundred

[Kiteman]

This looks like one of those projects that should involve a party - pre-cut the strips, then get a bunch of friends around to watch a movie. It took you 18 hours? Get five or six friends round and it becomes a single evening's task. Or, if you're a teacher, co-opting a craft lesson gets the whole door done in half an hour...