Froebel star

A Froebel star (German: Fröbelstern) is a Christmas decoration made of paper, common in Germany.

[3] The three-dimensional Froebel star is assembled from four identical paper strips with a width-to-length proportion of between 1:25 and 1:30.

[5] The star can be considered a form of origami,[6] because it is made of identical paper sheets and assembled without glue.

[3] The Froebel star carries the name of the German educationist Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852), founder of the Kindergarten concept.

He encouraged the use of paper folding in pre-primary education with the aim of conveying simple mathematical concepts to children.

An out-of-focus close-up of a part of a Christmas tree with glitter garlands and blurry decoration. In-focus in the left half of the picture, suspended from one of the twigs, is a red cardboard-woven Froebel star. Four tips and seven prongs are visible.
Froebel stars as part of Christmas decoration
A Froebel star
Froebel stars made from lauhala in Puna, Hawaiʻi