Snowflakes

Paper Snowflakes

Ages 4 and up

Parental Supervision recommended for younger children or those who are practicing cutting and careful folding skills.

Difficulty: *****

Time: 15 minutes or less

Snowflakes are hexagon prisms of frozen water.  They are rarely flat, and most often have six sides.  You can fold and cut a piece of paper to create snowflakes that are simple or complicated.  Each one will be as unique as the snowflakes that fall around us this winter.

Materials Needed (located at your favorite craft store):

Paper  –  you can use different sizes of paper, even scrap paper.  You do want to use thin sheets of paper.  It is very hard to use construction paper for this project.

Scissors

How-to Steps:

Start with a square of white paper.  If your paper is not square, fold a right triangle as shown in this picture, cut off the extra paper.

Leave your paper folded in a triangle.  Fold it over again.

This is the trickiest part of making a snowflake.  You need to fold it in thirds.  The more times you try this, the better you’ll get at it.

Now it is time to cut!  You can cut simple designs along the folds, or more complicated ones.  Cut slowly.  It may seem hard.  You are cutting through 12 layers of paper.

When you are done cutting, unfold.

You can tape your snowflakes to doors or windows, use a thread to hang them from the ceiling, or find other ways to decorate with them.