Yesterday after school time, I had plans for us to decorate the schoolroom with some crafts. We made the ever popular paper chain for the tree... and then we made something pretty nifty I wanted to share. 3D Snowflakes.
First... start with 6 equal size squares Fold each square into a triangle Ok, now on the triangle, cut slits... 3 on each side, but NOT touching in the middle, and obviously getting shorter as you get closer to the middle. Now open up your triangle and lay it in front of you, so it looks like a diamond. See, it isn't perfect, but it will still turn out really pretty. :)
Take that middle section and pull each side up and tape, it makes a little loop. See what I mean? Turn it over so this side is down and pull up the next two sides and tape. They are beginning to look like figure 8's.
Flip it again and tape the next and again for the last.
You will have something that looks like this... Side view Make each of your triangles the same way, until all six are finished. Hold the tip of 3 of your pieces in your hand and then staple together Do the same for the other 3
Take both sides of three, bring together in the middle and staple again. You can also tape/staple each of the touching edges to give a little extra stability. We did that. Then I took a piece of yarn and hung them from our ceiling. We made them out of printer paper which we have an abundance of, but you could make them a bit nicer if you had card stock or some heavy weight paper. A variety of sizes makes a nice little display, like the one in our schoolroom. :) Have fun!
My Cup Runneth Over...
Chas
12:35 - Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - post comment
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Okay, those snowflakes are awesome!!
We are going to make some.
Thanks!!!
I wish you and your family much joy this Thanksgiving.
I so enjoy looking at all the wonderful crafts to create for the holidays (and the rest of the year). I wish I lived closer so I could stop in for tea and admire them in person.
Hi,
I just posted a tutorial like yours for a 3D star but also linked to this post for your snowflakes :)
I hope you're having a wonderful festive time at your house!
Suzanne
http://makingmorewithless.blogspot.com/
Anonymous - 09:01 - Monday, November 30, 2009
snowflakes
tonight we sat down and had a family craft night after a day of christmas decorating and we made these and made a oversized mobile of them, on a stick that is hanging under my kitchen light to disguise it a little. thanks for the directions. my 7 year old really loved this. i will be sure to send people here to your instructions if i get the chance to blog about it.
Leslie...
http://leslie-fluffnonsense.blogspot.com
Anonymous - 09:22 - Saturday, December 5, 2009
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This is fantastic! We've done snowflakes before but always the complicated fold-up-and-cut-little-snips kind. These look so much easier and prettier. We'll be making some of these today - thank you.
http://www.fencedinfamily.com/blog/
Cindy @ Fenced in Family - 09:14 - Wednesday, December 9, 2009
SNOWFLAKES!
Thank you so much for sharing these, we love them and plan on doing this craft today.
My kids are "tweens" now and don't get as excited as they used to about crafts...but this is an ideal winter craft to help brighten up any room. Thanks again!
Reen~
Anonymous - 10:50 - Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Snowflakes
How fun! We have to make some now. Thanks for the fun idea and great step-by-step pictures. Merry Christmas!
hsmom1213 - 05:19 - Friday, December 11, 2009
Making Chirstmas Together!
Thanks so much for posting these amazing step by step photos!
On Christmas afternoon, I got to your page from a link from one of the commenters above who made the 3D window stars.
When my family started to arrive, I had just begun cutting copy paper into squares. Soon, the whole family was joining in on the cutting and taping and stapling! We made a gorgeous, three-tiered snowflake to hang in the dining room window! It was so fun to craft together...not a typical Christmas tradition, but I think one I'd like to continue next year. Thanks a million! Merry Christmas.
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Yesterday after school time, I had plans for us to decorate the schoolroom with some crafts. We made the ever popular paper chain for the tree... and then we made something pretty nifty I wanted to share. 3D Snowflakes. 
Fold each square into a triangle
Ok, now on the triangle, cut slits... 3 on each side, but NOT touching in the middle, and obviously getting shorter as you get closer to the middle.
Now open up your triangle and lay it in front of you, so it looks like a diamond.
See, it isn't perfect, but it will still turn out really pretty. :)
Turn it over so this side is down and pull up the next two sides and tape.
They are beginning to look like figure 8's. 
Side view
Make each of your triangles the same way, until all six are finished.
Hold the tip of 3 of your pieces in your hand and then staple together
Do the same for the other 3
You can also tape/staple each of the touching edges to give a little extra stability. We did that. Then I took a piece of yarn and hung them from our ceiling. We made them out of printer paper which we have an abundance of, but you could make them a bit nicer if you had card stock or some heavy weight paper. A variety of sizes makes a nice little display, like the one in our schoolroom. :)