Greetings to all! Today is November 12th, and there is still no snow in our city. What's your weather like? We are all already looking forward to winter fun and the snow-white outfit of nature. I really want to go outside and feel how snowflakes slowly and gracefully fall on you.

As a matter of fact, we will talk about them, about these white cut-out beauties! Probably, these fluffies are an indispensable attribute for decorating houses, streets, school and kindergarten premises in the winter. There are different methods for making this craft. The main difference is the material from which it is made and the cutting methods. We will talk about how to make snowflakes out of paper, using different patterns and cutting templates.

Don't forget that such blanks can be used as crafts for the upcoming New Year. You can get ideas for interesting and beautiful things that you can do with your own hands, getting ready for the holidays in advance.

You know, I would like to advise you to introduce such a tradition in your family: get together on cold evenings and create with your children, making and cutting out these simple designs, and then sticking them on the windows. And let passers-by envy your beauty!!

The easiest way to make a snowflake is to fold the sheet 5 times. The first four times we fold it in half, and the fifth time - diagonally. We cut out any patterns from the resulting blank and unfold it. Our New Year's beauty is ready!!

But this is a very simple and not very interesting way. To make it more complicated, you can make a tetrahedral version:

Or pentagonal:

Here is another simple and easy way to cut out our product:

And to make it even clearer to you, let’s now look at the manufacturing process step by step:

• We will make snowflakes from square paper. If you have a standard A4 sheet, then adjust it to the desired shape. Now fold it to form a triangle. We cut off the excess part and get a perfect square.
• We fold the square diagonally to form a triangle.

• Fold the triangle towards the far corners, creating another smaller triangle.
• We have a blank. Apply any pattern to it and carefully cut it out.
• All you have to do is straighten the finished product so as not to catch it and tear it.

On a note!! This is the easiest way to make a snowflake. Here the result depends on the selected pattern. The more complex the pattern, the more unusual and interesting the result will be.

Beautiful snowflakes with your own hands (made from paper)

I would also like to note that the more complex the decoration pattern, the more difficult it will be for you to cut it, so count on your strength.

For you, one more photo instruction for making a New Year's craft:

• Make a diagonal bend. If you do not have a square sheet, then do not forget to cut off the excess part. Next, roll the workpiece diagonally again.
• We divide the widest part of the triangle, that is, its base into 3 equal segments. We bend one corner so that the edge ends at the level of the mark. It will be below the base, but strictly under the mark. Now fold the second part and trim off the uneven ends.
• Draw or immediately cut out a snowflake.

I think, in general, you already have an idea of ​​how to carry out these simple designs and there should no longer be any difficulties in their manufacture. Here's another video for you on our topic, and let's move on to more complex options.

Volumetric snowflake. Cutting templates

To make a three-dimensional design, you need to master the techniques of kirigami and quilling. Let's take a closer look at these two methods.

• Paper snowflake using kirigami technique

We will need: bright colored paper (the back side should be white or colored); scissors; pencil with ruler.

Manufacturing process:

1. Cut out a square of colored paper of any size.

2. Fold it in quarters to reduce the size of the piece by four.

3. Make a diagonal fold.

4. Cut off the beveled corner at the top.

5. Cut out symmetrical triangles on the outside of the figure.

6. Using scissors from bottom to top, make two cuts on both sides of the sharp corner, as well as another cut on the right or left.

7. Unfold the paper and smooth it out carefully.

8. Now bend the resulting corners up or down at random.

9. Having folded all the corners, iron the craft.

10. When you place the product, turn it as desired with the front or back side facing you.

When you have become familiar with this technique, I offer you templates of more original types:

• like this one for example

• or like this

• maybe you will like this option

• Snowflake using quilling technique

This is very painstaking work, but the result is the envy of everyone. Although, if you look at it, everything is done extremely simply.

• We take a regular sheet of paper and, using a ruler and pencil, draw identical lines. Cut the sheet into strips.
• Take an awl and attach the edge of a paper strip to its end. Now we wind the strip onto the tool.
• Glue the end of the strip to the resulting coil and remove the roll from the awl. Make another such coil, but lightly squeeze it with your fingers on one side. Make five more of these teardrop coils.

• Take the first blank and glue six “droplets” to it.
• Roll six coils again and squeeze with your fingers on both sides. Glue new parts between the petals of the snowflake.
• Take three strips and fold them in half, then cut them. You should have six short strips. Twist six coils from them. Glue a new coil onto each tip of the piece.
• From long strips we make six more coils, only slightly larger in size than the first. To do this, do not tighten the paper too much. Glue them on top between small rolls.
• You need to make six more large coils and bend their sides with your fingers to make a square. We glue them at the top to the large coils.
• Take a pencil and wrap a paper strip around it, glue the end of the strip and remove the spool. We glue this part to one of the tops of the snowflake and thread a ribbon or string into the ring.

