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Star template
Evenly drawn five-point stars in the size you choose, from about 1.5 inches to a single star that fills the page. It suits stencils, banners, reward charts and decorations.
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- Print or PDF, Letter or A4
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On this page
Five-point stars are hard to freehand, because the arms tend to come out different lengths. The stars on this sheet have five identical points with the same short inner angle between them.
What prints
The title is "Star Template". The instruction line says to cut out each shape along the outline, or use it as a stencil for tracing and collage. Stars of equal size then fill the sheet in rows and columns. Each is drawn as a closed outline with a solid line, and a gap separates neighbors so that you can cut them apart one at a time.
The sheet has no name or date line.
The settings
- Shape: opens on Star. Other choices are Heart, Circle, Square, Triangle, Diamond, Hexagon, Oval, or all eight mixed.
- Size: pick Small (1.5 in, roughly), Medium (2.4 in), Large (3.5 in) or One per page (6.5 in). Opens on Large.
- Dashed cutting lines: off gives a solid line; on gives a dashed one.
- Print the shape names: adds the word "star" under each outline in small grey type.
Size is measured as the distance from the tip of the star out to its center, doubled, so a Large star is about 3.5 inches from tip to tip across the circle it fits in.
Tips for cutting and using
Cut from the outside in. Turn the paper rather than the scissors, and cut into each inner notch only as far as the line goes. Cutting stars from card stock, about 65 to 110 lb, gives crisp points, but thicker stock is hard on small hands, so an adult should handle that. Blunt-tip scissors are enough for ordinary paper.
For metallic or glitter paper, trace the outline onto the back of the sheet. Cut the template once out of card stock and trace around that, and the cut edge stays tidy.
Print at 100 percent so that sizes match what the settings say.
Worked example: a reading-chart star
A second-grade teacher prints Small stars on gold paper, two pages. Each time a child finishes a book, they get a star to write the title on, and she tapes it to a paper night sky on the wall. By the end of the month the sky is full. She prints One per page to cut out a single star for the top of the display, and has children sign the middle. A father at home uses Medium stars the same way for a chore chart on the fridge, with a star for every day the dishes get done.
Other shapes
If you want a rounder or softer shape, the heart template or circle template will do. The shapes to cut out page gives you eight kinds on a single sheet.