Celebrate the holidays and
Star Wars at the same time by making your very own TIE fighter ornament. Thanks to these instructions taken from Issue #14 of the the official
Star Wars fan newsletter
Bantha Tracks (circa 1981), you too can deck the halls in Empire fashion. The DIY ornament uses common household materials, an empty egg carton, cardboard and toothpicks, and everyday building materials such as glue, rubber bands, markers, ruler, scissors and a pencil.
- Start with the body by taking the egg carton and removing one of the center eggcups from the bottom by cutting on both sides along the top of the curve of the bordering cups.
- Repeat.
- Place two cups lip to lip and glue them together, fastening the body with rubber bands until the glue is dry.
- While the body is drying, cut two hexagonal pieces of cardboard to 6x4 inches (approximately) and color with black markers as shown.
- Once the body is dry, draw the cockpit on the front with a black marker; then poke two small holes under it with the toothpick.
- Color the toothpick with a red marker and break it in half. Then insert the toothpick into the holes leaving the tips out.
- Next, cut pieces of cardboard to enclose the ends of the body.
- Once dry, glue the wings to the body. With a little practice, you can embellish the TIE Fighter with small hexagons of cardboard.
- Proceed to hang ornament on your tree, ceiling or car rear view mirror. The decorating options are endless.
