Jenny Ryan's Craft how-to: a comic book starburst

No Carl Barks comic books were destroyed in the making of this starburst.

My friend Jenny Ryan is writing a weekly how-to for Craft. Her first project -- a comic book starburst to put on a giftwrapped present!

Every Tuesday you can look forward to a brand new CRAFT tutorial--from sewing to cooking to knitting and more. Let's start off with a fun paper project, shall we?

I was looking for a fun and inexpensive way to decorate gifts, and settled on these Comic Book Starbursts (maybe because I'm married to a cartoonist!). Of course you could use any kind of paper you like, be it scrapbook paper, hand-stamped construction paper, or even stiff fabric. Read on to find out how to do it!

Jenny Ryan's Craft how-to: a comic book starburst

[#1 posted by Timothy Hutton , February 17, 2009 3:43 PM]

I used to make Christmas Trees out of an old Reader's Digests and a can of green spray paint. I'll happily write it up for Make, if interested Mark. ;^) (My mom said she loved them, but she can't seem to put her hands on one right now. I hope she wasn't fooled and tried to re-plant them in her yard!)

Seriously, it's a nice piece of handy craft.

[#2 posted by wolfiesma , February 17, 2009 4:07 PM]

We did a kids' party before and rolled up comic print from the newspaper in cone shapes like these. They worked well for holding Pirate's booty/popcorn.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , February 17, 2009 4:35 PM]

I can't believe anyone would do that to a comic. Oy vey!

[#4 posted by monstrinho_do_biscoito , February 18, 2009 2:58 AM]

i can't believe anyone needs instructions to make this.