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Paper snowflakes step by step. How to make a snowflake out of paper? How to cut a beautiful snowflake? How to make your own template in various PC programs

With the onset of winter and the approach of the magical New Year, buildings and streets are filled with snowflakes, both real and artificial. Handicrafts that allow you to create amazingly beautiful snowflakes are a great way to spend time on the eve of the New Year holidays.

Snowflake decorations are most often made of paper. Paper is a plastic material that has the ability to take many forms. Snowflakes are made by cutting out paper blanks, embossing and folding. These techniques can be combined or used separately.

Not so long ago, paper snowflakes were almost indistinguishable. A few years ago, these decorations were cut mainly from white napkins. The configuration turned out to be identical, only the pattern differed.

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To date, methods for making snowflakes have become more diverse. Various creative techniques make it possible to make New Year's snowflakes that are similar in appearance, but have individual differences.

Of greatest interest are snowflakes made from paper blanks with a three-dimensional configuration. Making such beauty is not much more difficult than flat snowflakes.


There are many options for decorating rooms for the winter holidays. For this purpose, you can use purchased decorative products and make homemade jewelry. Recently, many have made a choice in favor of the New Year's handmade.

It takes time to create Christmas accessories, but the result is worth it. Thanks to homemade Christmas decorations and, first of all, snowflakes, you can decorate your home for the holidays quickly and in an original way.

The main task is to master the techniques for making volumetric snowflakes, and this article will introduce you to master classes and popular snowflake patterns that you can draw or print and cut.

After spending a little time, you will get acquainted with the most popular patterns for creating homemade snowflakes that have a variety of shapes.


 Do-it-yourself volumetric snowflake made of paper, photo

Option number 1 - decoration with twists

This option for creating a homemade paper 3-D snowflake, the peculiarity of which lies in the volumetric configuration, is worth trying out for those who want to decorate the room with large decorative elements. The design of such snowflakes can include several colors at once. Of particular interest are the transitions of tones in a circle.

Make six square blanks of paper with the same dimensions.

Important! The radius of the decoration will match the diagonal of the paper piece in the shape of a square; Considering this point, first decide what format of snowflake you want.

In addition to paper, you will need scissors, a simple pencil and glue. For marking, you need a ruler, and for fastening parts - a stapler.

Consider the scheme for making a volumetric New Year's snowflake in more detail:



If you do not fully understand the scheme for making a snowflake yourself, watch the video: a master class will help you create paper decorations:

Option number 2 - pattern decorations

Get the kids involved in arts and crafts. Making Christmas accessories together from templates is a great opportunity to chat with children and help them learn new creative techniques that they are sure to be interested in. Make homemade paper decor in the form of three-dimensional snowflakes with the children.

To make a three-dimensional decoration, you just need to fold the pieces in a circle and then glue one on top of the other; in this way, you will create a three-dimensional snowflake from flat elements.


Those who are not going to make a three-dimensional decoration by gluing several identical blanks together should adopt the “accordion” technique - it is quite simple.

Fold the paper sheet like an accordion and fold it in half, then make a markup.

The paper turned out to be too thick, and you can’t immediately cut out a whole product? It is easy to solve the problem - draw markings on one and the other side of the accordion: this technique will save you from having to fold a sheet of paper in half. In addition, using this technique, you can create details of halves and quarters of future snowflakes. The blanks are laid out and then glued together.

In the photo - an easy-to-create version of jewelry, but you can make more unusual drawings. Attach loops to snowflakes or combine them, thereby making a garland, and decorate the room for the New Year holidays.


To better understand the accordion technique, watch the video demonstrating how you can make a three-dimensional paper snowflake step by step:

Option number 3 - paper stripe star snowflake

Let's look at another simple and yet interesting technique for creating paper snowflakes with a three-dimensional shape with a step-by-step technique, great for beginners. This technique in most cases involves the use of paper, which is used in the quilling technique. This paper can be purchased at craft stores.

If special paper cannot be found, plain paper sheets will do. In addition to paper, prepare brushes, glue and clothespins.

Step-by-step instructions for making a snowflake-star:



Option number 4 - flower snowflake

Snowflake decorations, reminiscent of flowers, will add tenderness to the festive decoration of the room, help create a fabulous atmosphere.

Let's start making a flower snowflake. To make such a decoration, you will need a landscape sheet, a pencil, an eraser, scissors and stationery glue.

