Make a Super-Great Paper Snowflake!

If you’re looking for free stuff to do with your kiddos this week while they’re off school – here’s an oldie but a goodie.  I’ve been paper-snowflaking for years – like 25 years in fact – but mine never looked anything like a snowflake.  More like an unfortunate square that was victim to a drive-by.

Snowflake Fail.

Today I finally found REAL instructions on how to make avery awesome paper snowflake.  I always use these to decorate the living room windows – so this year our house is going to look a little less ghetto.  SWEET!

Level 1) Go HERE to find out how to fold correctly to get your basic magical paper snowflake.

Level 2) If you fall somewhere in between “Easy-Peasy Flakes” and “OCD-Level Snowflakes”, then you might want to take all those homemade snowflakes, slap them on construction-paper, and send them to family & friends as sweet Christmas cards.  Very reminiscent of vintage Valentines – which I love.

(Img courtesy of WeAreHeavyDuty)

Level 3) OCD Flakes.  If you’re weird and a perfectionist, HERE are instructions for meticulously cut (you’re going to need a straight razor for these) and planned snowflakes.  These are not to do with your kids.  For real, don’t try it unless you want to give them horrible Christmas memories of you cursing at them while holding scissors.  Creepy.  But cool!

Level -1) That’s right. Negative 1.  If you’re too lazy to get out paper and scissors, you can always have the kids go HERE to make virtual paper snowflakes.   Although I consider this an artistic sub-level, my kids thought this was really cool to “cut” them out and watch them spin around pinwheel-fashion.  Plus, you can email them to the grandparents and that’s just nice.