What is it difficult to imagine the New Year without? That's right, without the corresponding decorative elements, the main ones of which are snowflakes. And our collection paper snowflakes constantly replenished! Surely you have all already seen and know how to make such light ones:
Winter is the most creative time of the year! Yes, yes, don't be surprised. If you count how many cards, various crafts, decorations, gifts and snowflakes are made in the world (this is not counting the production of snow in the clouds), then this entire huge set will more than cover other pre-holiday preparations! And every year I want to do something new, original and pleasing to the eye. If you are looking for such an idea, then you are on the right track. Moreover, 2019 is coming to an end.
We propose to make new voluminous paper snowflakes - many step-by-step master classes, step by step, diagrams and different photos ideas for the New Year 2020! If you have your own original ideas snowflakes - send them for our New Year's through the form at the bottom of this article.
New video on how to make beautiful voluminous openwork snowflakes:
Snowman made from strips of paper
Simple White paper can be an excellent material for making New Year's snowflakes. For example, you can cut out many thin strips from it, which will become the basis for the snowflake shown in this master class.
For such a snowflake we will prepare:
- white paper;
- ruler with a simple pencil;
- scissors;
- decorative rhinestone.
We will make a snowflake from thin strips of paper of various lengths. Therefore, first we cut them, the thickness of all strips is the same and is 0.5 cm. But the length will differ. We will need 6 strips 20 cm long, 12 - 16 cm, 12 - 12 cm and 10 strips 10 cm long.
For one ray we will need the following blanks - 1 strip 20 cm long and 2 pieces each 16, 12 and 10 cm long.
Take the longest strip and glue its ends together.
Then we fix a 16 cm long strip from the edge, forming a kind of loop from it.
On the right we fasten a strip of the same length.
The next strips will be 12 cm long; we glue them on the sides symmetrically.
Finally, we fix the remaining 10 cm long strips. This is how we made the first ray.
We need to glue 5 more rays from narrow strips.
For the center of the snowflake, cut out a small circle from cardboard. We glue the first rays onto it, placing them opposite each other.
Then we glue a couple of rays on top at the same distance from each other.
We secure the remaining pieces. This snowflake is made from thin stripes. We decided to decorate its center with decorative rhinestones.
Snowflakes from openwork napkins
Openwork paper napkins can be an excellent material for creating New Year's crafts. After all, you can make a variety of snowflakes from them. 2 MKs on openwork snowflakes from Marina.
One of the options for creating such New Year's decor we show in this new 2019 masterclass.
First, fold the white openwork napkin in half. Then cut along the marked fold line with scissors. Next, each half needs to be cut in half. As a result, we got an openwork napkin, cut into 4 equal parts.
Now from these quarters we will make rays for the future snowflake. To do this, first fold the workpiece in half, marking the fold line.
Focusing on this line, we bend half of the openwork part.
Then we bend the second openwork half symmetrically.
By bending both sides, we get a blank for the first ray of a snowflake.
This is what it looks like from the front.
We continue to make other rays using the same principle.
And so we continue to work.
In order to make a snowflake, we needed 10 rays. If desired, the center can be decorated with a shiny rhinestone. We made such a New Year's snowflake from openwork napkins.
Now we propose to make a convex round snowflake from openwork napkins according to the 2018 master class. Very light and beautiful, suitable for children, see detailed instructions.
To create such a snowflake we prepared:
- openwork napkins (6 pieces are enough);
- scissors;
- glue;
- decorative rhinestone for the middle.
We will make the snowflake itself from peculiar little bags. To create them, we first need to bend the openwork napkin in half. After that, cut it with scissors along the fold line.
Then fold each half in half again and cut. As a result, we get 4 blanks from one napkin.
Now let's use glue and connect the edges of this workpiece so that we get a little bag.
In total, our snowflake will require 12 of these bags.
We take another napkin, it will serve as the basis for our snowflake. First glue 2 bags on it opposite each other.
Then we fix 2 more blanks in the other direction.
After this, distribute the remaining bags evenly and glue them onto an openwork napkin.
For the middle of the snowflake we will use other blanks. To create them, just cut a napkin in half.
After this, we immediately make small bags from the halves of openwork napkins.
In total we produce 4 such blanks.
We begin to glue them into the middle of the snowflake.
Fix all 4 bags evenly.
