Magazine Roll-up Star

What to do with old magazines? Sure, you could throw them away. Or you could use them for recycled magazine art: With a bit of patience, we've created a Christmas star decoration of a different kind.

Level of difficulty Leisurely inspiration
Duration 780

We need:

Several magazines cutter scissors wooden skewer cardboard compass paper wire tesa® Adhesive Nail for Wallpaper & Plaster 2kg tesa® Glue Roller Permanent ecoLogo® tesa® All-Purpose Glue, 90g


Time: approx. 3 hours + 10 hours drying time

This Is How We Do It:

A top-down view of a crafting workspace. On the left, an open magazine. On the right, a grid mat with supplies: glue, tesa tape adhesive strips, correction tesa tape, pens, a pencil, sewing needle, thread spool, scissors, utility knife, and a cutting tool. A chair is visible below. (This text has been generated by AI)
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For this DIY paper star, we need:
Several magazines, cutter, scissors, wooden skewer, cardboard, compass, paper wire, tesa® Adhesive Nail for Wallpaper & Plaster 2kg, tesa® Glue Roller Permanent ecoLogo®, tesa® All-Purpose Glue, 90g
Hands rolling a sheet of paper into a tight tube on a grid-patterned surface. A blue and red adhesive dispenser is nearby, along with several completed paper tubes on the right. Several rolls of tesa tape are present for securing the tubes tightly. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Magazine roll-up crafts are easy and fun. Using a cutter, take out approx. 120 pages from the magazines and cut off the white edges on the outer long sides. Tightly roll one side diagonally around the wooden skewer. Piece by piece, pull the wooden skewer out of the resulting paper roll, keeping it always visible.
A person using a correction tesa tape dispenser to apply adhesive to the corner of a piece of paper placed on a blue cutting mat. The persons hand is pressing the paper flat while guiding the dispenser along the edge. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Apply glue to the last triangular piece of the page using the glue roller. Roll up the rest and press firmly. Pull out the wooden skewer and cut the lower end of the roll straight using your scissors. Make approx. 120 rolls.
Close-up of hands tying string around a piece of cardboard. Scissors and paper rolls are in the background. The surface is covered with a blue cutting mat featuring a white grid pattern, with tesa tape visible nearby. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Use the compass to draw 2 circles (10 and 28 cm in diameter) and cut them out using the cutter.

Make a loop from the paper wire and attach it to the cardboard ring.
Hands are creating a circular craft with a cardboard base and rolled paper tubes, secured with tesa tape. A small bottle of glue is on the right. A cutting mat with a grid pattern is underneath the project. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Attach 8 rolls evenly to the ring, using the all-purpose glue: The tips of the rolls point outwards.
Hands are weaving rolled paper strips onto a circular piece of cardboard. Scissors, glue, and additional rolled strips are in the background on a grid-patterned surface. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Now coat the empty spaces between rolls thick with all-purpose glue and fill them with rolls until the entire surface is covered.

Allow to dry for several hours.
A hand arranging rolled-up strips of colorful paper into a circular pattern on a gridded surface, with tesa tape and crafting materials in the background. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Coat the area where the rolls are placed close to each other thick with all-purpose glue and attach a second layer of rolls onto the gaps. Again, allow to dry for several hours.
A persons hand adjusts a wall decoration made of rolled paper on a teal wall. The paper rolls radiate from a central point. A white tesa tape hook is mounted on the wall beside the decoration. (This text has been generated by AI)
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Mount the adhesive nail according to instructions and hang the finished wreath on the wire.

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Last updated on Jul 8, 2026