How to Make Paper Snowflakes

Do you remember the paper snowflakes you made as a child? Engage your child or your inner "child" and have a fun afternoon making paper snowflakes.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• paper
• scissors

1. 
    

   Fold paper into a triangle leaving about a 1 inch strip unfolded at the bottom.

2. 
    

   Cut off bottom 1 inch strip to leave a triangle.

3. 
    

   Fold into a smaller triangle, pressing down the edges

4. 
    

   Fold lower corner into the middle, pressing down the edges.

5. 
    

   Flip and do the same with the other side. Lower corners will look like 2 tails.

6. 
    

   Cut off bottom tails - leaving a more skinny triangle. Press down the edges again.

7. 
    

   Cut small triangles or shapes out of the sides. You can even snip off the top point. To make more intricate designs, use cuticle scissors.

8. 
    

   Unfold carefully. Now you have a beautiful hand made snowflake to hang in your window. Kids will enjoy this craft, as every snowflake is unique to the person cutting.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add glitter or use colored paper to make festive
• supervise young children with scissors

[Cougar1002]

on 12/31/2008 Great article--I added this to my "How to Decorate a Christmas Tree with Ribbon" article. 5 stars. :)

[Gracie1402]

on 12/23/2008 this brings back great childhood memories!

[judlee]

on 12/22/2008 Yes! We did this all the time and I did it with my kids. Thannks for jogging the memory; time to show my grandkids how to make snowflakes. Though here in Minnesota they have been coming ready-made quite a bit in the last few days.

[rorsich]

on 12/20/2008 I remember these!! I used to love making them when I was little :)

Those were the good old days, weren't they?

5*****

[Chrisparker]

on 12/13/2008 Exactly as I remember. Hard to believe I remember that far back... Chris