Here is a diagram of how you can still glue the parts:

• You can also make such a three-dimensional 3D figure.

We will need: paper, scissors and a stationery knife; scotch; glue; stapler

Cooking process:

1. Make six identical squares out of paper.

2. Bend each square diagonally and make 3 cuts towards the middle on both sides. The cuts should not touch, leave 0.5-1 cm between them.

3. Lay out the sheet and place it so that the uncut edges are vertical. From the inside you need to twist the two closest edges into a tube. Glue with glue or tape.

4. Unfold the workpiece and connect the next two strips. We turn the part over again and connect the 3rd row of strips. Glue the last strips too, turning the workpiece over to the other side.

5. We do the same with six squares. Then fasten them in three elements, turned in one direction. Then we fix both parts into a three-dimensional figure.

6. If necessary, secure the sides of the product with a stapler or glue.

And another master class on making winter beauties:

How to make a snowflake from a roll of toilet paper?

It turns out that to make such crafts, you don’t have to use regular paper; you can also use toilet paper rolls. And the work process is very simple, you only need to take one roll, PVA glue and paints, you can use acrylic, or you can use gouache. For decoration, use glitter, sequins or confetti.

Now just cut the toilet paper roll into equal parts, shape it into a flattened shape and glue it together. Top with material of your choice.

Here are a couple more ideas for designing structures made from rolls:

• use small and large pieces

• You can take different decoration elements from above

• Or you can just cover it with gold paint

Patterns of paper snowflakes for the New Year

Now that you are familiar with the different techniques for making this type of jewelry, I want to offer you diagrams and ready-made templates. Take, save, cut and create! Let holiday always reign in your home.

• scheme 1;

• scheme 2;

• scheme 3;

• scheme 4;

• scheme 5;

• beading pattern;

• macaroni beauty.

That's all for me. I look forward to your comments. Have a great mood everyone! Bye bye!

Good afternoon, today I am uploading the biggest article on in a variety of ways make a snowflake with your own hands. Today you will see snowflakes made in different techniques from cut out of paper to molded from liquid caramel. You will see beautiful craft snowflakes - woven from beads, sculpted from dough. Will many interesting MASTER CLASSES on snowflakes(glue, beads, paper). You will definitely find an idea for your homemade snow art here. Making snowflakes with your own hands is easy and pleasant at home - doable ideas for snowflake crafts with kids and smart ideas for adult creativity.
So let's see what we'll be doing today.

• Culinary snowflakes (made from dough, made from caramel, from corn balls)
• Snowflakes made from recycled material ( from toilet paper, from thread and glue)
• Snowflakes in twisted Quilling technique(with elegant decor
• Snowflakes made of plastic ( bottle bottoms and children's thermo-mosaic)
• Snowflakes from natural material(made of ice, wood)
• Snowflakes from felt, crochet and wicker from beads.

That is, there will be a lot of interesting things. So... let's get started.

PAPER SNOWFLAKES for interior decor.
how to do it yourself.

Let's start with paper ideas for creating craft snowflakes. And this is not just cutting out of thin paper... now I will show you 3D snowflakes, using the origami technique, using the rolling-quilling technique, and cardboard roll snowflakes.

FLAT SNOWFLAKES MADE OF PAPER.

(openwork beauties and crafts made from them).

Snowflakes can be ordinary FLAT... when they are made from paper triangle roll... a pattern is cut out on it... a triangular fold is unfolded and you get an openwork snowflake and paper in which the reflection circular symmetry of the pattern.

A lot of ideas and carving patterns of openwork paper snowflakes I will describe it in a separate article (so as not to clutter this page). And then a link to it will appear here.
Because paper snowflakes can be made NOT ONLY using the LACERY CUT-OUT technique. And now you will see this for yourself.

As you can see in the photo above, paper snowflakes can not only be glued to windows (as in childhood), they can be used to decorate gift packages, postcards, trees near the porch, and ribbons hanging from curtain rods.

You can also make paper snowflakes New Year's wreaths on the wall. A wreath of just white snowflakes looks very gentle and beautiful... and it’s very good if you choose another color (red or blue) in pair with the white color.

These are the kind of delicate snowflakes that I teach you how to cut in a special article.

You can make other snowflakes from paper snowflakes silhouette displays on the wall- For example Christmas tree silhouette. And with the light hand of an unknown author, I learned the idea of ​​​​how to create snow-white figurines of ballerinas in a snowflake skirt from paper. Dancer silhouette We also cut it out of white paper... and make the central hole on the snowflake larger so that it fits.

