Windows decorated with paper snowflakes will probably never go out of fashion, because it has already become a tradition. So our grandmothers, their parents decorated their rooms, then we, and now our children. Over the long history of mankind, various patterns of cutting snowflakes from paper have appeared. Making some of them is a real art. Even though December is sometimes not snowy at all, the feeling of winter and the holiday mood can be created independently.
How much joy this process brings to the children! They only need to declare: "Cut beautiful snowflakes out of paper!" - and the whole house is filled with joyful exclamations and cheerful laughter.
What is needed for this? Firstly, white paper, a simple pencil and scissors. Secondly - a good mood and a little imagination. Although if you turn it on to the full, you can create stunning window compositions with various symbols of the New Year - snowflakes, Santa's sleigh, deer, Christmas trees and snowdrifts.
Many children do not know how to make snowflakes out of paper with their own hands, and think that it is very difficult, but even five-year-olds cope with this task. The task of parents in this case is to attract their child to such an exciting activity, and after the first independent work it will be impossible to stop an inspired child.
How to make paper snowflakes with your own hands so that they are unique and one of a kind? To do this, you need to fold the sheet in the form of a multilayer straight triangle and draw an interesting pattern on it, with interlacing and openwork patterns. After taking small sharp scissors, cut out all the unnecessary parts so that the base of the picture remains. They did these easy steps and unfolded the paper - and here you see a snowflake of amazing beauty.
Many of us also know how to make snowflakes out of paper with our own hands, so that they are voluminous. But the uninitiated at first glance will not even figure out how the template was made to build a huge
Christmas star. And it is done very simply. To do this, you need several sheets of square-shaped paper, glue, a ruler, a simple pencil and scissors. The square is folded in half, at the same distance from the edge to the center, cuts are made along the lines of the slices of the figure. Then the paper unfolds, and the strips stick together alternately in one and the other direction. Such pieces are made of 6 pieces, after which they are connected.
Snowflakes can be used not only to decorate windows. They will look great on a Christmas tree, just hung around the house and even on home-made greeting cards. It is not necessary to take paper only in white, they will be interesting in bright colors. One can imagine how much fun creating such gifts will bring to children!
Knowing how to make snowflakes out of paper with your own hands, dressing up a house for the upcoming holiday is not difficult, and a positive mood from such work is guaranteed. In addition, a set of snowflakes can be a wonderful gift from grandchildren for your beloved grandmother, who will probably remember how she cut such Christmas decorations in childhood.