This goofy looking star award is perfect for joke awards or for awards that look designed by a child. It’s easy to customize the text on the star and/or the base to suit your needs. Use the slicer tools to add text to the blanks.

I provide the blanks as well as the example I made for mommy/child (shown in photos). Modeled in Fusion360 and star shape in inkscape to give it an organic look.

Customization

Customization is easy with slicer text tools on the star and/or the base. If you customize the base , take note that it’s intended to be printed upside down, so you’ll want to embed the text instead of having it above the surface.

Printing Instructions

Layer height of 0.2 mm should work fine for this model. Supports should not be needed as the model has been designed with bridging in mind and bridging areas are hidden.

Shown here in PETG, but PLA works fine too.

Base options:

The hollow base should be printed upside down, as shown in the pre-sliced files.

Two options for the hidden compartment base plate are provided. One is just a simple hole, but depending what you put in the base, this may not suit your needs. The other is a little closed finger hook hole that makes sure nothing will spill out of the base. I prefer this second one, but it takes a tiny bit more filament/printing time.

Assembly:

The printed star will press-fit into the holes in the base as shown, however in order to secure it, add a couple of drops of superglue in the holes and seat the star to fix in place.

The base plate will press fit in place, and the little catches will keep it there until you remove it with the finger holds.