Beautiful Paper Snowflake · How To Make A Snowflake · Papercraft on Cut Out + Keep

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How To Make The Most Beautiful Paper Snowflake Ever! a spectacular - origami like - snowflake deco
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

Posted by Carotte & Lychee from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Published 3rd December 2008 • See Carotte & Lychee's 6 projects »

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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!
Step 2
Fold the sheet of paper into a triangle
Step 3
Cut the exceeding piece of paper to make a perfect triangle
Step 4
Fold the triangle again to make a smaller triangle
Step 5
With a pencil, mark four equal points to guide you with your cut.
Step 6
Make a cut following the length of the triangle and stop a little bit before the edge.
Step 7
Make the second cut in the same direction, stopping just a few millimeters before the first cut.
Step 8
Make all your cuts.
Step 9
Put the triangle on the table.
Step 10
Unfold it. You now have a square.
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.
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.
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.
Step 14
Voilà! You have the first point of your snowflake.
Step 15
Repeat those 13 steps 5 more times, making in total the 6 points required to complete your snowflake.
Step 16
Glue together the side part of each point to build your snowflake
Step 17
Hold the paper together with you finger for a few seconds to allow the glue to dry a bit.
Step 18
Glue the last side to side point.
Step 19
You can use a paperclip to hold the final part. Allow the glue to dry at least one hour.
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.
Step 21
Your snowflake is done.
Step 22
Use a nice ribbon to hang the snowflake.

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Comments

Janet H. 13th December 2014

That is pretty easy and we will be making a few maybe with colored paper to go in the windows at home! Thank You for the excellent tutorial!!!

B* · 55 projects 30th March 2014

Wonderful!

rose b. · 2 projects 12th November 2013

Beautiful design. Tricky to do.

Luqsnat · 1 project 22nd January 2013

Sooooo beautiful & simple to make

Christina Z. · 6 projects 12th December 2012

There's also a printable version at ellinee

http://www.ellinee.com/blog/fourth-of-july-paper-stars-tutorial/

Hao-chan · Schortens, Lower Saxony, DE · 2 projects 11th December 2012

I made this snowflake today

looks sooo good!
Thank you <3

Rhoni E. 7th December 2012

I saw these being made at a BBBS event. I can't wait to try them myself.

Laura · Chandler, Arizona, US · 133 projects 4th December 2012

I have to try this project, it looks amazing!

Joe W. · Phoenix, Arizona, US · 12 projects 4th December 2012

this was so cool.
i am going to beg my awesome wife to make some putting her own spin on them

Happy Holidays !!!

Hermione Granger · Mayo Abbey, Mayo, IE 2nd November 2012

omg a girl at school came into our class and showed us how to do dis i did it and it came out wonderfully now i think she got it from u!!

P.S.you can use staples instead of glue it works just as well and u dont need to wait 4 it to dry

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