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Two completed snowflakes made from white paper resting on blue background.
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Amazing Free & Easy Paper Snowflake Pattern Template

This Amazing Free & Easy Paper Snowflake Pattern Template shows you how to create beautiful cut out snowflakes. Free printable & instructions.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Paper Craft
Cuisine: Craft
Keyword: cut easy paper snowflake pattern template, easy paper snowflake pattern template, easy snowflake patterns to cut, family activity, free fnowflake templates, kids craft, snowflakes instructions
Servings: 1 Snowflake
Author: Shelly
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • Scissors

Ingredients

Instructions

  • So download the free pdf files and print off a copy of this pattern template for the snowflakes on white printer paper. It is found at this link: Amazing Free & Easy Paper Snowflake Pattern Template
  • Let’s get started by cutting out the small pattern template on the first page. That’s probably the easiest design that I created. It is a more simple design with curves that are easier to cut out for your first try. 
    Cut the template out on the heavy black outer line. Be sure to save the rest of the paper because you’re going to use that to help you fold the paper in the right shape. 
  • Grab your piece of white paper and let's cut it into a square piece of paper. 
    Fold one corner of the paper up and fold it so that it is even on the sides, creating a large triangle. Be as accurate as you can with your fold. 
    Then cut off the excess paper on the end- leaving just the folded triangle shape. I’m sure you’ve done this before! Boom- close to a perfect square! 
  • Leave the shape in a triangle and then fold the triangle in half so you can find the center of the long-folded edge. If you want to, you can mark that center point of the folded edge with a small little dot with a pencil. Reopen the paper into the large triangle.
    Then take your folded triangle and place it on that first page of your template. There’s a long line that says “Place fold of triangle here” with a small dot where the center of the fold should be.
    Once you have that lined up you’re going to take one corner of the triangle that’s along the line and fold it up so that the fold matches up with the black Diagonal line. Then crease it well. 
    Then take up the other corner of the triangle that’s along the line and fold it up so that the fold matches up with the other black diagonal line. 
    This has now folded your large paper triangle into a new shape with three equal sections.
    You can now set the first page of the template to the side and just work with your folded piece of paper. 
    Note: I have a full length video tutorial on YouTube. This step-by-step tutorial may be an easy way to follow these directions, especially the first time. Click on this link: Easy Paper Snowflake Pattern Template Full Length Tutorial YouTube Video.
    You’re going to take that folded piece and now fold it in half so that will make it go from 3 to 6 equal parts. It really helps to follow along with the pictures or the video to visualize what I’m talking about.
  • Now take the template that you cut out earlier and lay it on top of your folded piece of paper (striped or gray areas up). The very sharp point of the template fits down into the sharp point of the folded paper.
    Take a pencil and draw the pattern onto your folded white piece of paper. You have to hold the pattern template so it doesn’t move around of course.
  • Set the template aside, pick up your scissors and then cut on your pencil line
    You’ll notice that I never cut off the full fold on either side of this triangle folded piece of paper. If you cut off the entire fold, your snowflake will fall apart. 
    It takes a little bit of maneuvering to cut through that many layers of paper. It sure helps to have sharp scissors! Be sure hold onto the folded paper tightly and be careful to keep your fingers out of the way!
  • Now comes the fun part! It’s time to up the folded paper to see your finished snowflake design. I feel like there should be a drum roll or something.
    Carefully open the folds of the paper one at a time, kind of pressing out the creases the best that you can. Sometimes the paper gets kind of caught on itself so be careful not to tear the paper as you open it up.

Video

Notes

You may have give a little help to the younger kids. Or simplify the design down even further, to make it easy for them to do if they’re cutting abilities are lower.
Note: You can make the snowflake even more simple for your Littles if you’d like by not using the patterns. Just cut out a few triangles from each side of the folded paper shape. This is a great way to develop fine motor skills for the little kids.
Of course you can make your own different designs for beautiful paper snowflakes. This is a great challenge for the older kids (and you!). 
Try using other types of paper and different sizes of squares for variety!