Guest Author - Jeanette Norman

Paper Snowflakes

These are very easy to make. You may need to supervise children depending on how well they handle scissors!

What you will need is some circles of different sizes but uniform in circumference to make sure they aren’t lop-sided. Any kind of paper can be used. I usually use white copy paper. Some teachers use tissue paper or left over scraps of gift-wrap paper.

Take your circle and fold it in half. Fold it in half again. If it isn’t too thick, one more fold won’t hurt. It should look like a piece of pie now. You can cut shapes out randomly or draw shapes on the edges to cut out. Don’t worry about being perfect because even real snowflakes are different from each other. I even cut the tip off or cut a triangle shape into it for a neat look. These can be taped to windows, doors, and walls, hung from the ceiling or even used to decorate a Christmas tree! Homemade Christmas cards can be made by gluing these to a sheet of construction paper that has been folded in half.



Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes

These are really cute. Take about 3 or 4 pipe cleaners. Make a cross with 2 of them by laying one on top of the other. Fold one end to the other then take the other one back over to the other side. Do the same thing with one or two other pipe cleaners. You can add any kind of embellishments like beads, glitter, etc. Tie a string to the end of one pipe cleaner so it can be hung up.

Popsicle Stick Snowflakes

These are assembled like the pipe cleaners flakes above only when you make a cross with the sticks, glue them together. These turn out nice when you glue glitter to the “arms” of the flake.

Do you have a way to make snowflakes that you would like to share? E-mail me and I will add it here with your name and email address.