And we decorate the middle with decorative rhinestones. Our snowflake made from openwork napkins is ready.
Lush volumetric snowflake
Having 3 squares of paper, we can make the New Year's snowflake shown in this master class by Marina.
To create it, let's take:
- 3 squares of blue paper;
- PVA glue;
- decorative rhinestone.
Our craft consists of three elements, each of which will require one square blank. Let's start working on creating the first element. To do this, mark the transverse folds on the first blue square.
After this, fold the side edges of the square to the middle line.
Now let's fold the other sides.
We unfold one side as follows, giving it the appearance of a trapezoid.
We do the same on the other side.
Now the corners of the resulting workpiece need to be carefully straightened so that they acquire a square shape.
We do this with all four corners.
In place of these squares we make folds on both sides.
Next, we will straighten these folds and give the workpiece itself the appearance of an elongated rhombus.
We must make such diamonds from all four corners.
The resulting diamonds need to be narrowed a little more; to do this, we make folds on the sides.
The workpiece acquired this appearance after the folds were made.
It remains to fold it as follows. To do this, you need to turn the workpiece over to the other side and make folds along the transverse folds.
This is what this blank looks like from the other side.
From the remaining two squares we make similar blanks, and then glue them together.
And in the center of the craft we place a decorative rhinestone. It turned out to be such a voluminous snowflake.
Snowflakes curls
Simple strips of paper are made into basic elements, which can be glued into in no particular order. The number of options for such snowflakes tends to infinity, as in nature :)
A simple snowflake using the false quilling technique
Our master class on creating an openwork snowflake using the false quilling technique will help you make a decoration from strips of paper with minimal time and materials.
For creative process You need to prepare the following materials:
- a sheet of white (or double-sided blue, silver) A4 paper;
- simple pencil;
- ruler;
- eraser;
- glue;
- scissors.
How to make an openwork snowflake in unusual technique"false quilling"
The snowflake will consist of three types of elements, to create which you will need strips 1 cm wide. Each type of element must consist of six parts, so we need to draw a sheet of 18 stripes. The first 6 stripes should take up the length of the entire sheet. Draw the next 6 stripes perpendicular to the first. Draw the third type of stripes under the long ones, starting from the perpendicular stripes.
Cut strips of paper and fold them into three rows, depending on their length. In places where pencil lines are very visible, use an eraser.
To make it more convenient to work with the strips, wrap them around a pencil and remove them. Unlike the “” technique, our task is somewhat simplified, since we will not be working with dense curls, but with their similarity.
Take a strip from the “short” row. To wrap the strip into a ring, twist it around your finger, close the edges and glue it. Make the next turn a little weaker and glue it again at the base. Make a third turn in this manner. Trim off the excess paper with scissors.
Do this with the remaining five short strips, making sure they are the same size.
Make exactly the same ring curls with stripes from the middle row.
Bend the longest strips in half.
Wind each end tightly onto a pencil and carefully remove the ring - you will get these double curls.
Press the smallest curl rings on both sides with your fingers, giving them an almond shape.
Press the middle curl rings from the ends to the center to form a figure of a four-pointed star (diamond).
Let's start collecting snowflakes. Connect the six almond-shaped parts together with glue. You will get something like a flower.
Glue double curls between the “petals”.
For convenience, glue double curls through one petal.
Then glue on the remaining double curls.
Glue the “stars” where the double curls meet.
That's all, the voluminous openwork snowflake is ready!
Look how twisted it is, like lace!
Thanks to the three-dimensional elements, folding such a snowflake is easier than when creating a quilling figure. With such creative work Small children can also cope if they are shown everything and helped, if necessary. Older children will figure out the intricacies of the work on their own. You can also come up with other elements and make several snowflakes to decorate a festive tree or interior. The main thing is desire, and everything will work out for you!
Snowflake made of paper squares
What to prepare to create snowflakes from paper squares:
- squares 8*8 cm, cut from decorative double-sided colored paper (scrap paper);
- scissors;
- pencil;
- glue;
- rhinestones, sparkles, sequins.
How to fold unusual snowflakes from ordinary paper squares
To work, you need two squares of the same size. If you want to make small snowflakes, use small squares and vice versa.
Cut out squares of the required size from decorative paper. It is best to use paper that has a pattern on one side and a base color on the other, then the snowflake will look original.
Fold the squares in half twice.
