![]() ![]() These are the only things you need to make your giant snowflakes. ![]() Last year I invoked my poor spatial reasoning skills (those seem to come up a lot lately) to get out of writing my own tutorial, but this year I am equal to the task! What I lack in clarity I will make up for with excessive wordiness! Here we go: But there are lots of parts that even a 4 or 5 or 6 year old could do with a bit of assistance). They’re super cheap, super fast (you can easily make one in under 15 minutes once you get the hang of it), and a good craft for kids to make or help you make (my 10 and 12 year olds can pretty much do them independently the 8 year old still needs some help. Okay, so on to non-failing snowflakes! We first made these several years ago I saw a tutorial on them on my homeschooling message board, and we whipped a few out and found them both easy and impressive (particularly given how easy they are). For another, as I completely forgot until I got started, it’s designed to only be pretty on one side. For one thing, wrapping paper is floppy and difficult to work with. I had hoped to also put a new twist on this year’s post by making our snowflakes out of pretty wrapping paper instead of regular copy or construction paper. ![]() Because my kids asked to make these snowflakes again, and we’ve made them often enough that I can pretty much do it in my sleep now, and I wanted a brand new post for the last week of Dare to DIY, and I had to do something different this year….not just post more pictures of giant snowflakes hanging in my foyer. Really, there are a gazillion tutorials on making these snowflakes the world probably does not need another one. Funny thing: my post for last year’s Dare to Deck the Halls? Also giant snowflakes.īut! Last year I was too timid to write my own tutorial, so I found one on another blog and linked to it. ![]()
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