Today, I’m sharing just how easy it is to make a paper star out of magical, translucent paper. And bonus: these window stars have transformed my windows, helping keep the local birds safer.

Got some paper, a pair of scissors, and a whole lot of time to kill? Of course you do, it's the holidays! And now we have the perfect project for all of those things: Make Star Wars snowflakes.

The paper models are perfect replicas of science-fiction spaceships, robots as well as lunar lander’s including X-Wing, TIE Interceptor, Viper Mk2, 2001’s Orion and many more. All of which ...

Schichtel, 59, of Cascade, has been intrigued with the paper stars since her sister made one as a gift for her while Schichtel was in graduate school in the late 1970s.