Straighten the squares, the main lines will appear on them.
Fold the edges to the center line, pressing the folds with your finger.
Do exactly the same on the other side. When you straighten the squares, you will see that markings of small squares have appeared on them.
Using scissors, cut along the center folds to the length of one square.
Fold the corners at each edge as shown in the picture.
Tape the corners so that the patterned side is on top.
Glue one part of the snowflake onto the other so that the rays do not overlap each other.
Decorate the resulting snowflake with self-adhesive rhinestones, or stick on glitter with glue.
A beautiful figured snowflake made of squares is ready!
So, with very little effort, we got no an ordinary snowflake. Such beauty was created from two squares, it’s hard to believe! You are convinced that children can handle this kind of work, which means you can make a lot of wonderful snowflakes and use them to decorate rooms, gifts for loved ones and relatives, a festive tree or a Christmas wreath. And if you connect several snowflakes, you can make a garland, pendants or a crown decoration for the holiday.
Volumetric snowflake made of foamiran
Our regular author Marina will show you how to make a shiny three-dimensional snowflake in her new master class.
Snowflakes can be made from various materials. In this master class we propose to make such a craft for the New Year 2019 from shiny foamiran. But you can also choose colored paper; the folding technology is the same.
To make such a snowflake we prepared:
- shiny (glitter) foamiran of blue and silver color;
- scissors;
- toothpick;
- sharp knife;
- ruler;
- glue gun.
Step-by-step instruction
We decided that our snowflake would be two-color, so we use foamiran in two colors - blue and silver. If desired, such a craft can be made in one color. The snowflake will consist of individual elements - rectangles. First, we cut out 3 rectangles measuring 2.5x14 cm from blue foamiran.
Now you need to make certain cuts on each rectangle. But first, let's use a ruler and a toothpick. On the wrong side, set aside 1 cm along the edges and draw small vertical lines with a toothpick. After this, the central part needs to be divided into 5 equal strips, the width of each of them will be 5 mm.
Next you will need a sharp utility knife. With its help, using a ruler, we carefully make cuts along the intended lines, not reaching 1 cm from each edge. This is best done under something hard (for example, a cutting board).
This is what our blue rectangle with cuts looks like, see photo:
We prepare other preparations in the same way. In total, 3 blue and 3 silver blanks will be used for our snowflake.
Now you can start creating the openwork rays of our snowflake. To do this, take one rectangle and carefully fold it in half, aligning the edges.
Using the same principle, we create the remaining shiny rays using a glue gun. There will be 6 of them in total.
For the base of the snowflake, cut out a small circle from silver foamiran. Glue the first blue ray to its wrong side.
We place the second (silver) ray opposite the first.
Now we fix the blue and silver rays between them using hot glue.
On the other side we also glue a couple of rays.
All that remains is to design the middle of our snowflake. To do this, cut out a small circle from silver foamiran and glue it.
Our voluminous snowflake made of shiny foamiran is ready.
Snowflake made from cardboard tubes
New Year's decor can be created even from scrap materials. An example would be a simple and interesting snowflake made from cardboard tubes, and the detailed process of its creation is shown in Marina’s master class. Such crafts can be done with children at home or in middle and senior groups of kindergarten.
To make such a snowflake we prepared:
- cardboard sleeves from toilet paper or paper towels;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- brush;
- PVA glue;
- glitter;
- glue gun;
- scissors.
The first step is to make preparations for the future snowflake. We flatten the cardboard blank, and then make markings at a distance of 1 cm.
Then we need a glue gun, warm it up. He will help us connect 6 cardboard elements in a circle. This will be the base of our snowflake.
To create other elements of the snowflake, we must fold the cardboard strip in half.
In this way we add up the 12 remaining elements.
You should get 6 such blanks for a snowflake.
We begin to glue these blanks inside. We do this using a glue gun.
This is what our snowflake looks like at this stage.
All that remains is to decorate it and apply glitter. To do this, you first need to coat the top part of the craft with PVA glue; it is more convenient to do this with a brush.
Then pour glitter onto a sheet of paper.
Place the snowflake on this sheet with the coated side down. If necessary, glitter can be sprinkled on individual places. Such a snowflake from cardboard sleeve we succeeded.
