DIY Skewer Starburst Decor

Skewer Starburst Decor - top view down on the starburst project

If you like starburst decor pieces, this project is for you. Gather together some wooden skewers, tin snips or heavy duty scissors, a Styrofoam ball, and both acrylic and spray paints and get started. The instructions for this DIY skewer starburst can be found on this page.

Craft: Skewer Starburst Decor

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April 18, 2018

Skewer Starburst Decor - top view down on the starburst project Starburst decor is very trendy right now, but often comes with pretty silly price tags. It's quite easy to put one together, especially if you're like me and have loads of extra wooden skewers in the utensil drawer! All you need are some skewers, paint, and half a Styrofoam ball. I used an orange paint for the center, then a light orange, and a yellow on the sticks to make it look like it was a gradient explosion.

Total Time: 1 hour, plus paint dry time

Yield: 1 starburst

Supplies:

24+ wooden skewers
tin snips or heavy duty scissors
1 Styrofoam ball
serrated knife
1 colour acrylic paint
paintbrush
2 colours spray paint

Steps:

Cut the wooden skewers in half.

Skewer Starburst Decor - cut the skewers in half

Cut the Styrofoam ball in half.

Skewer Starburst Decor - cut the Styrofoam ball in half

Save one half for another purpose (or make 2 starbursts).

Skewer Starburst Decor - save the other half for another project or make two starburst pieces

Use acrylic paint to coat the entire outside curved surface of the ball. Let dry.

Paint one half the length of the skewers with a base colour. This will be the colour closer to the ball, so paint the skewers with pointed ends this colour, as well.

Skewer Starburst Decor - paint one half of the skewer length with your base color, the one closest to the ball

Paint the other half the length of the skewers in the second colour. Use a skewer to keep rotating all the pieces to ensure they are coated in paint. Let dry.

Skewer Starburst Decor - paint the other half with a second color

Poke the Styrofoam ball with the skewers, starting from the center and working your way out. Use the pointed bits to drive nice holes into the foam for the skewers that have flat tips.

Skewer Starburst Decor - begin at the center and begin poking the skewers into the ball, those with a pointed tip can be used to make a hole for the ones with a flat tip

Work your way to the edges. This decor can be set flat on a table or hung up on a wall.

Skewer Starburst Decor - work your way to the outside edge

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