Snowflake

A snowflake made of twisted elements

Many people are aware of this idea, how to make a three-dimensional snowflake out of paper with your hands, and it enjoys extraordinary popularity due to their simplicity. Most often this technique is used to create a large snowflake for room decor, but also the small details on the tree you'll make it out of several parts. Let's learn the details.

Crafting we need scissors, ruler and pencil, stapler and glue. As the main material use sheets of paper cut into six equal squares. The diagonal of a square fragments will represent the radius of the finished snowflake.

Tip: it is better to stock up on several shades of paper to make snowflakes multicolor.

To make voluminous snowflakes out of paper with their hands in the New year on the scheme, just follow a few steps:

1. a square piece folded in half along the diagonal line. Such triangles should be marked with pencil to create the cuts. Many begin the process of creating snowflakes with drawing triangles with "slits" on the complete sheet
   
2. now you can cut the stencils. If you plan to do large and more voluminous snowflakes – make more internal cuts. It is important to not make the strip too thin, as when replacing the elements, you risk to tear the paper
3. expand the squares and fold along the corners of the Central square, formed by cut-outs. Staple or glue connect the paper edge
   
4. following the inner square of the stripe reverse – and also glued together
5. the same procedure repeat with all the strips obtained after creating the incisions. Each new curl is on the side opposite the previous one. You will receive one of the elements volumetric snowflakes
   
6. after creating six such elements will secure them in the center. The decoration has not collapsed, connect with each other and the sides of each of the neighboring elements. Ensure that the snowflake is smooth and proportional

When snowflake will be ready, decorate it with glitter or paint if necessary, and attach a loop of ribbon or wider thread at one end. You have a bright and elegant decoration, and the use of white paper – delicate and charming winter accessory.