You can also add this Christmas wreath made of paper snowflakes LED New Year's garland.

The photo below shows that this requires a wire frame - but this is optional. You can simply cut out a ring of cardboard, wrap this ring with a garland - and then use tape (with double-sided Velcro) cover a cardboard ring with openwork snowflakes from thin paper.

Snowflakes are also cut out from thicker cardboard or felt. and hang them on Christmas trees. Naturally, there is no need to fold the cardboard into a triangular wrap - we simply transfer the outline of a thin paper snowflake onto the cardboard, trace it with a pencil and cut it out. And then you can decorate a paper snowflake with a pattern.

SNOWFLAKE WITH GLUE PATTERN– to make the pattern convex and contour, you can simply take a jar of PVC glue that has a thin spout and squeeze the pattern onto the plane of the snowflake (as in the left photo below).

SNOWFLAKE WITH A PATTERN OF COTTON SWIPS. You just need to take cotton swabs and cut off the cotton tops from them (smooth them a little with the same glue) and apply them in the form of a pattern on a cardboard cutout (as in the right photo below).

VOLUME 3D-SNOWFLAKES made of paper.
(multilayer, fan and origami crafts)

Here are more ideas for multi-layered snowflakes . The principle of the craft is simple– cut out snowflakes of different sizes from thin paper. We transfer their contours onto thick cardboard - cut out silhouettes of cardboard snowflakes.

We take a piece of polystyrene foam (the one used to insulate cracks on windows is suitable; you always have leftovers of such material at home) and cut several small pieces. These plump squares we use foam plastic as spacer between cardboard layers snowflakes.

Or use our paper snow art add some ORIGAMI principles. That is cut out paper modules - bend them so that you get FIGURED RAYS and place the rays in the form of a snowflake on the round base (attaching them to the base with glue).

Or collect cardboard 3D-snowflake of two stars cut out on thick cardboard. Every star has vertical cut - between the legs. And cardboard stars put on each other This cut (see photo of the snowflake above) is very easy to do with your own hands.

Schemes and master classes for creating these snowflakes (pictured above) are in the article

You can also do snowflake crafts like a paper fan. They only look complicated, but are very simple to make. I even found a master class. Very simple.

Below I give a diagram for assembling such a voluminous paper snowflake. You can see for yourself how simple the steps are master class on assembling a fan paper snowflake. A simple craft that can be easily done at home with children.

Moreover, the edges of such a snowflake accordion can be make it curly in advance(like in the photo below).

You see, when we were drawing our accordion model, we came up with make some of the teeth on the paper accordion higher than the rest- in the form of a three-leafed peak.

Such a FAN SNOWFLAKE can be made from NOTE PAPER... and additionally decorate with Christmas tree branches, pieces of shiny tulle rags and pictures cut out from a postcard. Like in the photo below. It turns out one-piece art craft do it yourself - you can stick it on a gift bag. Or hang it from a loop on the Christmas tree...

Snowflake made from toilet paper rolls

THREE DIY CRAFTS.

You can also make a beautiful snowflake from toilet paper rolls. Here's how to do it yourself. Toilet paper roll squeeze it a little and cut it into rings. Every squeezed ring lay symmetrically in a circle in the shape of a snowflake.

This paper snowflake can be painted red and sprinkle nail glitter.

And pay attention to the photo below that inside the ray-rolls there are more a few smaller rolls of paper.

Toilet paper rings can be cut very thin and tie them bunch in a circle(pull the thread and pull it into a bun). You will get an aerial miracle like the one in the photo below. Paint everything with white paint and sprinkle with silver glitter.

And even if you don’t have toilet paper rolls, you can make a snowflake from ordinary white sheets of office paper(cut strips and twist them into rings of different sizes... And then from these rings collect rays of snowflakes... and then collect and glue all the rays together - and you get a paper snowflake like in the photo.

Snowflakes made of paper - using the QUILING technique.

(photos of the best options)

You can also make paper snowflakes with your own hands - USING THE QUILING TECHNIQUE. For this you need twist FIGURED flagella from thin strips of paper.

It's easy. I simply wrap the strip around a toothpick (or a special pin for quilling), and then remove the twist (I loosen it to the size we need, smooth it, press it with my hands, giving it the desired shape... and fix the tip of the twist with glue).

Make a lot of twist modules of different shapes and assemble them quilling snowflake. You can practice making this paper snowflake craft at home with your children. Children will have fun twirling the modules and folding the snowflake pattern.

Such a paper snowflake craft can be made using the Quilling technique from colored paper. It turns out even more beautiful. Airy lines and clear spots of color. And opportunity decorate the nodal points of the pattern bright rhinestones. These are the colorful snowflake crafts we make.

