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How to Make the Popular Moon and Stars Wall Hanging

DIY· Laura's Blog

8 Dec
make a star and moon wall art

How cute is my latest DIY wall art project?

I decided to get the supplies and make this cool artwork during Thanksgiving. It was a huge hit, easy, and so much fun to make! 

Here is the version my daughter-in-law made (all stars)!

I wanted to make sure we had enough twine for her project, so we just made hers that day. We had plenty, so a week later, my other son’s girlfriend came over and she and I made ours together! 

Here is the supply list. (Enough to make 3 wall art projects!)

  • Star/Moon Silicone Mold
  • 1 mm thick Jute Twine 
  • White Seashell Wall Hangers (or use hanger of your choice).
  • 1.75lb White Polyform Sculpey
  • Small Awl
Pick out the stick you want to hang on your wall! Have fun. I brought 4 home then narrowed it down to my favorite. 
 
Instructions: 
Preheat Oven to 275 degrees.
1. Take a little bit of the white clay and warm it in your hands. (After making several, I created the stars with gloves. It does dry out your hands.) 
2. Place the clay into the star molds and push down. (We actually cut off the little hole placeholder within the mold. They didn’t work that well. Instead we used a small awl to create a hole large enough for our twine to go through.)
3. Smooth out the side of the star facing up. 
4. After creating your star, turn the mold upside down and pop the formed clay out.
5. Gently trim off any excess clay. I did this by hand. My son’s girlfriend used scissors.
6. Create a hole in one of the star arms for the twine prior to baking.
7. Then place the formed clay onto an unoiled cookie sheet (you may need 2).
8. If you want a moon on your artwork, make that also. Create a hole for the twine and bake with your stars. 
9. When you have enough stars, bake in preheated 275 degree oven for 15 minutes. 
10. Let stars cool for 10 minutes before assembling. 
11. Pick out each length of your twine as you work on your project, varying the lengths. Each piece of twine will have a star at each end (See variation below in step 12).
12. I had a bowl of water handy and dipped an end of my twine into that, twirled it a bit and slipped it through the holes on the stars. Tip, you can use your awl to help you thread your twine into the hole. We used a bow line knot to secure each star. 
13. Once we had one piece of twine ready with two stars at each end, we would position it on the stick, making a wide loop and pulling each star through so it was secured. My son’s girlfriend used a regular knot to tie hers and most of her stars were singular with only two being double stranded with a star at each end.
14. Have fun with it and make it your own beautiful piece of art.
15. Once we were happy with our finished pieces. We tied one end of the big twine bundle to one end of the stick, keeping the tail out while we wrapped it around that end a few times then tied the tail to the main piece of twine. Then we extended the twine to reach the other side, lifting the middle to have the arch we desired to hang it from. Again, we wrapped that end of the stick several times around with the twine and cut it with enough hanging (2-3 inches) to tie a knot. We did this two times to create two arching pieces of twine to hang our art from. 
 
Here is a picture of my son’s girlfriend’s wall art. 🙂
Let me know if you have any questions. 

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  1. Debra J Pruss says

    December 8, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    How much fun. It is a beautiful wall hanging. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Laura J. Marshall says

      December 13, 2020 at 6:46 pm

      thank you so much 🙂

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