Use this instruction to make a three-dimensional flower snowflake for the New Year:



You can consider the technique of making a flower snowflake in more detail in this video:

Option number 5 - decoration in quilling technique

New Year's quilling decorations are very popular: they look much more attractive than standard decor elements. Quilling snowflakes decorate windows, a Christmas tree, walls, you can also use them to decorate a festive table. Often such jewelry is made in several colors and decorated with sparkles to make them more vibrant.

First, cut the strips: their number depends on the configuration of the future decoration. The length of one strip is 15-25 cm, and the width is about 2 cm.

The most important part of the job is getting the strips to curl properly. So that the strips do not lose the desired shape, coat them with glue. It is recommended to fix round parts with a clothespin until they dry.

Having finished preparing the details, assemble a snowflake from them. Glue the elements to each other. In the middle of the decoration, place a circle consisting of several layers - one folded strip. To make it easier to work, use a thread spool.


The final step is to decorate and fix the resulting snowflake. You can start decorating only after the parts are dry and stick well.

Video with a master class on making homemade quilling snowflakes:

Option number 6 - a beautiful snowflake with rhinestones

This scheme for creating a New Year's paper snowflake is one of the simplest, even children will master it.
You will need at least two different colors of paper, scissors, rhinestones for decoration, and stationery glue.

Let's start creating a snowflake.

Make square-shaped paper blanks of identical sizes - and form a cone out of them, one corner should stick out from the back. Fix the parts with glue at the base, so they will securely hold the structure.

Fix all the details in a circle and repeat these manipulations, then you will get a decoration consisting of several layers.

Decorate the snowflake with beads and rhinestones to make it brighter.


Option number 7 - modular snowflake

We bring to your attention another scheme for making paper New Year's snowflakes, the peculiarity of which is their three-dimensional form: decorations are created from several parts in the origami style.
Make rectangular paper blanks - they should have identical dimensions.

The technique for creating blanks will become more understandable if you look at the photo:


Put the triangles one on top of the other, fixing with glue. It is advisable to first decide on the color and configuration of future snowflakes. First, try to connect the parts without glue.

By fixing the triangular blanks, you will get an origami-style snowflake decoration from the modules.


In this article, we examined the most popular techniques for making New Year's snowflakes from the most common material - paper, the peculiarity of which lies in the volumetric configuration. Paper makes it possible to implement many original ideas, thanks to even very simple stencils you will get fabulous holiday snowflakes.

Another video tutorial on how to create a homemade paper snowflake using the original technique:

New Year makes you believe in miracles. Create wonderful Christmas decorations with your own hands. Beautiful paper snowflakes will allow you to decorate your home in a New Year's way. Decor elements that keep the warmth of your hands will make the atmosphere not only festive, but also cozy.

Be inspired by the beauty of New Year's accessories, create mini-masterpieces and delight others with designer decorations.

Today we will show you how easy it is to make beautiful snowflakes on your own to decorate an apartment, house or office for the New Year. Cutting them using the example of the schemes and templates given here will not be difficult even for a beginner!

What is needed first of all is to choose the right color and thickness of paper. It will be much easier to make snowflakes from thin paper: it can be easily bent and cut without much effort.

Of course, you can use blanks made of thick paper. But then instead it is better to take a sharp knife or scalpel to prevent the edges of the paper from moving. For most of us, cutting with scissors is more familiar and convenient: even ordinary hairdressers are suitable for making perfectly even contours. And small details are best done with miniature scissors for manicure.

It is worth deciding in advance on the size of the paper. The best option in most cases are A5 sheets (this is half of the usual A4 landscape sheet).

Once the appropriate material is selected, you can proceed directly to manufacturing.

We tried to make some really beautiful paper snowflakes. This is one of the best we've got.

The diagram below shows how you can fold the paper to further cut out a classic 6-ray snowflake.

Fold a sheet of paper to cut out a six-pointed snowflake

As can be seen from the diagram, a regular sheet of paper of the format we have chosen is folded as shown in figure (b), then the excess part is cut off (figure (c)). Next, unfold the folded paper and fold it along the dotted lines as shown in Figure (d). The resulting figure (figure (e)) must be folded again along the dotted line and then cut off the extra edges. Everything, the paper is ready to cut out snowflakes.

There are other ways to fold a triangle. For example, the workpiece can be made as in the figure below.

How to fold a triangle to cut a snowflake

How to cut a snowflake

You can clearly see the whole process from folding a piece of paper to cutting out a beautiful New Year's snowflake from it in the videos below. Particularly complex curls and thin cuts are best obtained with a clerical knife.

If you already know how to fold paper to cut out snowflakes, you can go straight to the templates. You can start simple. Examples are shown in the figure below.

