Snowflake themed crafts are perfect for children during the Christmas and winter season. They also make the best Christmas and winter prom decorations too. You can turn any ordinary household item such as dinnerware and bedding into Christmas themed items just by using a little paint and/or glitter, especially when you are unable to find exactly what you want in the stores.
If you want to be creative and you are up to the challenge, you can make an edible snowflake from lots of white marshmallows and toothpicks. You can also make a beautiful snowflake ornament from a white chenille stem and beautiful beads. You can look below for more interested snowflake craft ideas and tutorials.
Cutting and Folding Paper Snowflakes
Paper snowflakes make beautiful ornaments on a Christmas trees and look really cool when taping it to your windows. They may be made of light yellow, silver, gold, or white paper. Three thicknesses of tissue paper make effective snowflakes. Obtain a square of paper. Fold it in the center, then again in halves. This will divide the paper into fourths, as pictured in figure1. Fold the quarter into 2 thirds, as seen in figure 2. Then sketch the outline of a snowflake as shown in Fig. 3. Open. Instead of sketching an outline you may cut free hand the outline of a star. Make narrow slashes all around the outside to give the star a light airy look. String the snowflakes on a very fine thread. Hang on the branches of the tree.
Instructions for Making Snowflake Placemats
Take a sheet of white paper 8 x 11 inches. Fold it in half, then in half again, and in half once more, making eight thicknesses. Now cut with scissors any design that you choose all around the edges—triangles, half circles, crescents—as shown in the picture above. When the sheet is opened, the effect is lovely. To make a sturdy place mat for the children's tea party, paste this lacy sheet on a sheet of colored construction paper. It is very effective. The children can make a set of these, all with different designs. Figure 8 Eight thicknesses of regular-weight paper are difficult for tiny fingers to cut, but younger children will enjoy doing this with paper napkins and making up their own designs.
Even More Paper Snowflakes Patterns
To make some pretty amazing looking snowflakes, try a different way to cut them. Most snowflakes are made by folding a rectangle piece of paper in half over and over again. This time, use a large bowl to trace a perfect circle. Then cut out the circle, fold it in half, and then fold it in half again, and then one last time until it looks like a slice of piece. Then draw a pattern on it and cut it out. These snowflakes will look like a traditional snowflake and turn out so cool. Decorate your school windows with lots of snowflakes when it is Winter time. Brrrrr....its cold in here. :)
More Snowflake Crafts Below
How to Make 6 Pointed Snowflakes and Stars Step by Step Craft for Kids - It is Winter time and since we just had a big snowfall, I thought it would be a good idea to show you how to make these fancy 6-pointed snowflakes that look like fancy stars. These can are a bit more complex than the normal stars / snowflakes. I have tried to simplify it for you below by showing you every single step of the process in an illustrated fashion. Have fun.
Complicated Snowflakes Shapes - Learn how to make these complicated snowflakes.
Snowflakes with Circle Paper - These are intricate and details, but not as hard to make as you would think. Find out how to make these snowflakes starting with circle paper.
Winter Snowflakes Ornament - Hang up these Winter snowflakes ... they aren't just for Christmas.
How to Make Valentines Day Cut Out Snowflake Hearts Craft - Learn how to make this paper cutout of a Valentine’s heart snowflake with four hearts and a diamond in the center. This would be great to give to someone you love for Valentine’s Day…it would also be great to hang up around your classroom.
3D
Snowflakes Paper Craft - Make a 3D snowflake decoration using paper and your printer.
Clay
Snowflake - This is a cool and fun Christmas craft for the boy scouts.
Crystal
Snowflake -
Suspend a chenille stem and string snowflake in a jar of borax
and water solution to make a genuine crystal snowflake shape.
Five
Little Snowflakes - This is a fun snowflake children's craft that goes well with a given rhyme.
Glistening
Snowflake Ornaments - Older children will enjoy painting
snowflake balls in gold or silver, then making chenille stem
“staples” to attach glistening chenille stems in a
snowflake design.
Handprint
Snowflake Painting - Use your handprints to create your own snowflake painting.
Marshmallow
Snowflake - Make a snowflake with your children using only marshmallows and toothpicks.
Paper
Snowflake - Detailed photos take you through each
fold and cut to make a square of paper into a 6-point paper
snowflake.
Polish
Gwiazdy - Find out how you can make Polish Gwiazdy which looks like snowflakes.
Q-Tip
Snowflakes - A snowflake craft for groups or art
lessons - all you need is cotton swabs and glue.
Salt
Crystal Snowflake - Make your own snowflake using salt, hot water, a cup, .thick black paper and paint brush.
Snowflake
Bookmarker - You will need colored card stock, and two sizes of paper snowflake punches to make these snowflake bookmarks.
Snowflake
Earrings - This tutorial will show you how to make a pair of beautiful snowflake earrings using beads and gauge craft wire.
Squigly's
Perfect Snowflakes - Celebrate the season of winter by making these perfect six sided snowflakes. You can use them to decorate your windows.
Tree
Ornament - Snowflake - This is an easy snowflake Christmas tree ornament your children can make.
Winter
Lacing Project - This is a wonderful holiday lacing project for preschoolers and kindergarten children.
Wooden
Snowflake - Decorate your window with this beautiful wooden snowflake.
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CHRISTMAS CRAFTS PROJECTS & IDEAS
Advent Calendar Crafts
Christmas Angel Crafts
Christmas Cards Crafts
Christmas Bells Crafts
Christmas Elf Crafts
Christmas Gift Bags Crafts
Christmas Gift Tags Crafts
Christmas Tree Crafts
Gift Boxes to Make
Gingerbread House Crafts
Gingerbread Man Crafts
Hanukkah / Chanukah Crafts
Kwanzaa Crafts
Mittens and Gloves Crafts
Reindeer Crafts
Winter Penguin Crafts
Winter Snow Crafts
Winter Solstice / Yule Crafts
Wrapping Paper Craft
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