A snowflake made of paper in red and white colors looks beautiful. If you are planning a party and have decided to decorate your Christmas tree in white and red colors, then these paper snowflakes will help you save on buying New Year’s decorations. They can be made in the same color scheme but different in shape and size.

Snowflake craft made from caramel.

Take caramel candies white (milk) and red (for example, barberries). We put them in different saucepans, pour water on the bottom (so that the caramel doesn’t burn) and put them on the fire. Our task melt the caramel until liquid. When the caramel becomes liquid, we will make snowflakes out of it. Take a sheet of foil for baking(smooth, not crumpled) - put it on a board. And on this metal sheet we draw snowflakes with liquid caramel - pour in a thick stream(it’s more convenient to pour from a hot saucepan with a spout). Let it cool and get caramel-glass snowflakes - such crafts can be hung on ribbons by the window and let the rays of the winter sun play with them and sparkle.

You can also simply string pieces of marmalade onto a wire and also get an interesting snowflake. Or glue a snowflake out of corn balls. Children will love this New Year's craft. This is more interesting and tastier than paper crafts.

DIY snowflakes - made from pasta and glue.

And children will also love these New Year’s pasta crafts... When we take pasta of different shapes, we put them in a snowflake pattern on paper - and then carefully one after another glue them together with barrels. This pasta snowflake can be painted with gold paint

You can also glue pasta to round pieces of cardboard or linen paper so that they have a strong base for gluing.

How to make a craft snowflake FROM DOUGH.

Here is a master class on how to make a snowflake from dough. We make cookie dough and use regular cookie cutters to press out a symmetrical circular pattern.

You can cut out a snowflake made from salt dough. Squeeze out with a foam bowl. And if you don’t have such a snowflake mold, then you can do it the artisan way - put it on the dough cardboard figure snowflakes and trace it around with a knife.

SNOWFLAKES MADE OF PLASTIC.

(beautiful DIY crafts)

I found several examples of New Year's crafts made of plastic with the image of snowflakes. Let us look at them now - you will probably choose a method for yourself.

Model 1 – snowflakes from the bottoms of a plastic bottle.

We take a plastic bottle of mineral water - it is made of bluish plastic - that is, it has a beautiful snowy tint. Just what we need.

Using scissors or a file, cut off the bottom. On it we draw the outlines of a fluffy snowflake with white or blue paint. And we drill a hole through which we thread a ribbon hanger. A good craft for working with children - you cut bottles (an ordinary knife works well), and the children draw a snowflake pattern.

DIY snowflakes from transparent plates.

You can also made from a thick sheet of transparent plastic cut out neat stars and decorate them in the center with a snowflake design. You can take plastic from old packing boxes with a transparent display side. Another sheet of plastic can serve transparent kitchen table mat. Or a thick stationery folder will also work. We get a beautiful New Year's craft with our own hands.

Snowflakes made from lids.

Even plastic bottle caps can serve the common cause of New Year's apartment decor. They can be glued to a piece of cardboard or plywood, and then cut along the contour. Or attach the lids to each other with glue from a glue gun.

Snowflakes-crafts from thermo-mosaic.

You can also take an ordinary children's thermo-construction set - with these bubbles - you string them on pins, making a pattern, and then bake them in the microwave or oven - and you get a whole craft item. In our case, we lay out a snowflake pattern and get an original patterned beauty made of plastic, made with our own skillful hands.

Snowflakes made from GLUE and THREAD

Three simple crafts for kids.

And in this chapter of our article I have collected THREE IDEAS on how to make a snowflake USING GLUE, where it is the glue itself that will be the main material snowflakes. Let's look at these methods - they are all simple and easy to do with your own hands in ordinary home conditions.

MASTER CLASS No. 1 – snowflake from a GLUE GUN.

The simple method is to apply a snowflake design on a sheet of polyethylene using a glue gun. We dry it and cover it with glitter.

MASTER CLASS No. 1 – a snowflake made of glue on a thread frame.

Very beautiful snowflakes, translucent and delicate. Now you will learn step by step how to make such a craft with your own hands.

STEP 1 Draw a snowflake on a sheet of paper - the snowflake pattern can be anything - but with one mandatory condition - the drawing must be FRAMED - so that there are closed cells (for what, you will now understand).

Cover the sheet with the design with thick film (or simply put this sheet inside a plastic office file).

STEP 2. And now, according to this pattern, we lay a thick thread (from any suitable yarn for knitting). To ensure that the thread fits easily into the mold, it needs to be moistened - but not in water, but in PVA GLUE. The wet thread will easily take the shape we need. And it will harden and become stale in it due to the glue drying.

