Lacy snowflake tutorial
This is a speedy, fun project. I've hung one of these in each of our living room windows, and it looks festive and wintery. How to make it: download the large snowflake template or small snowflake template. (I created them in Illustrator and saved as PDFs.) Print enough pages so you'll have 6 squares (1 or 2 sheets, depending on which template you chose). Cut out the squares and cut along the lines with an X-acto knife. For each square, bend the tips of the inner-most flaps toward each other and curl with your fingers to make them stay. Moving outward from the center, bend the next pair of flaps around in the opposite direction until they meet. Overlap ends and secure with double-stick tape. Do the same for each concentric pair of flaps, alternating directions and taping ends together. Make your remaining 5 squares the same way, then tape all 6 points together to form a snowflake. (Or maybe it's a star. Uncertain. But it's pretty.)
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Thanks for visiting Cuteable Jess -- wow, that is an amazing snowflake!!! =)
WOW! That's sooooo pretty!! Will you make me some? (I don't have an X-acto knive.) ;-)
Your new window looks nice, too. ;-)
YBF
Love the orangey color; it sort of shimmers. I may try one of these.
that is so cool. i think i'll try it.
thank you thank you thank you! i've been sooo wanting to know how to make these! now i can!! u rock! i've also linked u up by the way!
This is so gorgeous. Wish I had found it before Chrissy - oh well there is always next year.
Oh, these are lovely! I'll have to make some for wintry valentine's decor.
Very pretty indeed! I'll make it for next Christmas
ok i've got mine all cut out and xacto'd - do i tape each little curl? like do the innermost flaps, tape, then the next set, tape?
Yep! The "square' part in the middle you just curl a bit and don't tape because the corners don't reach. Working from the center out, take the next pair of flaps and tape them together. Then grab the next pair, bend them to the opposite side, and tape. And so on, alternating which side you bend to.
This is so pretty. I am making one right now using a simlar shade of salmon paper. Thanks for sharing this craft.
These are really great I love making things and these are so pretty, I love the color.
trying it right now! so pretty, thanks for sharing!
You can also make these by just folding a square piece of paper in half twice to make a triangle. Then make 5 cuts up the paper on the folded edge (the edge that doesn't open at all) towards the opposite side.
I made a few of the individual "arms" and hung them in my window - they're pretty enough just like that. I didn't use an exacto knife. I folded the paper into half to make a triangle, then folded the triangle so that I could make the cuts identical on each side. I made one with just three cuts on each side and then another with six cuts on each side. The second one turned out much prettier.
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