Snowflake schemes

Want to learn all the possible ways to cut six-pointed snowflakes? Watch a special video that clearly shows 3 such methods. Which one is better - decide for yourself!


From the following videos you will learn how you can draw a pattern yourself to cut a beautiful New Year's snowflake.

How can a beautiful snowflake be cut out of a folded paper triangle using patterns downloaded on the Internet? Everything is very simple!

Examples of patterns for cutting six-ray snowflakes

In the examples above, you need to cut the snowflake according to the diagram above so that only the white part remains, the black must be cut off.

By analogy, snowflakes are made, the templates for cutting which are presented below.

You can take even more patterns for cutting easy-to-make snowflakes at the link - Download templates

How to make your own template in various PC programs

Agree, a lot of time and paper can be spent on blindly cutting snowflakes out of many freaks to choose at least a few normal ones. In order to carefully work out the shape of a snowflake before moving on to cutting it in kind, it is best to use some kind of CAD program.

We draw a diagram ourselves

Original schemes can be created using computer-aided design systems. Let's consider this using the KOMPAS-3D program as an example. Who knows how to work in it - use it, there is no desire to understand it - skip this part of the article, it is not for you.

Let's create a 3D model of our future snowflake. Open "File" - "Create", select "Detail". First we need to create a sketch. We draw two auxiliary lines in it, intersecting at the origin at an angle of 30 ° to each other, as shown in the figure below.


 Create a snowflake model in Compass 3D

Further, at right angles to the vertical auxiliary line, you can draw another line. You will get a triangular area bounded on all sides. In this sector, we have to draw the future template of a six-ray snowflake. To build various openwork elements and curlicues, you can use the Spline by Points tool. As a result, you should get such a snowflake pattern.

Sketch for cutting a snowflake from paper with 6 rays in the Compass 3D system

Now let's see how the snowflake cut out according to this pattern will look like. Select our drawing with the mouse and click the "Symmetry" button in the "Editing" tab.


 Create a template for cutting paper snowflakes

Now it remains only to select the resulting beam of a six-pointed snowflake, in the "Editor" tab, select the item "Copy" - "Circumferential". Specify the center - the origin of coordinates and 6 copies with a step of 60 degrees. It should look like the picture below.


 Snowflake almost ready

If desired, you can display everything in 3D and better consider the resulting beauty. But in principle, everything is already remarkably visible, so you don’t need to spend time on this. If the result suits you, it is enough to save the template obtained above to disk in a suitable format, print it on a sheet of paper of the desired size, and you can start cutting out the snowflake.


 Snowflake Model 3D #1

To make a snowflake template from a three-dimensional model, create a 3D drawing in Compass (Click the mouse in the top menu “File” - “Create” - “Drawing”), insert a view from this model into the document, select the appropriate scale and print on a printer.


 Paper snowflake template from 3D model

Of course, using a CAD program to make templates is not the easiest option. But do not be upset, because there is an intuitive and simple program for drawing snowflakes - the Snowf graphics editor, which even a child can use. When drawing a pattern in this program, you do not need to draw any axes, mirror something, and so on - everything is done absolutely automatically. The intuitive interface allows you to master the work in the program in a matter of minutes. To draw, you just need to move the mouse and watch how the pattern changes on the screen.

Other options for making snowflakes

Snowflakes made using a hole punch look original. Making them is easier and faster than cutting complex patterns.

To cut out such multi-beam snowflakes, a paper sheet is folded according to the scheme, which is clearly shown (see Blank No. 2).

The models and video tutorials in this article will help you and your children learn how to cut amazing New Year's snowflakes that will bring a festive atmosphere to the house and will delight the eyes of others!

If you're getting ready for the winter holidays, it's time to learn how to make your own round snowflake. You can decorate windows, cabinet doors, postcards, gift wrappings with this decor, make a garland, Christmas decorations or just cute openwork pendants on threads from dense elements.

Choose the size of the snowflakes

Before learning how to make a round paper snowflake, decide on its purpose and size. This will determine which sheets to buy for work, as well as the method of manufacture. Ordinary snowflakes are made from white office paper used for printing. Such decoration is carried out with the help of scissors, with which a pattern is cut out on a workpiece folded in several layers.

If you need large snowflakes made of thick paper or cardboard that cannot be folded, you will have to use the technique according to a pre-drawn drawing (printed or made in pencil, for example, using a stencil).

If you need very small snowflakes, and in large quantities, it is better not to suffer with cutting, but to buy with the appropriate cliché. High-quality tools will allow you to make decor even from fairly thick paper.