STEP 3. Now (without even waiting for our thread frame to dry) we will fill the cells of the snowflake with glue. Directly pour from the tube inside- we make one like this puddle, the sides of which are thread.

And so that the glue filling is not white, but colored - it can be mixed with paint. We take a drop of gouache on a brush and mix it in our glue puddle, right in the cell of the snowflake.

We do this - with each cell - leaving empty cells between them. And carefully place our sheet dry out of the reach of children. Let it lie there for a couple of days so that everything dries thoroughly.

When the snowflake dries, it will be gone easy to separate from polyethylene and hang it by a string on a window or on a Christmas tree. But it’s better to put it on a window - since the light will beautifully penetrate through the blue adhesive cells of the rays of the craft snowflake.

Here's another good way to make a snowflake from glue and thread with your own hands.

MASTER CLASS No. 3 – snowflake made from sewing threads and glue.

We need a sheet of polyethylene - glue and white spool threads.
On a piece of paper - make a round puddle of glue— the size of the puddle should match the size of the silhouette of the future snowflake. That is, first we will cut out our sample snowflake shape made from cardboard and then we make a puddle of glue that is proportional to this snowflake silhouette.

Next, we CHAOTICALLY LAY the thread onto this puddle of glue - place it and place it as it fits - in several layers - in different directions. And we dry this whole puddle. And then, when everything is dry, we take this round thread glue plate... we apply a snowflake template to it and cut it out along the contour. We get a beautiful, elegant, hand-made snowflake craft.

DIY snowflakes

Made from NATURAL MATERIAL.

You can make a snowflake from the material that nature gave us. These could be knots from chopped tree branches.

You can make a snowflake from leftover lumber brought from the dacha.

You can make snowflakes from straw and thread - as shown in the photo below. If you look closely at the photo you can see how to do it all.

Better yet, I’ll draw and tell you step by step how to make one such snowflake. And it will become more clear.

You can also do craft snowflakes made from ICE. Take several cups and freeze ice cubes in them (pour water and put them in the cold. Take the ice cubes out of the glasses and paint a snowflake on each one and melt a hole with a hot nail. It is better to carry out the work in a cold room outside - so that the ice cubes do not melt. And then you can use them hang beautifully along the window ledge - on the back street side. Or on a tree near the gate... or under the canopy above the porch. Let them hang and tinkle in the wind.

How to make snowflakes from felt.

I have . It’s very large, and there are a lot of ideas about what decorations you can make for your Christmas tree from bright felt.
And of course you can cut snowflakes out of it. Made from thick felt Simply cut out the contours and the snowflake will keep its shape. Made from thin felt The snowflake needs to be glued to the base.

But PETAL snowflakes - they are made very easily with your own hands. Now you will find out how...

Round piece of felt cut diagonally in circles- like pizza into pieces - we get something like flower petals. Each petal round it, sharpen it along the edge(some kind of pattern - a ribbed or a piping).
And then At the very root, we STITCH and TIGHTE each petal - that is, we press the blades of the petal to each other and sew them together with threads. We get a petal snowflake made of felt - decorate it with oval beads or long glass beads.

And here is a model of a snowflake, which at first was flat - and then it was made voluminous by carving and bending. And they decorated it with large rhinestones and a small textile decorative flower.

You can make beautiful craft Christmas wreaths from felt snowflakes.

SNOWFLAKES made of beads.

MASTER CLASSES of weaving and DIAGRAMS.

Well, finally the turn has come to the beaded snowflakes. Very beautiful things. And most importantly, they are created very quickly - it takes a beginner 30 minutes to create such a snowflake. I checked it on myself - last week I wove this BLUE SNOWFLAKE - I wove it without a pattern based on this photo(made of gold and white beads with bronze bugles - it turned out great). First time in my life. And everything worked out. I wove not on a fishing line, but on the wire– large snowflakes should be woven exactly this way – with wire – so that the rays stay straight to the sides.

The alternation of large long beads and small grainy beads - in the SAME COLOR SCALE - looks beautiful. Especially beautiful are homemade snowflakes made of beads and beads, made in a snowy, dazzling white color.

The beads look beautiful their transparent crystals. It turns out to be a crystal icy snowflake – just like a real one, made with your own hands.

And here is a MASTER CLASS on weaving snowflakes from beads. In the detailed photo instructions we see every step of the lesson on assembling a snowflake from blue beads. And it immediately becomes clear that making such a snowflake with your own hands is quite simple and easy. Try it and everything will work out. You only need six large beads - the rest are ordinary beads.

