Snowflakes are six sided water crystals. Most paper snowflakes are four or eight sided.
I found some very thorough instructions for cutting realistic paper snowflakes on this web page Right Here. Please go check it out, if you are interested. There is a lot of good information on snowflakes with many details and some templates.
Here are the basic instructions:
Start with a square piece of paper.
Fold it in half, diagonally.
Fold the triangle in half.
Fold the new triangle into thirds. (This part can be tricky.)
Cut an angle off the top.
Cut your design. The templates from the aforementioned website come in handy here. Tip: don't leave more than 1/4 inch of dead space anywhere in your design.
Unfold to reveal your snowflake!
2 comments:
Your snowflakes are beautiful! I will have to visit the link you shared. Thank you!
Loved your instructions for the snowflakes, the background for the pictures is very colorful and pretty! We'll be making our own snowflakes to hang in the house (we've done this for years) I forgot to make them this year until I read your blog : ) Thanks for sharing! P.S. Been finding and buying presents for Sweet C -Love Nonna
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