How to Make a Paper Snowflake

A quick and easy way to make paper snowflakes! This is a fun activity that is very inexpensive for children to create their own unique snowflakes! This step by step instructable will teach you how to make a snowflake.

A pair of scissors, and a single piece of paper for each snowflake.

Gather supplies. You will need a single sheet of paper for each snowflake being made.

Fold one corner of the paper down, making a triangle. I have highlighted the outside edge of the square to help guide along folding and cutting.

Cut off the excess paper along the edge of the fold. This will create the square piece of paper you will need to create your snowflake. Paper should look like the image shown after being unfolded.

Using the square piece of paper, fold the paper in half diagonally. This will make a large triangle.

Fold paper in half again, creating a smaller triangle.

Fold the left corner of the now triangle paper into the middle of the triangle. Your triangle will be folded into thirds with each corner slightly uneven.

Fold the other corner into the middle of the triangle. Your triangle will now be in thirds, with each corner slightly uneven from the base.

Your triangle should now look like the images shown. Cut pointed ends from paper, leaving a triangle to now shape.

Cut the top of the triangle off. This will create a hole in the middle of the triangle if desired. *This

is optional* Round out the top of the triangle so it is a round corner and not pointed.

Use your creativity to cut variations of cutouts into the triangle! I cut small triangles within the paper to create the details of the snowflake.

Unfold the triangle to show your details of the snowflake.

Refold paper into a triangle to add more details if wanted/needed. I refolded the triangle and added more triangles to give it more details.

Unfold paper carefully to show your unique snowflake! From this point, you can now tape up or hang up snowflakes on the wall if desired.