How to make a snowflake from paper: step by step execution

Each of us at least once in my life cut out snowflakes. Usually you have to deal with this when there are small children in the family who really like the carved beauty. And, of course, no New Year can not do without this decoration. Cut out snowflakes can be glued on the windows of the windows, hang them on the tree, walls and even the ceiling. You can make a beautiful garland of snowflakes and hang it across the room. Beautiful and original snowflakes can be used even as napkins on a festive table.

The most popular material for making snowflakes is paper. It can be either single-color or color. The main thing here is for the paper to be soft, since it is very difficult to cut out patterns from the hard. You can use tissue paper and napkins, but the usual printed one will do the same.

If you forget or do not know how to make a snowflake from paper, read this article to the end. In fact, there is nothing complicated in this, even a small child who knows what scissors is, can cut out snowflakes under the care of his parents, and then come up with a place to hang them.

First, prepare everything you need. It is best to cut out above the table so that it is convenient to collect the garbage later. To make the most simple snowflakes you will need scissors, paper and your imagination.

Now let's take a closer look at how to make a snowflake from white paper:

1. Take a square sheet of paper. If the paper has a rectangular shape, make a square from it, cutting off all the extra ones.

2. Fold the square diagonally.

3. Fold the formed triangle in half, so that the dividing line passes through the upper corner and the base of the triangle.

4. Again, the resulting triangle fold in half again in the same way as described above.

5. Now comes the most important thing. The edges of the snowflakes, which are located opposite the main corner (along which we were oriented when bending), you can cut off as you like. This will determine the shape of your snowflake. So, it can be square, in the form of denticles or rounded. You can make a snowflake less, for this you need to trim its free edge (the former base of the triangle) by the desired number of centimeters.

6. On the so-called "body" of snowflakes, you can cut out any patterns that your fantasy tells. Here you can experiment and create a variety of beauty.

7. After making a snowflake from the paper you have, unfold the finished work and admire the end result. Do not be afraid if your first snowflake did not work out. Over time, you will be skilled, and be able to cut out the most real masterpieces.

Now I will tell you how to make a snowflake from paper more complicated. Do not be afraid, the difficulty will be only that the snowflake will not have a quadrangular shape, as it happened in the first variant, but an octagonal one. The essence is the same, only after you fold the second time the formed triangle in half, you have to fold it again. Simply put, you first have to fold the square diagonally, and then three times in half a triangle, acting on the same principle: divide the upper corner in half so that the dividing line passes through the base of the triangle. Then you need to cut out the patterns and give the edges of the snowflakes a shape.

And how to make snowflakes from paper to make them bright and colorful? First, you can use colored paper, or try to cut out snowflakes from foil (but it's very difficult). And I also offer you this option: cut a snowflake from plain white paper, and then just paint it. You can glue small pieces of a Christmas tree on a snowflake, or take the same foil, cut it fine, and glue it to a snowflake. By the way, you can entrust the decoration of snowflakes to your children.

That's all, now you know how to make a snowflake from paper. I want to reveal to you one more little secret: look on the Internet for making a three-dimensional snowflake. It turns out to be large and large, so it can decorate any room.