And here's another master class on weaving figured snowflakes from beads of different colors. The red dots show the movement of the beads along the beads - either end-to-end passages through the previous row or new layers of bead rows and one-to-one passages through the first tier of the pattern.

And here are more diagrams... IN THE FIRST SNOWFLAKE, the rows are shown in different colors - so that the weaving sequence is clear. AND SECONDLY, you need to take a closer look and figure out for yourself what follows what.

And here are examples of snowflakes that have the SAME START OF WEAVING - that is, you see that the central part of three snowflakes is the same. We begin weaving according to the same pattern for everyone, and only then add different patterned rays as you like.

Here are examples of snowflakes in the assembly of which more people participate: and long tubes of bugles. The weaving pattern of such a snowflake-star is clear even from a photograph. But if not, write in the comments, I’ll draw a step-by-step picture and post it here.

These beaded snowflakes can become designer earrings.

Or wicker snowflakes can become decor for a New Year's ball. Also, as you can see, it is original and beautiful.

Here are some ideas for doing it yourself. I poured out a SEA OF SNOWFLAKES for you today - whole snowdrifts of snowy ideas. Choose any one for your home New Year's joy.

Happy crafting.

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How to make snowflakes with your own hands with your children: voluminous snowflakes, accordion snowflakes, drawings of openwork paper snowflakes in pictures, snowflakes made of paper strips using the quilling technique. We make crafts with children aged 5 years and older.

Exactly in a month we will celebrate the New Year! And that’s why today on the “Native Path” website I want to talk about my favorite snowflakes that you can make with your children.

How to make snowflakes with your own hands: New Year's workshop for children and adults

Do-it-yourself volumetric snowflakes

(for children from 6-7 years old and adults)

Materials: double-sided colored paper or wrapping paper, stapler or 10mm wide stationery double-sided tape, scissors. For children, additionally - a ruler and a simple pencil.

Step 1. Cut out 6 identical squares. For a snowflake measuring 24 cm, you need to take squares with a side of 10 cm. For a large snowflake, take squares with a side of 20 cm.

Step 2. Fold the square in half diagonally. Make cuts with scissors as shown in the photo and video. Make such cuts on all six squares. It is very important that the distance between the cuts is the same!

Adults can make cuts without marking. Children must first draw the cut lines with a simple pencil along a ruler, and then carry them out. Young children can be given pre-prepared pieces with cut lines drawn on them.

Step 3. Making a snowflake beam. Fold the corners inward and glue them one to the other. Then turn the snowflake over to the other side (glued corners down) and glue the next pair of corners. Continue turning the snowflake over and pinning the corners until the entire beam is complete.

It is convenient to fasten the corners on a large snowflake with a stapler, and on a snowflake measuring 24 cm - with double-sided tape. To do this, cut a small piece of tape and attach it to one corner. Then remove the protective film from the tape and glue the second corner onto the tape. The corners are fastened.

Step 4. Once all 6 beams are completed, connect the three beams together by pinning them. Then connect the other three beams together. Assemble a snowflake by connecting these two halves to each other.

Step 5. Fasten the snowflake rays to each other at the points where they touch.

Step 6. Make a loop of thread and hang the finished snowflake.

You can watch in more detail the entire process of making a three-dimensional snowflake in this video.

How to make your own jewelry:

accordion snowflakes (for children aged 5 years and older).

Materials and tools: double-sided colored paper, scissors, stapler or double-sided stationery tape 1 cm wide, decorative elements for decorating the middle of the snowflake.

Step 1. Cut out a square from paper. Its side must be at least 15 cm, because the smaller side will be difficult for kids to work with. Adults can also make miniature snowflakes and take a smaller square.

Fold the square like an accordion. The width of the “accordion” is approximately 1 cm - 2 cm (depending on the size of the square).

If you want to make an openwork snowflake, then you need to make cutouts on the “accordion” - loops, hearts, circles, diamonds or any others you desire.

Step 2. Fasten the resulting “accordion” exactly in the middle. This can be done with a stapler or by stitching it with a needle and thread. Children will need adult help with this step.

Step 3: Unfold the part. You will get a “butterfly”.

Step 4. Connect the “butterfly” into a semicircle, fastening the two sides with a stapler or tape.

Step 5. Prepare a second similar part. Connect two semicircles to form a snowflake. Glue a decorative element or a small openwork white snowflake into the middle of the snowflake using double-sided tape. Tie a loop. The decoration is ready!

Snowflake drawings. Hexagonal and octagonal snowflakes.

Traditional snowflakes are hexagonal. There are two ways to fold the paper when making them. They are shown in two photos below.

