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Paper snowflake

DIY for kids
5 mn--7 Steps

At daybreak, a vapour trail is still visible in the sky. Could it be the remains of a passing sleigh? Probably… with Christmas Eve approaching, Santa’s activity is in full swing! From Lapland, the reindeer criss-cross the sky to deliver the gifts that will enchant the children. 

You have told this story to your children more than once ; it is part of Christmas magic. To transport yourself into this fairytale, decorate your windows and your home with snowflakes. The good news? Making snowflakes is easy, just follow the paper snowflake DIY workshop. A new easy-to-organise craft activity, that your children will be delighted to do to add snow to the window stickers they’ve already stuck on ! 

For this DIY workshop, you will need :

  • A sheet of white (or coloured!) paper  
  • Scissors  

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Step 1: Cut the sheet of paper into a 21cm x 21cm square.
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Step 2: Fold one corner of the square diagonally to make a triangle.
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Step 3: Fold the triangle in half and make a smaller triangle.
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Step 4: Divide the triangle into 3 parts. Fold the right part of the triangle to one third of the centre and then the left part to one third of the centre too. The paper shape looks like an arrow.
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Step 5: Cut off the protruding tips. This gives you a small triangle.
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Step 6: Cut a pattern in the triangle to make the branches of your snowflake.
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Step 7: Gently unfold the paper and reveal your snowflake!

Have fun cutting out different patterns to display different shaped paper snowflakes!