What will be required

So, we have already figured out how to make a round snowflake: cut it with scissors, a knife or a hole punch. Now let's decide on the materials and tools. Prepare the following:

  • paper;
  • scissors;
  • pencil and eraser if you draw a pattern template for cutting;
  • diagrams (optional)
  • compasses (if you will make a blank for a snowflake);
  • punchers with figured clichés (for small snowflakes).

In fact, to make a spectacular decoration, thin paper and sharp scissors are enough.

How to make a cutout

To understand how to make a round snowflake in stages, take an A4 sheet. Usually paper is sold in a rectangular form. To get a circle, you need square blanks. So, to create a blank for cutting, work like this:


In this sequence, blanks will be created for cutting out different snowflakes.

How to make a round paper snowflake step by step

A blank for cutting a snowflake and it itself can be made in a slightly different way. The sequence of work is as follows:

  • Take a standard A4 sheet and lay it vertically.
  • Bend the lower left corner to the right up so that an isosceles triangle is obtained from the sheet.
  • Align the lower right corner with the one located at the top left.
  • Bend the resulting workpiece in half vertically Cut off the excess along the line.
  • Carefully make cuts along the edge of the workpiece.
  • Make the pattern of the snowflake itself. Take the same as in the diagram below.
  • Expand the workpiece. If the folds are too visible on it, gently iron the product with an iron through a sheet of paper.

Now you know how to make a round paper snowflake in two ways. It is not difficult to make a blank for cutting, although if you don’t want to fold the sheets, cut off the excess, but you need snowflakes of a very specific diameter, you can work in another way.

How to make a beautiful round paper snowflake

This option is based on a workpiece created with a compass. Work like this:

  • Draw a circle on the sheet.
  • Cut out the piece.
  • Fold it in half twice to make a quarter circle.
  • Do one more addition (usually stop there).
  • If the size of the workpiece and thickness allows, you can fold more.
  • Cut out the pattern. You can unfold the last fold (if the workpiece is too dense) and cut a few more small parts.

Experimenting with the number of additions, cut options, you can make an unlimited number of the most intricate products. If you are tired of working with scissors, you can use a hole puncher with any cliché, even a standard, round one. With it, it is easy to get very unusual patterns of snowflakes.

Ready-made templates for cutting

In order not to think for a long time how to make a beautifully shaped round snowflake with carved and openwork details, take any template that is in special periodicals for needlewomen. Usually, the schemes are depicted next to the variant of the finished product, which will be obtained from this stencil. Redraw the template on your folded blank. And if you want to make a lot of identical snowflakes, it’s better to make a stencil out of cardboard and circle it on the workpiece.

Analyzing the schemes found, you should understand what part of the circle they are intended to cut out. This will determine the number of folds that need to be done on the original workpiece. The illustration shows templates that are designed for 1/6 of the circle. This is easy to determine by comparing the diagram and the finished sample.

The selection below shows diagrams for 1/12 of the circle. If your paper is thin, or you are working with foil, then the previous templates can be easily used for 1/12. All patterns are mirror symmetrical, and therefore if you take only half, then you will need to cut out fewer elements with scissors.

If you have a good imagination and do not like ready-made patterns, you can combine your patterns based on the patterns you see.

Figured hole punchers

We figured out how to make a beautiful round large snowflake, but cutting a tiny blank from a sheet folded in several layers will not work. If you need a lot of small snowflakes (up to 7.5 cm in diameter), you can buy a figured hole punch with the appropriate cliché. There are options for creating very miniature parts, for example, 5-6 mm. Different manufacturers can find different openwork clichés. With such hole punchers, you can easily and effortlessly cut a lot of snowflakes from both thin and thick paper. This pleasure is not cheap, but the result is obtained quickly and looks impressive and realistic.

You saw how to make a round snowflake with your own hands out of paper in many ways. Such options are suitable for working with foil, and for preparing templates for

Paper for cutting snowflakes, you can take office, colored paper for children's creativity, paper for origami.

It is convenient to cut out relatively large sections of the pattern with ordinary stationery scissors, for example, along the edge of a snowflake.

For cutting small details and complex patterns, it is better to use hairdressing scissors and nail scissors.

DIY snowflakes

So, paper and scissors are selected, now you can proceed to the first stage of making snowflakes - folding paper. To get a hexagonal blank from which a snowflake will subsequently be made, cut a square of the desired size from a sheet of paper.

How to get squares of different sizes from an A4 sheet

1. Fold a sheet of paper in an arbitrary way, but so that one part is larger than the other, and then cut along the marked line.