Other options (photos and videos)
And more voluminous snowflakes from the Internet:
Original snowflakes made from strips of paper:
From voluminous snowflakes you can make beautiful garlands on the walls:
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Remember how, as children, we folded sheets of paper into triangles and randomly cut out all sorts of corners and circles on them, and when we unfolded the sheet, we got an unusual snowflake?
The New Year is coming, and the soul, just like in childhood, asks to decorate your home and office, but also with magical openwork decorations.
Only if earlier we came up with everything ourselves, now there are a lot of all kinds of templates and stencils, by circling them and cutting out the necessary parts, you can create with your own hands stunningly beautiful and quite unusual creations no worse than frost drawing on the windows.
Do you agree that now you want to create a pre-holiday mood? What's the cheapest and easiest way to do this? Cut out homemade ornaments, of course!
Simple and beautiful snowflakes made from paper will be the perfect way to decorate the interior.
There is nothing easier than folding a regular paper square and looking at beautiful patterns to create triangular bases. Or transfer unusual curls from stencils, cutting them out to create unpredictable decoration options in expanded form.
Finished products can be used either separately or formed from them, for example snowfall.
And if a flat openwork snowflake seems too simple to you, then you can use your imagination and make voluminous decorations.
Do-it-yourself volumetric paper snowflakes
Volumetric jewelry looks more impressive than regular ones, and they are also created in a matter of minutes. The only thing is that you will have to tinker a little with gluing the protruding parts, but it’s worth it!
And if an ordinary snowflake is most often then attached somewhere to a surface, then a three-dimensional (volumetric) one can be made of any size. And hang it like in the form Christmas decorations, or additional decor for a chandelier or doorway, or as an independent hanging decoration in the middle of the room.
Volumetric jewelry can be made using several techniques. The most common are: three-dimensional designs from strips, origami, cutting out stencils and gluing them.
Volume is created either by cutting and joining elements of a flat snowflake into protruding elements, or by gluing composite volumetric parts into a single structure.
To create them, in addition to sheets of paper, scissors and imagination, you will need a stapler, thread, glue, clothespins, paper clips and a ruler with a pencil.
Most often, voluminous snowflakes are made from snow-white paper, but no one forbids using colored or shiny paper sheets!
And also already ready product can be covered with glitter. Or weave flowing rain and tinsel into it.
Simple patterns for making voluminous jewelry
There is no more intuitive way of needlework than making your own snowflake according to a pattern. The diagram, instead of words, gives a visual representation of how, step by step, to make with your own hands something that you will be proud of, and something that will delight the eyes of others.
So let's get started:
Scheme for making a three-dimensional “Pinwheel”.
Scheme for making a three-dimensional snowflake “Flower”.
Scheme for making a three-dimensional snowflake in origami style.
As you can see, everything is made quite easily and simply.
Beautiful and voluminous 3D paper snowflakes with your own hands
3D snowflakes are a type of three-dimensional products that, although they look intricate, are actually modeled in just a few simple steps.
Don't believe me? Let's try to make 3 versions of 3D snowflakes together.
What if we first try to make snowflakes from individual strips?
We take a strip and glue its ends together to form a droplet-loop.
Glue 5 droplets together to make something like a twig. For better gluing, you can clamp the “trunk” of the branch with a clothespin.
It is necessary to make 8 such branches.
To hold the branches together, you need to make a core. To do this, you can wrap a strip of paper around a regular bottle of varnish and glue it together.
Glue the branches onto the core and - voila! We've got a voluminous snowflake!
The next snowflake can also be made from stripes, but with a slightly more geometric shape:
We fold the strips crosswise and for better gluing, you can temporarily fasten them with paper clips.
We bend the outer strips into a spiral and glue their ends together.
We add more stripes on top of the previous ones and glue them together in the same way as the previous stripes.
Now we glue the spiral petals to the main guide strips. And to be sure, while the glue is drying, we secure them with paper clips.
We remove the paper clips - our snowflake is ready!
But you can make such interesting snowflakes without using separate strips, but simply by cutting separately folded sheets of paper:
Draw on a square straight lines, along which we will cut snowflakes
Cut along the drawn lines, leaving a slightly uncut edge on one end
Roll up the core and glue it together
We turn the next strips the other way and also glue them together.
The resulting “icicles” must be glued together
And now the voluminous snowflakes can’t wait to be hung on a thread
After all, it really turns out very beautifully?
