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Beautiful Paper Snowflake

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How To Make The Most Beautiful Paper Snowflake Ever! a spectacular - origami like - snowflake deco
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Last year, my friend Vero found an online tutorial to make this beautiful winter//Christmas decoration. This year we tried to find the instructions again and they were gone :(

So we decided to do our own “How to” for this project. Note that in the end the snowflake is pretty big.

These instruction are also availiable in french on our blog : http://carottelychee.blogspot.com/2009/12/tutoriel-un-merveilleux-flocon-de-neige.html

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    This is the material you will need for this how to :)The momiji doll is not mandatory but she really did enjoy watching us!

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Fold the sheet of paper into a triangle


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Cut the exceeding piece of paper to make a perfect triangle

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Fold the triangle again to make a smaller triangle


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    With a pencil, mark four equal points to guide you with your cut.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Make a cut following the length of the triangle and stop a little bit before the edge.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Make the second cut in the same direction, stopping just a few millimeters before the first cut.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Make all your cuts.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    Put the triangle on the table.

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    Unfold it. You now have a square.

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    Fold the two center cuts and glue them together. Use your finger as shown in the picture, holding the pieces together for a few seconds and allowing them to dry a bit.

  12. Step 12

    Step 12

    Turn over the square. Fold the two second cuts and glue them together. Use your finger as shown in the picture, holding the pieces together for a few seconds and allowing them to dry a bit.

  13. Step 13

    Step 13

    Turn over the square. Fold the third cuts and glue them together. Turn over the square. Fold the fourth cuts and glue them together. Turn over the square. Fold the fifth cuts of the cut paper and glue them together.

  14. Step 14

    Step 14

    Voilà! You have the first point of your snowflake.

  15. Step 15

    Step 15

    Repeat those 13 steps 5 more times, making in total the 6 points required to complete your snowflake.

  16. Step 16

    Step 16

    Glue together the side part of each point to build your snowflake

  17. Step 17

    Step 17

    Hold the paper together with you finger for a few seconds to allow the glue to dry a bit.

  18. Step 18

    Step 18

    Glue the last side to side point.

  19. Step 19

    Step 19

    You can use a paperclip to hold the final part. Allow the glue to dry at least one hour.

  20. Step 20

    Step 20

    Glue the sides of three of the points and then glue the three ends together. Repeat this for the other three points. Then glue these two halves together.

  21. Step 21

    Step 21

    Your snowflake is done.

  22. Step 22

    Step 22

    Use a nice ribbon to hang the snowflake.

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Amyers

Amyers

03 Dec 13:41

Love it!!! This is a great project to do with the 5 yr old that I babysit, we're going to try it today.

michelle G.

michelle G.

03 Dec 15:10

great job. I am going to try it

Lilim

Lilim

03 Dec 15:55

>_< I'm so dumb. I saw this how-to before but it wasn't in english and it only showed some of the steps... Pretty much stop with the pics at step 11 and I was like O_O that doesn't look like a smowflake!!

KMOM14

KMOM14

03 Dec 22:43

What a wonderful Christmas craft! It is very pretty.

Ezme

Ezme

04 Dec 08:10

o wow! that is beautiful! the tut is so clear! thank you soooo much! xo

mangolicious

mangolicious

04 Dec 13:37

its the ultimate!!!!!i love it!!!...great job..

tara m.

tara m.

04 Dec 18:52

Awsome. Yay Christmas!!!

Gabby.

Gabby.

05 Dec 00:15

i love this!
I want to try to make some for my room :)

Glenda A.

Glenda A.

05 Dec 15:31

The snowflake is just beautiful and the instructions are clear-cut. Thanks!

Martha

Martha

05 Dec 16:24

It's so cute me and ezme have done tonnes. We've even done mini ones to hang in the window!

Tami

Tami

05 Dec 17:54

I just made two for my dorm room. Thanks for the tutorial (:

crystal leigh

crystal leigh

05 Dec 22:48

beautiful!
I'll be attempting this tomorrow :)

Carotte & Lychee

Carotte & Lychee

06 Dec 01:22

Thank you all for you comments :) BTW, one of my friend tried this tutorial with her 3 years girl and was able to made it. Really, I love this project :)

Carotte & Lychee

Carotte & Lychee

09 Dec 02:02

I just want to thank the user "Rocky" for making me remind to change the instructions on step #20. Its really easier to do it that way instead of trying to glue the six points together!

