How to Make Snowflake Cut Outs
Making paper snowflakes is a creative way to celebrate the winter holidays, and can become a fun tradition for your family. Although paper snowflakes appear complicated to make, they are actually quite easy to create. The basic paper snowflake is usually made with white paper, but you can use any color paper you want. Colorful snowflakes can sometimes add a vibrant splash of color to the dreary, cloudy months of winter. Everything you need to make paper snowflakes can be found at any office supply store.
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Instructions
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Fold an 8.5 by 11 inch piece of paper in half, width-wise. Place the paper in front of you with the folded corner facing up. Hold one of the top corners in your hand, and bring it down to the middle of the bottom edge. Slide the corner around 1 inch to the left of the middle line. Press the fold into place. Hold the other top corner in your hand, and fold it over the other folded corner, pressing it into place.
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Cut an arch off of the wide bottom edge of the shape. This will create the outside edge of your snowflake. Using a pencil, draw shapes onto the folded paper, such as circles, squares or triangles. If you draw the shapes on the edge of the fold it will create a more eye-catching snowflake once the shapes have been cut out.
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Cut out the shapes using a pair of scissors. Younger children may need help from an adult when cutting out their shapes. After all of the shapes have been removed, open up your snowflake to reveal the pattern.
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Tips & Warnings
Tie a piece of embroidery thread to one of the holes in the snowflake. You can hang your snowflakes on a Christmas tree, or you can tape the snowflakes onto your windows by attaching tape to the embroidery thread.
References
- Photo Credit paper snowflakes image by Melking from Fotolia.com
