Every year my mother puts up these paper stars that have been dipped in wax. She told me that it was German tradition. Well the stars are extremely old because my Grandmother made them when she was a little girl (We’re talking 1920’s here folks)and doesn’t remember how to make them. Can anyone direct me to instructions on how to continue this german tradition (I want to surprise my grandmother and make her a dozen of these for her christmas tree)
That sounds beautiful. I hope someone can help you out, because I’d love to make some!
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Gotta go jogging, but I just did ‘wax paper stars german christmas’ on Google and got a bunch of hits that look good.
good luck
The answer to my own question is in my other thread (I accidently made a new thread instead of a new entry 
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Allright Guys I figured it out
it’s all here
http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/project/printProject/0,1163,CRHO_project_18341,FF.html.
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
What’s the point of dipping stars in wax? Wouldn’t laminatiting them be easier? . . . .and less painful
I think its because there werent any lamination machines in the 1920’s.
and the OP wants to recreate the stars.
The reason that you don’t laninate the stars is because doing that would squash them. You dip them in wax to preserve the shape (& who am I to mess with tradition?)