How to make a paper snowflake...

you need 
6 squares of paper, all the same size
glue
staples 

with one of the squares...
1  fold corner to corner
2  fold corner to corner again
3  keeping the same orientation as 2, make 3 cuts to about 2cm from the vertical fold
carefully open out
4  stick the centre "square" together (This can be done over a pencil if necessary.)
turn piece over

5 & 6  repeat with next corners of paper 

7  continue turning over and sticking corners together

make five more in the same way

8  attached three of the finished pieces together using a stapler

repeat with final three

9  join the two halves of the snowflake with a stapler

glue mid sections to hold the snowflake together

Top Tips

• decorate with glitter
• coloured or patterned paper makes interesting effects
• The height of the snowflake is twice the distance from corner to corner diagonally of the square size used.  
• You could go really large or very small!

Have fun...

Art Circle Lytham:  a curtain of snowflakes made from pages from the Booths Christmas Catalogue (cut into squares first).

 Thank you to Jane who showed us how to do this. x