My first winter/holiday craft of the year. These snowflakes are easy, though a little time consuming. Inside a 3 or 4 inch square, using an exacto knife, cut 8 v-shaped lines without cutting through the center of the square (see below).
After cutting, the center layer is folded in toward itself, then taped at the points, while the next layer is rolled/folded in the opposite direction, then taped at the points, and so on. Repeat with 5 additional paper squares. Once complete, tape them together at one point (the center of the snowflake). The process is somewhat awkward to explain. Find more info
here.
I'll make a smaller set next and use thin, computer paper, instead of cardstock. Somewhere around here I have a bottle of glimmer mist, which I've always found baffling in that it pools up terribly. Maybe this project will work with the crazy mist...we'll see.
My first winter/holiday craft of the year. These snowflakes are easy, though a little time consuming. Inside a 3 or 4 inch square, using an exacto knife, cut 8 v-shaped lines without cutting through the center of the square (see below). 
After cutting, the center layer is folded in toward itself, then taped at the points, while the next layer is rolled/folded in the opposite direction, then taped at the points, and so on. Repeat with 5 additional paper squares. Once complete, tape them together at one point (the center of the snowflake). The process is somewhat awkward to explain. Find more info here.
I'll make a smaller set next and use thin, computer paper, instead of cardstock. Somewhere around here I have a bottle of glimmer mist, which I've always found baffling in that it pools up terribly. Maybe this project will work with the crazy mist...we'll see.
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