Amazing 3D Paper Snowflake

by Arlin Romano

4 Materials

3 Hours

Easy

Whether you need a Christmas touch for the office or home, this 3d paper snowflake will have everyone wanting to know how you did it! Here's how to make this easy craft and best of all, it looks good in any color.

Here's what you'll need for this project.

Here's what you'll need to start:

Construction paper
Glue stick
Stapler
Scissor

STEP 1

STEP 1: Cut the 6 papers the size you’d like to use for your snowflake. If you are unsure, the red one above was size 6×6.

STEP 2

STEP 2: Place the paper on a flat surface and place so it’s a square. Fold the bottom left corner to the top right corner to make a triangle.

STEP 3

STEP 3: Fold the bottom right corner to the top left to make a smaller triangle pointing down.

STEP 4: Turn your triangle to vertical position where the opening side is facing up/right.

STEP 5: Cut 3 vertical lines leaving about 1 to 1 1/2 cm at the top. You can cut more lines if your paper size is bigger.

STEP 4

STEP 4: Turn your triangle to vertical position where the opening side is facing up/right.

STEP 5

STEP 5: Cut 3 vertical lines leaving about 1 to 1 1/2 cm at the top. You can cut more lines if your paper size is bigger.

STEP 6

STEP 6: Open the paper and assure you have what looks like picture above.

STEP 7

STEP 7: Fold the smallest layer and use glue to paste it together. If necessary, hold it together for a few minutes. If you are using regular Elmers glue, you might want to use a paperclip to hold it together. Or a stapler if you don’t mind the staples showing. I have not tried a hot glue gun.

STEP 8

STEP 8: Fold the next layer the opposite way and glue together. Do this till you have all 4 layers glued together.

STEP 9

STEP 9: You have finished the first piece of the 6 part snowflake! YEY! Go ahead and repeat these steps with all the rest of the construction papers.