2. Fold most of the sheet along the bisector.

3. Cut off the excess paper - you get a square.

4. The blank for the big snowflake is ready.

5. Repeat steps 2-3 with the smaller part of the sheet remaining after step 1.

6. The result is a blank for the average snowflake.

7. With the trim remaining after step 6, repeat steps 2-3.

8. It turned out a blank for a small snowflake. Thus, from one sheet of A4 format, you can make blanks for three snowflakes of different sizes.

Piece sizes may vary slightly. They depend on how the original sheet was folded in step 1. In addition, a large snowflake can be obtained by cutting a square from a whole A4 sheet.

How to fold a hexagonal blank from a square

Now we need to fold a regular triangle from the square (in expanded form - a hexagon), from which a snowflake will be cut.

Method number 1

1. Fold the square in half.

2. Then fold the sheet "by eye" so that the angles indicated in diagram 3 are equal.

3. Turn the workpiece over to the other side.

4. The fold should go along the edge of the workpiece folded in step 2 of the layer, and the top edge should coincide with the left fold.

5. Cut off the excess paper evenly.

Method number 2

1. Fold the square diagonally.

2. Mark the middle of the leg of the resulting triangle (side).

3. Connect the top (right angle) of the triangle with the intended midpoint of the leg. Mark the fold line and again expand the workpiece to a triangle.

4. Now mark the middle of the base of the triangle.

5. Connect the middle of the leg with a point lying on the marking line obtained in step 3. The fold line should pass through the middle of the base of the triangle.

6. Connect the base of the triangle to the fold line obtained in step 5.

7. Cut off excess paper along the indicated line.

Advice

Choose the size of the hexagonal blank (large, small or medium) yourself based on the paper you use for cutting, the complexity of the snowflake, and your scissor skills.

Cut out the snowflake

1. Fold the regular triangle (unfolded hexagon) obtained by one of the methods proposed above in half. Perform all actions very accurately so that later you do not cut through the layers of paper folded crookedly with scissors. Make sure that the top circled in a circle (see diagram) is in the center of the future snowflake.

2. Start cutting. In the diagrams, areas of paper that need to be removed are indicated in bright pink. First form the outer edge of the snowflake. To do this, cut out the pattern on the top side of the workpiece, as shown in the diagram.

3. Then cut out the pattern on both sides of the workpiece. The last to cut out small elements inside the workpiece and near an acute angle.

4. The snowflake is ready, it remains only to carefully unfold it.

We will cut out all the presented snowflakes according to this description, starting from point 2, when the regular triangle is already folded in half. The fact is that all snowflakes are cut out in the same way, only the pattern changes, so we did not repeat the description of the work many times, but limited ourselves to exact diagrams.

The process of making each snowflake consists of 3-5 sequential schemes, on which the removed sections of paper are marked in black. The last diagram, which shows a snowflake fully cut out but not yet unfolded, is also a template. You can “by eye” draw a pattern from it onto your workpiece or transfer it using tracing paper and carbon paper.

Advice

The snowflake should look like a graphic image with a well-read pattern, so follow all stages of work very carefully and accurately.

Snowflakes. Scheme

Such snowflakes will be beautiful New Year's interior decoration .

More snowflake options

Snowflake. Step by step manufacturing process

Take a rectangular sheet of white paper and, following the instructions, cut out a snowflake from it. Fantasy, invent your own patterns, and you will get the most unusual and beautiful snowflake!

Everyone is happy about the new year, especially children. They are looking forward to the New Year holidays, and you can brighten up the expectation - to occupy your hands with something interesting and useful, for example, to decorate windows or curtains in the form of beautiful snowflakes. But not always children's hands can cope with intricate patterns on snowflake patterns, such fingers need something simpler, and we have something. These are schemes of simple snowflakes, suitable for preschoolers, well, or first-graders. The most important thing is to meaningfully bend the workpiece, understanding where we will have the middle of the snowflake, and then it remains only to cut the edge in the right way.

To begin with, it is better for a child to practice on plain paper, it is more pliable. And when you learn, you can start making light and translucent snowflakes from paper napkins. It is not worth training on napkins, it is more difficult to bend the workpiece evenly, the edges move relative to each other and the child will not be satisfied with the craft, practice is important here.

Classic snowflake:

If you also cut off a sharp corner, you will get a hole in the center of the snowflake.

Ice Snowflake:

Also, as if from ice crystals, but with a hole in the center:

These are such simple and easy snowflakes to make. If it doesn't work out, try again and you will definitely succeed :)