Snowflake templates for cutting
But if you don’t have much time, then for simplicity and convenience you can use ready-made stencils. To do this, sheets of paper are usually folded in four and templates are transferred onto them, along the lines of which unnecessary parts are cut out. As soon as we unfold the sheet after cutting it out, we will have a snowflake ready!
We suggest you use the following stencils:
Option #1
Option No. 2
Option #3
Option No. 4
Option #5
How to glue voluminous snowflakes
Since snowflakes are usually made from plain or colored paper, any stationery glue for paper products will do.
However, it is worth remembering that the glue stick, if it has dried out a little, will weakly glue paper parts together and may not hold the glued components of bulk products.
Silicate glue is well suited for gluing, but it has one drawback - it takes a very long time to dry and some types of paper get wet through it.
The most the best option there will be PVA glue, which, firstly, dries much faster than silicate glue, secondly, it has a higher viscosity than glue stick, and thirdly, it glues paper products almost tightly.
Therefore, if you have a choice, you should still use PVA glue to glue voluminous snowflakes.
Beautiful snowflakes for windows with cutting templates
And remember how in kindergarten did the teachers help us cut out snowflakes and then glue them on the windows? You immediately got the impression that it was snowing outside the window.
But in addition to simple lace products scattered around the window, you can create entire compositions from them!
For example, lay them out in the form of such a cute snowman, which will certainly bring a smile to everyone passing by:
Or you can depict a snow blizzard:
And this window design option can fully replace any curtains!
In other words, use your imagination and create whatever comes to your mind!
Stencils for cutting snowflakes from paper
And to speed up the process of creating snowflakes of the same type, you can use stencils.
You can either translate the drawing using them and literally cut out gorgeous snowflakes in a matter of minutes. Or, following the example given, draw the necessary lines yourself and get openwork fluffy beauties.
Although stencils slightly limit the flight of imagination, you can still use them to learn how to make more “chiseled” shapes for cutting.
Stencil No. 1
Stencil No. 2
Stencil No. 3 
Stencil No. 4 
Stencil No. 5 
It is also worth saying that in last years It has become very popular to cut out all kinds of shapes from paper using a special, very thin paper scalpel. This trend in needlework has not spared snowflakes!
But for this creation option, we will need stencils that need to be printed, and then applied to a sheet of paper and cut out with a blade using neat, precise movements.
Shall we risk making several of these decorations?
Almost a masterpiece with portraits of movie characters, isn’t it?
And fans of “Star Wars” will appreciate these snowflakes:
Even the most inexperienced needlewomen can cut out such options:
You can even include elements of national ornament: 
As they say, the eyes are afraid, but the hands do! It's definitely worth trying something new!
Snowflake templates for printing from A4 paper
Templates will help in cases where you need to cut out many identical snowflakes.
They can be printed, cut out in the form of such a corner template and then applied to folded paper blanks in order to trace complex details and then cut them out.
To make a template suitable size, you can either transfer it from the monitor screen by applying a sheet and carefully tracing the outline. Or by copying it to a Word file and stretching it on the page to the desired size.
Below we offer you several templates that can be printed on a printer and immediately used to cut out snowflakes on A4 sheets folded into triangles.
Template #1 
Template No. 2 
Template No. 3 
Template No. 4 
Template No. 5
Good luck in your creativity! Let this winter delight you not only with snow, but also with homemade stunning snowflakes that you will make yourself and, quite possibly, with your household!
Happy New Year!
New Year is one of the few holidays when you can show your imagination and create a themed interior design using a variety of handmade crafts.
Even from the most simple materials, for example, from paper, you can realize a lot interesting schemes.
We suggest starting with a traditional decoration for winter holidays - snowflakes. To make her look more elegant and symbolize the New Year’s celebration, it is better to spend a little more time and make a three-dimensional figurine.
Check out the most popular patterns on how to make a 3D paper snowflake with your own hands, and also watch video tutorials with detailed descriptions.
Large multi-colored snowflake
The most common option for making a large voluminous paper snowflake involves using a whole sheet of paper. From it you will get one of the snowflake branches, so take several sheets at once.
To create three-dimensional snowflakes from A4 paper, you first need to cut out square-shaped blanks from this material. We will need six identical squares. In this case, the diagonal of the square will be equal to the radius of the beautiful snowflake that will result in the end: already at the stage of cutting out the blanks, plan the optimal size of your craft.
