Thursday, January 13, 2011

Snowflakes


Our front window all decked out.

Sage wanted to make snowflakes today; I haven't made one in about 20 years so we sat down, did a little Googling and found some great instructions.

Simple, easy and fun.

Fold a piece of paper in half.
Fold over one side, then the other, to make two 60 degree folds. You can do this by eye, or you can use a protractor. This is a good exercise in geometry and measuring angles.
Cut off the edges of the paper in an arc - this makes a circle (if you were to unfold the paper).
Cut a lot of the paper away.
Unfold your snowflake carefully.

Optional: Decorate your snowflake with glitter or glitter glue.

1 comment:

Emily Judd said...

very impressive! what a fun activity :)