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3D Paper Snowflake

Fold and cut paper into amazing three-dimensional snowflakes. Our instructions include crafting these snowflakes with and without using printable templates.

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Supplies Needed

White, blue, or silver paper
Scissors
Glue
Pencil
Thread or thin string

STEPS

Method 1 : Making a 3D Snowflake Without a Template

1Make 6 identical squares.

Prepare 6 squares of equal size using blue, white, or silver plain or patterned paper. Follow this size guide for deciding how big you want your snowflake to be:

3" squares = 7.5" snowflake
3.5" squares = 9" snowflake
4.25" squares = 11" snowflake

2Fold the square in half.

Take one of the six squares. Fold it diagonally in half to come up with a triangle.

3Fold the triangle in half.

Fold the resulting triangle in half to come up with a smaller triangle.

4Make three slits.

Make 3 equally spaced vertical slits on one short side of the folded triangle. Stop cutting before reaching the opposite short side. It's easy to make the slits equally spaced even without measuring with a ruler by doing the middle slit first.

5Unfold the paper.

Carefully unfold the paper. The square will have three pairs of concentric slits.

6Glue the inner flaps together.

Rotate the square so that it forms a diamond shape. Glue the innermost pair of flaps together by the tips. You can use a pencil to bring the pair of flaps together if your square is small. Press the tips for a few seconds to glue the paper in place.

7Flip the paper.

Flip the square over so that the paper's opposite side is facing you.

8Glue the second pair of flaps.

Glue the second pair of flaps together by the tips. Press for a few seconds to glue in place.

9Glue the third pair of flaps.

Turn the paper over again. Glue the third pair of flaps by the tips.

10Glue the outer flaps together.

Turn the paper over for the last time. Glue the outermost pair of flaps by the tips. You have just finished making one of the snowflake's arms.

11Create more snowflake arms.

Transform each of the five remaining squares into snowflake arms following Steps 2 to 10.

12Glue 2 snowflake arms together.

Start assembling the snowflake by gluing two snowflake arms together. Glue them at the bottom and at the middle where the two arms touch, as indicated by the arrows in the photo. Press on these two points for a few seconds to glue in place.