A nostalgic little paper craft and fun for all the family.
You'll most likely have made a trillion of these snowflakes over the years and think that you can't remember quite how to do it, but like riding a bike, YOU NEVER FORGET and once you've trimmed one up you'll remember how fun and easy this is.
If you're sad to take down your decorations down this month? Have no fear, here you have permission to extend the fun and create a winter wonderland inside the house.
KIT LIST
- Paper / Medium cardstock
- Pencil
- Sharp scissors
Are you ready? Gather all your gear and let's go...
STEP 1 - PAPER
Firstly, you'll need some PAPER or cardstock, ideally a square.
Standard printer paper will make a lovely snowflake, but medium weight card will be less flimsy to hang. Card is trickier to cut but well worth the effort.
STEP 2 - FOLD
FOLD your square in half twice, score each edge with your fingernail or a hard edge like ruler.
STEP 3 - FOLD AGAIN
Next you need to fold your triangle up into 3. Fold one third, turn over and fold again to match. If you've tried Origami before you'll know that this can be tricky the first few times. And if you are a perfectionist, maybe use a protractor, each section is 30° degrees.
STEP 4 - CUT
CUT the top off your shape to straighten so that you are left with what looks like a cone.
STEP 5 - DESIGN
Lightly draw a DESIGN on the front section only, or if you are braver than me, skip to the next step and freehand cut.
Note: the design touching either sides will be mirrored and become an icicle and what's left in the middle section will be cut away.
STEP 6 - CUT
Time to CUT out your design. Remember this can't really go wrong because every snowflake is unique, but the more you make the more you will understand how the designs will turn out.
STEP 7- UNFOLD
Finally UNFOLD and marvel at geometry at work.
How will you display your snowflakes? We like to string them together and hang them in the window, but show me how you display yours @frecklesandcocraft
Until next time, Happy Crafting
