A cute decoration that you can often find above the door at the top of a barn is a barn star.
You can paint them on or make them out of metal stars. They are sometimes replaced with hex signs or quilt blocks instead.
These things are there for a reason, and it’s probably not what you thought.
It turns out that German-American farmers think Barn stars are very important.
They are put on top of barns to keep bad things away or to help the farmer’s crops grow well.
It’s interesting that each one can be a different color and mean a different thing.
For example, a green barn star means that crops will grow well and will be fertile. But blue or black barn stars mean that the farmer, their family, and their goods are safe.
Brown, on the other hand, stands for friendship. The history of barn stars is interesting.
