Snowflake Tutorial

There is something magical about snowflakes dancing in the crisp air. We are avid skiers and the forcast of snow has us pulling out the snowpants and gloves! And I love to incorporate snow into our seasonal festivities - inside, where it is warm and cozy after a day of pure clean fun.

How to make a paper snowflake.

Now class... get out your paper and scissors... (I feel like my 2nd grade teacher must have!)

Fold into a triangle so that the two open side are even.

Slice off any excess paper, if you didn't begin with a perfect square piece of paper.

Fold again into a smaller triangle. Ignore the tabletop reflections.

From the top center point of the triangle, fold in each side point towards the center and down.

Turn over and snip off thee bottom pieces to once again make a simple triangle.

Fold the triangle in half - I find it is easier to fold so that the open edges are not tucked into the inside. It should resemble a sort of paper airplane at this point.

Snip shapes into triangle. For a hole in the center, cut off triangle tip. Always be sure to leave some part of both of the long triangle sides intact.

Unfold snowflake.

Snowflakes are fun hung in windows, from the ceiling, on walls, and used as name tags for packages. I used floral ribbon and double sided tape to hang the snowflakes:

And here I wrote Merry Christmas and the name around the center circle before attaching to a present:

I would have hung these or displayed them more delightfully for you, but they are already packed in a box ready to head to my brother stationed overseas. They were fun and oh so easy to make - HR had a good time snipping away too. The best part is the unfolding of the snowflake and the surprise of just how the little snips turned into a neat pattern!