In addition to paper sheets, you will need scissors, a pencil for sketching in some places, a ruler, a stapler and glue. If you wish, you can also take threads so that after completing the work, large paper snowflakes can be hung on windows or from the ceiling.
Advice: It’s better to make voluminous snowflakes from colored paper, alternating different shades in one figurine or by making several multi-colored decorations of the same size at once.
How to make a 3D paper snowflake step by step
As you can see, creating a bright decoration for the interior is not at all difficult: figure out how to cut out a three-dimensional snowflake from paper and how to wrap its individual parts - and it will only take you a few minutes to complete the work. A simple three-dimensional snowflake made using this method is shown in the photo below.
Another simple way is in the video on making 3D paper snowflakes:
Cut out snowflakes according to patterns
If you want to make decorations with your children, use templates for cutting out voluminous snowflakes. On the Internet you will find many interesting patterns of paper snowflakes for the New Year.
To make the craft three-dimensional, you can perform various manipulations, for example, glue several identical blanks in the center or connect some edges of the cut out fragments.
The following diagrams and templates of paper snowflakes can help you:
Another way to make homemade snowflakes involves preparing several identical figures of different sizes. They are placed on top of each other and secured with glue. We will decorate such a snowflake by creating cuts along the edges for even greater splendor.
For more details, see the video on how to make a three-dimensional paper snowflake step by step:
The master class of three-dimensional snowflakes using the accordion technique deserves special attention. You need to fold the sheet into an accordion and draw the outlines of the future snowflake on one side.
Advice: if you are uncomfortable folding the template several times, you can make a half or quarter snowflake blank - and at the end glue the parts of the accordion to each other.
If you sketch and cut out the figures correctly, you will get light openwork snowflakes like those in the following example.
Gluing a snowflake from paper strips
let's consider step by step diagram a voluminous snowflake made from blanks in the form of thin multi-colored stripes. By the way, both regular sheets of paper and special paper for quilling are suitable for this master class. Additionally, we will use glue, brushes and clothespins.
How to make snowflakes from strips of paper:
The voluminous paper snowflake star is ready, and you can start decorating the interior for the holiday.
A detailed diagram is in the video about do-it-yourself voluminous paper snowflakes:
Multilayer “floral” snowflake
For variety, you can complement traditional New Year decorations with homemade snowflakes resembling flowers. For step by step technique To make voluminous snowflakes of this type, you will need an A4 sheet of paper, a pencil with an eraser, glue and scissors.
Let's look at the process of creating such a paper snowflake in detail.
Fold the sheet diagonally into two parts. Cut off the part that will extend beyond the resulting triangle. Now fold the sheet again and cut the side of the triangle without folds so that you get two petals.
Advice: draw the boundaries for cutting with a simple pencil so that you can immediately see the irregularities and correct the shape.
Trim off any excess and also wipe away pencil marks if they remain on the borders. Similar contours should be made on the petals several times - and not cut completely.
After unfolding the triangle, all that remains is to correctly fold the individual elements of the snowflake. The end of the middle part of the craft should be fastened to the center. The remaining petals are glued together in the same way.
Such a snowflake for the New Year will be a worthy addition to holiday decor. And if you want it to be even more impressive, add other elements on top of the blank or connect such a snowflake with a similar one in the center.
Openwork snowflake quilling
Unusual paper snowflakes can be obtained by sequentially gluing twisted fragments using the quilling technique. We recommend using thin paper, since such strips will be easier to twist to obtain the desired shape.
An openwork snowflake made of paper, made with your own hands, will look no worse than ready-made store-bought decorations. In addition, you can choose the color of such a snowflake to your taste and give it a wide variety of colors. different shapes.
As such, patterns for cutting out snowflakes in in this case No. All you need is to cut strips 2 centimeters wide and 15-25 centimeters long. Twist them and, if necessary, treat them with glue so that the shape holds. Such blanks can be given the appearance of a circle, drop, diamond and many others.
You can attach the edges with a clothespin so that the pointed corners of the elements are preserved until the glue dries.
When all the parts are ready, assemble the snowflake by gluing them together. It’s better to start from the center: place a larger circle here – and form “branches” of the snowflake on several sides. After finished craft When the paper is dry, you can treat the material with glitter, decorate it with ribbons, or attach a loop for hanging snowflakes on the Christmas tree.