Lizzy/

Lizzy/

15 Dec 20:39

This is so nice!!! ♥ :D

Carotte & Lychee

Carotte & Lychee

16 Dec 02:46

One of my collegue saw 3 of those snowflakes hanging in from a window in my hometown of Montreal. If the person that made this version took the tutorial here, I would be very curious to see his or her version :)

dawnofdolls

dawnofdolls

16 Dec 15:35

Aw, pretty snowflake. My mister was trying to make a snowflake out of a napkin last night. It didn't work out. haha Gotta love him for trying. :) Maybe I'll give him your tutorial. heehee

Mrs T

Mrs T

16 Dec 20:43

wow - i'll give this a go!

Angeliiii

Angeliiii

16 Dec 22:03

This is so cool!
when i first saw it, it looked to professional that i thought i would never be able to do it, but after reading through the tutorial, it looks do-able! thanks for this

Amber F.

Amber F.

22 Dec 01:40

I cant seem to stop making these...

Amber F.

Amber F.

22 Dec 01:42

I cant seem to stop making these...

kallyz

kallyz

23 Dec 04:24

Your photos have made this very easy to follow!

Maarya B.

Maarya B.

30 Sep 14:11

Really sweet!

*Rachie Pin-Up*

*Rachie Pin-Up*

04 Nov 21:52

awww, its amazing!!! :-D i cant wait to do things like this; its our first holiday season together in our apartment. <3

:)

Sherlaine Y.

Sherlaine Y.

07 Nov 04:39

WOW

Lindsey N.

Lindsey  N.

07 Nov 14:37

Incroyable:)

Lena Bo Bena

Lena Bo Bena

17 Nov 12:25

Beautiful ♥

Siomha R.

Siomha R.

20 Nov 16:49

I made one :) turned out great!Thanks ♥

kame_mushky

kame_mushky

20 Nov 18:45

wowwww!!
amazing

Yumi N.

Yumi N.

22 Nov 05:02

Oh wow! I didn't see the thumbnail so I thought it might have just been one of those run-of-the-mill cut the paper kind of snowflakes but this is really pretty! I'm definitely making a bunch of these for some Christmas decorations! :D Thanks!

Teresa

Teresa

25 Nov 08:27

I found the directions for these snowflakes last year somewhere. Some of my students made them and we hung them in the school library. Very pretty!

Carotte & Lychee

Carotte & Lychee

26 Nov 01:38

Thank you all for your comment :D

Dulci P.

Dulci P.

05 Dec 15:30

well i've read over the steps a few times and looked for a print button so i can carry the instructions to my art table... i have a feeling i'm going to be making a lot of these for our christmas decorations!! thank you for sharing :)

Scarlie Lou XD

Scarlie Lou XD

06 Dec 19:08

Cool. I'm going to do this for my room. Even though it already looks like a Santa grotto XD

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Kimhoay

Kimhoay

11 Dec 18:08

Just wanted you to know that I linked to your tutorial on my blog!

Abigaïl

Abigaïl

12 Dec 10:45

Thank you for the How To!! I once knew how to make this, and then I forgot. I made lots with the children in my classroom and we hang them to the cealing. It's so cosy! My collegues are stunned! haha. I'll take a picture soon and post it.

DarkAshHurts

DarkAshHurts

13 Dec 06:05

I'm afraid if i make this ...my family will freak out and make me make dozens of em. XD

I'm doin it anyway. >.>

Hayley P.

Hayley P.

13 Dec 14:03

Wow i soo want to make one now! Thanks for the tutorial! :)

Taylor S.

Taylor S.

15 Dec 02:11

My friends and I made a bunch of these for our Spanish teacher today :) He just had double bypass surgery and won't be back until after Christmas break, so we wanted to send along something pretty to make him feel better :D

My suggestion is to use paper clips to hold the two sides when you're gluing them together. It minimizes the chance that they'll pull apart while your cutting out another point or something.

chloe zeeeee

chloe zeeeee

22 Dec 16:39

i did this last year, it's so much fun !

Louise L.

Louise L.

27 Dec 22:10

I really enjoyed making this. Its so lovely that I want to encase it in plastic, like in a display box!!! About to take a snap of it in a mo. Much thanks for sharing this project :-)

alex j.

alex j.

03 Jan 18:47

that was awesome and fun

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