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Six-Sided Paper Snowflakes

December 15, 2011 · Delia 8 Comments

Our snow season started early this year, but now the snow has mostly gone away and just the cold has stuck around. I think that if it has to be cold it might as well snow.
To help encourage more snow to come our way before Christmas, we filled our back window with paper snowflakes.
I finally figured out an easy way to make six-sided snowflakes…as you know all real snowflakes are.This might seem silly…really…am I going to share a paper snowflake tutorial? But all the ones I have made have been squares or weird shapes or 8-sided. A real snowflake has six sides so that why I came up with this method…just thought I would clarify. 馃檪
There are templates online that you can follow and use to cut out specific looking snowflakes. But I like the element of surprise involved in just winging it. Opening up a paper snowflake has an addicting quality to it, don’t you think?
Here’s what you do…
* Take a piece of 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper.
聽* Fold it in half.
*Then in half again.
* Fold the folded edges to each other to make a triangle.
*Open it back up to a half fold.
* Using the fold lines you just made as guidelines, fold it in thirds. I wing it and fold just barely over half way to the diagonal fold. If I can’t get it to line up right I refold until I do.
聽*Then cut off the excess at the end. If you want to be exact use a pencil and ruler first. Whatever you’re into. 馃檪
聽*Snip.
*Fold in half again.
*Draw a design or just wing it with your scissors.
* Cut.
And now for the big, exciting reveal!
I love this part of the project…the anticipation…
Ta da! Beautiful!
This is one of my favorite things to do for Christmas.
I folded up some triangles for my kids and let them snip away.
聽Owen had a blast and even learned a thing or too. We talked about symmetry and hexagonal shapes. How no two snowflakes are alike even if they look the same.
My three year old Reid…cut them into tiny shreds. 馃檪 Ha ha…at least he had fun. I even offered to hang them up but he kept saying he wasn’t done…as he snipped smaller and smaller pieces of confetti.
Now snow…please come.
Chase our smoggy air away and make these frigid temperatures more beautiful and fun.
I really want a snowman for Christmas this year.

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  1. Christie says

    December 15, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Beautiful pictures and snowflakes! We always do this as well and hang them from our kitchen ceiling. We've started to wait until January to have something fun to do in the long winter. And I totally agree—if it's cold, there might as well be snow!

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  2. Customized Creations says

    December 15, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    I love your snowflakes. Me and my son also make snowflakes and have a blast!

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  3. The Lady says

    December 15, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Love paper snowflakes! So simple and clean:) Your's turned out so pretty. Thanks, Delia!

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  4. The Hunter's Prize says

    December 15, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    I just tried this with my 3 year old and the snowflake was merely cut to shreds! But at least he had fun!

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  5. Nish says

    December 22, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Beautiful Art and good job. creative this post
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  6. Leila says

    November 20, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    Hi, those where good, six corners anyway, and beautiful. I am so tired of seeing those four- or eight corners in shapes that are supposed to be snowflakes, they should be called “lace”, because they are so little alike snow! -and if You want to be exact (in nature imitation) when cutting snowflake shapes You should take a look of one segment of a real snowflake, lets say from 12 o’clock to 1 o麓clock, and draw that to your folded paper and cut away those “not snow” places. There are plenty of photos from real snowflakes available, or You could even sit by window when snow falls outside and draw from life! ps. Excuse me my poor English, I’m a Finn (and missing snow still; November has been quite warm…)

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  7. Nicole says

    December 5, 2013 at 1:17 PM

    This didn’t work! The snowflakes turned out nice, but ended up in two halves! Confused :/

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    • Delia says

      December 27, 2013 at 8:58 PM

      I am so sorry. Hmm. Did you happen to cut too much from the folded side?

      Reply

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