DIY voluminous paper snowflake step by step - on video:
Quick snowflake with decorations
And the next method, how to make a New Year's voluminous snowflake out of paper, is suitable for those who do not have much time to create decorations. We will use paper, scissors, glue, as well as beads or rhinestones to decorate crafts. Many squares of the same shape should be cut from paper. You can use ready-made stickers, for example, take white leaves and blue color.
To make beautiful three-dimensional paper snowflakes step by step, roll all the squares into a cone with a corner sticking out. Glue the inside sides together to prevent the cone from falling apart.
Small voluminous snowflakes will be more difficult to make according to this description, so think about how to glue the side parts well: you may have to use a thin brush.
After the glue has dried, begin connecting the elements to each other. Fasten the edges of the cone-shaped blanks in a circle. For reliability, apply glue to the side parts of each figure so that they are connected to each other.
In the photo you will see an example of such snowflakes with two layers. The outer layer is made of smaller cone-shaped blanks. We complete the work by gluing rhinestones or beads in the middle and along the edges. The decoration is ready, and you can quickly make new voluminous paper snowflakes using this method at any time.
Modular snowflakes of different shapes
You can make a beautiful snowflake from large quantity folded triangles attached to each other. To obtain such a voluminous origami snowflake, you should first prepare a large number of parts as shown in the photo with step-by-step instructions.
One of the advantages of this method of creating voluminous Christmas snowflakes from paper is that you can easily adjust the size of the craft by simply adding or removing some elements. By the way, you can use this technique when creating other holiday-themed crafts.
You can also make a craft by folding one piece of paper.
See the details in the video of a 3D origami paper snowflake:
3-D snowflake for the New Year
Finally, we’ll tell you about one more thing interesting option How to make a three-dimensional paper snowflake step by step with your own hands. This time we will make three-dimensional 3D snowflakes.
For this snowflake craft, you will need a stapler, ten pieces of paper (for large snowflakes, take thicker paper), a pencil, thread and scissors. The master class of volumetric paper snowflakes includes several stages:
The 3D volumetric snowflake is ready, but, of course, it will look attractive only when unfolded, so don’t forget about the loop and think about where it’s best to hang such a decoration.
3D snowflakes can be made much faster. We advise you to watch a video on how to make voluminous paper snowflakes with your own hands in different ways:
Armed with our tips and new ideas, start decorating your home for the New Year. Start by looking at pictures of 3D paper snowflakes and choosing the method that suits you - and don't forget to print out the diagrams and snowflake templates if you want to create many of the same decorations.
This whole process can be an interesting way to spend time with your children, so invite them to participate in creating fabulous crafts for the upcoming holidays.
Volumetric snowflake star made of 3d paper - watch a master class on it in this video tutorial:
Decorating your home for the holidays is not an easy task, but nothing is easier if you figure out how to make a paper snowflake - this decor looks attractive and has been relevant for many years. Moreover, you can make not just ordinary flat decorations, but also voluminous ones. By the way, they can be used in interior design, festive table or even decorate a Christmas tree with them.
Classic paper version
Traditional garlands from paper leaves have been cut out for several generations; this is the most popular type of decoration. It’s best to get the whole family together and do this activity - this way you can have a good time and make snowflakes with your own hands - with different designs.Traditional decorations obtained by folding the sheet six times - you can see the patterns of snowflakes. However, if you want to get more exquisite decor, don't stop there classic versions, it is quite possible to fold a piece of paper any number of times - like snowflakes on New Year will turn out to be varied.
What you need to make paper snowflakes yourself:
- paper - simple office white paper is suitable, as well as an album for children's creativity. Particularly dense varieties like watercolor ones should not be taken - such a blank will not be very easy to bend and cut.
- breadboard knife and stationery scissors - directly for cutting. If you plan to make paper snowflakes with your children, make sure they have scissors with rounded ends.
- pencil and eraser - for applying markings and patterns to the workpiece.
Several ways to create
How to make a beautiful snowflake out of paper if you have never done it before? You can go through trial and error if you have enough time and enthusiasm. Fold the sheet in any way convenient for you, and then pick up scissors or a stationery knife.This video shows 3 ways to fold paper to cut out snowflakes:
draw the pattern and cut it out correctly:
If you don't mind bends, you can use nail scissors. First of all, you need to make your future snowflake beautiful region- you can simply cut it with a smooth line, cut out ice crystals or even a few cloves. It all depends on your imagination.
