Snowflake folding pattern

Folding the paper properly makes pretty, round paper snowflakes instead of square ones. It's really simple, and here are a few tips to make it even easier!

Book: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Activity: Paper Snowflakes I thought we'd start the month with an easy activity that needs no more than paper and scissors. I use copy paper but any paper will do as long as you can fold it 4 times without it being too thick; experiment with tissue paper and coffee filters too. Snowflake Bentley is a biography about Wilson A. Bentley (1865-1931.) His mother gave him a microscope at the age of 15 and when he discovered how beautiful…

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Crafting Magic: 10 Easy DIY Projects for Beginners

Last winter, you might remember, I went on some tirades about non-six-sided snowflakes. It was offended by some books my daughter had, BABY EINSTEIN books, no less, that couldn't depict snowflakes accurately. And this year it's worse, already getting to me, and it's painful. Everywhere I look there…

Fold a square piece of paper in half along the diagonal to form a triangle. Fold the triangle in half again to make a smaller triangle. With the 90 degree

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Adelle is sharing a Family Night idea to help kids learn that we are all unique- and that it's a beautiful thing! See her lesson plan on the blog today.

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Learn how to fold and cut beautiful, intricate paper snowflakes with the help of this step-by-step photo and video tutorial. All you need is paper and scissors!