I like looking at pictures of real snowflakes, and I am amazed at such tiny detail that makes up each section. These paper snowflakes are probably smaller than you're used to cutting out, but they're simple to construct with minimal supplies.
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Supplies Needed:
Multiple Colors of tissue paper (I got mine at Dollar Tree)
Card stock
Glue stick
Pencil w/eraser
Small fine-tipped scissors (mine are from Scrapbooking Made Simple)
Circle dies or circle cutter (4 1/4" and 3 3/8")
Optional: hole punch and twine for an ornament
Start by cutting two circle frames from the card stock. Use whatever die cut machine you have or a circle cutter. Then cut three colors of tissue paper with the bigger circle die. Use a light color, medium color and dark color for best results.
Fold a tissue paper circle in half.
Then fold it in half again, making the edges really straight.
Here is the tricky part... you need to fold it in thirds to make a wedge. Fold the 'two edges' side first. Check the inside to make sure you didn't put a crease where you don't want it. It all has to be even.
Fold the other colors too.
Using the inside edge of your circle frame, draw a line on your tissue paper wedge where the frame covers the outside edge. This part won't be seen, but will be used to glue to the frame.
Draw your main cut lines onto your colors; these will form the outside edge of the snowflake. I did the lines darker than I needed so it will show in the picture. The lightest color will have the smallest snowflake, the medium color snowflake will be bigger, and the dark color snowflake will be the biggest. Be careful to not cut into the frame guideline or overlap the cut lines. If you want each color to look like a 6 pointed snowflake, the snowflake point should be along the single folded side of the wedge, and the 'two edges' side should be shorter.
If you want, you can cut some intricate designs into the snowflake before you cut along the main cut line.
Make your cuts carefully with your tiny scissors. And gently erase your pencil lines. It's easier to erase them while the tissue paper is still folded. You don't want to rip the paper and ruin your work.
Unfold your snowflake frames and put them under a book to help press out the creases.
Save the snowflakes for a bonus project at the end.
Next you should glue the lightest color tissue paper to the frame in sections, putting glue on to about a quarter of the frame at a time. With each section, carefully line up the edge of the tissue paper to the edge of the frame. It should fit perfectly, but don't worry about tiny wrinkles in the edge, they won't show.
Use the same process on the medium colored tissue paper, and then the darker color. Make sure to line up the main snowflake points. If you have tissue paper curling up on the medium and dark layers, gently place some glue under it and tack it down. The glue will dry clear. Finish by gluing the other circle frame on top of the dark color.
You can punch a hole in the frame and run some twine through it to hang it on your tree or window. It looks best when fully lit in a bright window.
Here are some other designs and colors.
They look like stained glass on the tree.
Here's a bonus project you can make with all those miniature snowflakes that you cut out.
Glue a white tissue paper background to a larger frame, and put glue onto sections of the white tissue paper to glue down the snowflakes. Overlap them to create a snowflake collage.
What new colors can you make by overlapping different colors of tissue paper?
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