Then you need to cut through the main decorative elements - they can be abstract or quite logical - for example, a pattern with herringbones looks beautiful. After you cut out the main elements, add small ones - it is more convenient to do them with a stationery knife (for this you can place the workpiece on a special mat for cutting paper or on a pile of old newspapers or magazines - this will help protect the table).
Then the workpiece needs to be smoothed. A few attempts will help you get your bearings and decide on a design.
If you don't understand how to fold paper, you can use the most in a simple way- fold the paper sheet in half, then again - a rhombus will come out. Fold it again to form a triangle - the corner where the most folds will be the central part, and free sides- edge. You can look at addition schemes to obtain elements with any number of rays.
Looks impressive colored snowflake made of paper - especially if it bilateral colored paper with glitter effect. By the way, finished snowflake can be decorated with decorative glitter glue.
Try folding the paper for a snowflake according to one of the patterns and cutting out something at your discretion, and if you don’t like the result, you can always print it out beautiful diagram and make snowflakes with your own hands from paper or blanks.
How to cut out big beautiful snowflakes?
Download diagrams of large snowflakes for cutting out of paper or look at stencils of beautiful snowflakes.
More volume
If you want to understand how to make a three-dimensional snowflake out of paper, then first you need to define the terms. Three-dimensional can be either an ordinary shape, which is folded after cutting and fixed in such a way that it turns out to be corrugated, or a structure that is made from several elements.
The most impressive look is the beautiful huge snowflakes (larger in size than an A4 sheet), which are assembled from several fragments. Making a large snowflake without an assembly diagram is very difficult; you need to have good spatial thinking. To understand how to make each element and understand how a three-dimensional structure is obtained from it, it is better to watch a short and understandable master class.
The best DIY voluminous snowflakes made from foil and paper come when you follow inspiration and at the same time look at the working assembly diagram.
Do you want to figure out how to cut snowflakes out of paper with an unusual design in the form of Einstein's head or with symbols from Game of Thrones? You will need snowflake templates to cut out - follow the instructions and you will get exactly the same result as in the image.
If you are confident in your own abilities, then you can try to draw your own stencils for cutting - first we fold the sheet as many times as necessary, then on one side we make a drawing of what should end up and cut it out.
Such decorative elements you can decorate your apartment or christmas tree, and they can also be used at a party - of course, if it is in the spirit of a popular fandom. However, you can go the other way and not print out the finished design, but study step by step wizard class and figure out how a folded triangle of paper turns into familiar symbols and faces.
Try cutting snowflakes out of paper using cutting templates.
Unusual voluminous paper snowflakes can be made in another way - for example, using the quilling technique. You will need strips from which you will twist spirals and glue them together.
Take advantage ready idea with a photo or video, or come up with something of your own. To make voluminous beautiful snowflakes from colored paper with your own hands - take a look step by step lessons and you will learn how to make unusual snowflakes from paper and colored foil by looking at the cutting diagrams.
However, if you like to cut you have good knife for cutting out of paper, you can do fan snowflakes with your own hands. This is a complex design with interesting design, which is assembled from several layers - like a children's pyramid. Each layer consists of sheets of paper folded like a fan, on which fancy patterns are cut out.
Here's a large, voluminous snowflake you can make from two sheets of paper folded like a fan:
Made this way paper fan glued with three or four similar fans - this will be the largest circle. By the way, you can make it quite dense, without a large number of openwork elements, or take sheets of blue or cyan color for production - subsequent layers will show through and the product will actually glow with blue light.
Next paper circle also made from fans, but smaller in size, you can change the depth of the fold and choose interesting drawing. This is how several layers are made step by step - you shouldn’t do too much, 3-6 layers will be enough.
To make unique volumetric ones with your own hands, try using the quilling or origami technique in combination with the fan technique.
To assemble a snow globe, you will need a drawing - you can print it out or come up with it yourself based on the master class. All that is required for this product is to figure out how many elements you will assemble your ball from, and how you will fasten the elements together (the easiest way is to glue them), and then prepare a template for one such element.
Now you know how to cut New Year's snowflakes and can even bring a little winter decoration and comfort to your home even in the hottest summer.