Having prepared the blank for the snowflake using any of these two methods, we begin to cut out the pattern. It is important that under no circumstances should you cut the fold of a snowflake, otherwise it will fall apart!

It’s very interesting to come up with new snowflakes and patterns on them yourself. I usually don’t look at the diagram, and children also like to come up with their own snowflakes. They are interested in what will happen when such an incomprehensible preparation unfolds. And then - a miracle! - beauty comes out!!!

Here are some ideas for adults - snowflake patterns to cut out. These patterns are not intended for children's creativity, but you can get new ideas and new elements from them! After all, very often we... adults. “we get fixated” on one pattern, on “favorite” frequently repeated elements. And that’s why new ideas are always welcome!

When choosing a snowflake design, you need to pay attention to how many rays there will be in the finished snowflake. And in accordance with this, fold the paper. You already know how to fold paper to make a hexagonal snowflake. You will see how paper is folded to make snowflakes with eight rays in this children's video - the program “Extension”.

http://youtu.be/BwVnifv5P3s

If you make snowflakes with several children of different ages or with a group of children, then you can combine all the works into a single composition. It could be. for example, a mobile with snowflakes attached to it. You can lay out the outline of a figure (for example, a Christmas tree) from snowflakes, or even lay out the silhouettes of New Year's figures from snowflakes. Here are some ideas for New Year's decorations.

Quilling - snowflakes.

Schemes and implementation technology for adults and children.

Quilling (paper filigree, paper rolling) is the art of making compositions from twisted paper strips. Quilling has existed for many centuries, and is now finding a new birth. Quilling got its name from its history - previously, a quill pen was used to curl paper. In English, the pen sounds like quill, hence the word quilling - quilling.

Snowflakes made using the quilling technique are very durable, hold their shape well, are convenient to store, and they will serve you for many years, delighting you and your children!

In this introductory video, children will show you what you need for quilling and how to curl strips of paper correctly. You will also see how you can do without special quilling tools and how you can replace them.

Did you like it and want to try it yourself? Then for you a detailed video on how to make snowflakes using the quilling technique.

Here are some examples of snowflakes using the quilling technique. I am sure that you and your children will come up with many of your own schemes! After all, just as the letters of the alphabet make completely different phrases, and the same bricks make different houses, so you can make a huge number of different snowflakes from paper elements!

What is it difficult to imagine the New Year without? That's right, without the corresponding decorative elements, the main ones of which are snowflakes. And our collection of paper snowflakes is constantly growing! Surely you have all already seen and know how to make such light ones:

Winter is the most creative time of the year! Yes, yes, don't be surprised. If you count how many cards, various crafts, decorations, gifts and snowflakes are made in the world (this is not counting the production of snow in the clouds), then this entire huge set will more than cover other pre-holiday preparations! And every year I want to do something new, original and pleasing to the eye. If you are looking for such an idea, then you are on the right track. Moreover, 2018 is coming to an end.

We propose to make new three-dimensional paper snowflakes - many step-by-step master classes, step by step, diagrams and various photos of ideas for the New Year 2019! If you have your own original ideas for snowflakes, send them to!

Snowflake made from openwork napkins

To begin with, we suggest making a convex round snowflake from openwork napkins according to the new 2018 master class. Very light and beautiful, suitable for children, see detailed instructions.

To create such a snowflake we prepared:

• • openwork napkins (6 pieces are enough);
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • decorative rhinestone for the middle.

We will make the snowflake itself from peculiar little bags. To create them, we first need to bend the openwork napkin in half. After that, cut it with scissors along the fold line.

Then fold each half in half again and cut. As a result, we get 4 blanks from one napkin.

Now let's use glue and connect the edges of this workpiece so that we get a little bag.

In total, our snowflake will require 12 of these bags.

We take another napkin, it will serve as the basis for our snowflake. First glue 2 bags on it opposite each other.

Then we fix 2 more blanks in the other direction.

After this, evenly distribute the remaining bags and glue them onto an openwork napkin.

For the middle of the snowflake we will use other blanks. To create them, just cut a napkin in half.

After this, we immediately make small bags from the halves of openwork napkins.

In total we produce 4 such blanks.

We begin to glue them into the middle of the snowflake.

Fix all 4 bags evenly.

And we decorate the middle with decorative rhinestones. Our snowflake made from openwork napkins is ready.

"Snowflakes on the Snow"

Original snowflakes made from strips of paper:

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A New Year's snowflake can be made from paper, pasta, and even from the base of a toilet paper roll.

There are many ways to make a paper snowflake. You will learn how to make a regular and voluminous snowflake. Connect the kids and let's get started. You will definitely succeed.

