Beautiful paper snowflake: 2 techniques

Without any special skills, decorate your home tastefully for the New Year really. To do this, it’s enough to understand how a simple snowflake is made from paper. And then you can turn on all your imagination, giving it any form. This easy-to-make element of New Year’s decor will definitely put you in a festive mood.

We talk about two techniques that will help you make classic openwork snowflakes and voluminous ones. While making the first ones, you can give them any pattern you want. There are no restrictions! Strictly follow the instructions detailed below, and your paper snowflakes will not resemble the crafts of kindergarten students. Spectacular decor for rooms and windows is what you get as a result.

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Paper snowflake: how to make it correctly

Technique No. 1: openwork snowflake

You will need:

• sheet A4
• scissors

What to do:

1. Take a blank sheet of paper. Fold it diagonally to form a triangle. Cut off the excess part.
2. Fold the sheet in half to create an even smaller triangle.
3. We turn one corner to the center of the figure. We do the same with the second corner. Cut off the lower parts that protrude.
4. Draw a frosty pattern on the triangle using a pencil or pen. We use scissors to follow its contour.
5. Lay out the finished snowflake and enjoy the result.

Technique No. 2: 3D snowflake

You will need:

• sheet A4
• PVA glue
• ruler
• scissors

What to do:

1. We cut a sheet of paper into 20 strips, the width of which is 0.5 cm and the length is 21 cm.
2. We take half the strips that we got. We intertwine them with each other using the criss-cross technique.
3. We fasten the joints using a small amount of PVA glue to obtain a wicker square. We do the same with the remaining 10 strips.
4. We superimpose the figures of our future snowflake on top of each other. We shift the part that is on top to the side by 45 degrees. We fasten the figures with loose strips, carefully intertwining them.
5. We straighten the ends that protrude. We fasten them with PVA glue. Ready!

By the way, making these paper snowflakes is much more fun in a group. Get together with friends or call the kids to create beautiful themed decorative elements for an apartment for the New Year. Then a larger volume of work done in the form of a considerable number of snowflakes, and a pleasant pastime with loved ones are guaranteed.