Origami: DIY snowflake

Winter is associated with snow, falling snowflakes, fun and sledding. How many of us didn’t stop at least once to look at amazing snowflakes that were sculptured by a sculptor from glass? Unfortunately, the snowflake melts so quickly ...

origami snowflake

How to keep memories of a snow-white winter? There is an origami technique that allows you to make your own snowflakes that do not melt with the onset of heat. Using the origami technique, making paper snowflakes is not at all difficult. There are many different ways to make a snowflake in different shapes and patterns. Such an ornament can be hung on a Christmas tree or window.

Each origami handmade snowflake will be unique, one not like the other. Children are very fond of doing crafts and giving them to loved ones. In kindergarten or school, you can arrange a contest for the best snowflake. This will cause great interest in children and bring a lot of joy and pleasure, as well as help to show imagination and develop finger motility.

Origami Christmas snowflakes - a symbol of the holiday, a traditional craft for the New Year. There are no definite rules for making such snowflakes, but some principles must be known.

origami paper snowflakes

We will need in the work: scissors, adhesive tape, glue, a sheet of paper, a thread for hanging, a stapler. First, take a square sheet of paper. It can be of different sizes, different colors, but white is preferred. We prepare six squares of the same size. Then add each square diagonally to make a triangle. Using scissors, we cut the lines on both sides of the triangle so that the cuts connect in the middle of the triangle. We unfold the sheet with notches and alternately fasten the top of the elements of the resulting rhombus with a stapler. Before us is a voluminous petal. We make six such petals. Using a stapler or glue, we fasten each petal in the middle. The result was a voluminous origami snowflake. By attaching several voluminous snowflakes, you can make a garland.

By connecting ingenuity and imagination, you can create multi-colored snowflakes of different textures and volumes. It depends on the available paper. An origami snowflake made of foil will look spectacular. You can make it from colored paper, sprinkle with sparkles and varnish. An office decorated with such snowflakes will defuse the working atmosphere and delight employees.

origami christmas snowflakes

A flat origami snowflake looks spectacular on a Christmas tree attached to a glass, mirror. It can be made quite original, despite the simple cutting. Having fantasized, it is easy to make an exclusive. To do this, take a square sheet of paper or a paper towel. Fold four times diagonally, it turns out a triangle. There must be eight axes. Then we cut out more paper so that the snowflake is more transparent. Now let's get down to creativity. The pattern can be invented and applied in advance on the resulting triangle. Expand and check the symmetry. There may be many options. Each snowflake will not be similar to the previous one, as in nature there are no identical snowflakes.

Thus, you can bring a festive New Year mood to your home, office, kindergarten. Making origami snowflakes is easy. It takes only time, patience and an appropriate mood.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/E21424/


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