How to make a snowflake with your own hands

1. Prepare a square sheet of paper and fold it in half, diagonally.

2. Fold the resulting triangle in half again.

3. Notice how the new triangle is formed. This is done by eye. The main thing is that one side of the triangle touches the opposite fold.

4. Cut off the bottom of the shape and you can draw an outline along which you will further cut

Here are some pattern options.

How to make a snowflake (video)

Step 1: make the blanks

Step 2: draw a pattern and cut out a snowflake

How to make a 3D snowflake

You will need:

Paper of any color (preferably not too thin);
- scissors;
- stapler (you can use glue or tape);
- a simple pencil;
- ruler.

1. Prepare 6 squares of paper. The squares must be the same size. Bend each square in half, diagonally.

* If you want to make a small snowflake, then the side of each square can be 10 cm, and if large, then the whole 25 cm. For large snowflakes, it is better to use thick paper. For beginners, it is advisable to make the first snowflake small.

2. Using a ruler and pencil, mark 3 parallel lines. The distance between each line should be the same. When making a large snowflake, you can make more stripes.

* In the image, the lines are drawn with a red felt-tip pen to make it easier to see.

3. Using scissors, start cutting the paper from the edge, not reaching a little to the middle (about 3-5mm).

4. Turn the paper back into a square and start rolling the first row of strips into a tube (see picture).

* Strips can be fastened with a stapler or glue.

5. Turn the paper over to the other side and fasten the next two strips, also fastening them with a stapler, glue or tape.

6. Turn the snowflake over again and connect the last strips.

7. The same process must be repeated with the remaining five paper squares.

8. When all the parts of the snowflake are ready, they need to be connected in the middle with a stapler. First you need to connect half of the snowflake, that is, 3 of its parts, and then the remaining 3 parts.

9. Staple both halves together, as well as all the places where the snowflakes touch. This way the snowflake will not lose its shape.

10. Start decorating the snowflake the way you want. You can use stickers, glitter, etc.

* You can hang your beautiful craft on a window, wall, or Christmas tree.

How to make a big snowflake from paper strips

You will need:

Thick paper of any color;
- scissors;
- glue.

1. Cut 12 strips of paper 1cm wide and 20cm long.

* You can slightly increase the size of the strips - width 1.5cm, length 30cm.

2. Fold the two strips crosswise in the middle and glue them together as shown in the picture.

3. Add 2 more strips vertically and horizontally, intertwine them and attach them together.

4. Glue the corner strips together as shown in the picture. We get this figure, which represents half a snowflake. Using the same technology, prepare the other half of the snowflake.

5. Now it's time to glue the halves together. To do this, you need to rotate each one 45 degrees. Glue the loose strips to the corresponding corners of the petals (see picture).

* You can glue the halves in the middle so that the snowflake looks like a flower.

Making beautiful snowflakes from pasta

You will need:

Pasta of various shapes;
- glue;
- acrylic paints;
- brush;
- decorations to taste (glitter, stickers, artificial snow (you can use sugar or salt instead), etc.);

* To make it easier, place the pasta on a large flat plate.

* To avoid staining the table with glue and paint, cover it with paper.

1. Before you start making a snowflake, you need to come up with a shape, i.e. what it will look like. At this stage, it is also worth considering what form will be durable and will not come apart.

2. Once you've come up with a shape, you can start gluing. In this case, Moment glue is used, but if you don’t have it, you can try replacing it with PVA glue.

2.1 Drain the inner circle of the snowflake first. After this, you need to leave the glue to dry and this small part of the snowflake to get stronger.

2.2 Start gluing the next circle.

* Using the same scheme, you can “build” several circles, but remember that the material is fragile, which means you shouldn’t get excited and make huge snowflakes.

2.3 After gluing, leave your snowflakes for a day.

3. Time to paint the snowflake. For this you can use acrylic paint. Spray paint may be the best option, but it is best to apply it outdoors rather than indoors.

* You should not use gouache - not only will it take longer to dry, but it may also crack if applied in a thick layer.

*If you're using acrylic paint, you'll also want to choose a brush that can get into all the crevices of the pasta.

* It is advisable to have several brushes of different sizes for convenience. If necessary, you can apply a second coat of paint.

4. Decorating a snowflake. You can use glitter or artificial snow, for example.

* Snowflakes do not dry quickly, so it is better not to rush to hang them on the Christmas tree immediately after making them. You can hang these snowflakes both on the Christmas tree and on the wall.

How to make a snowflake from a toilet paper reel

One such reel is enough for just one snowflake.

Press the bobbin down and cut it into 8 equal pieces (each about 1 cm high).

Simply glue the resulting rings together.

Now you can decorate your snowflake as you wish.

How to make a very beautiful snowflake from buttons or rhinestones