As I try to find a few minutes here and there in the midst of a very busy weekend, I recruited the birthday girl to make some 3 dimensional snowflakes. They are quite stunning and will really help to create the wintry look I am going for.  Eden’s birthday is now just a few days away and as the weekend draws to an end, I know I will be busy baking cakes and pulling together the final plans for her “Snowflake” theme every evening this week. I decided to go with the “winter” theme not so much because it is a “theme” party, but more so because we were taking the girls “snow tubing” at a local park. As it turns out, I am not sure if we will be able to spend the evening outdoors or not, as the forecast does not look great for the coming weekend. If not, I know the girls will be fine hanging-out at home. Regardless, we will continue to decorate around a winter theme.

Eden did an awesome job of making this 3D snowflake for the party. Although these snowflakes take more time than a typical one, they are not difficult to make and it is fun to include the birthday girl in the party preparations. Here is a complete step by step picture tutorial, but for a complete video tutorial check-out this link.

Take 6 sheets of regular 8 1/2″ X 11″ paper.

Fold over one corner to create a triangle.

Cut off the extra paper at the end.

Fold the triangle in half.

Make slits across the triangle.

Open up the triangle.

Open up to reveal the cut square.

Roll the centre by taking the edges and overlapping them. Tape in place.

Flip the square over and pull the corners of the next biggest square towards the centre, roll them and tape them.

Flip the square over. Pick-up the corners of the next square, roll towards the centre and secure.

Continue to flip, roll and secure until the entire section is complete.

Completed section.

Repeat the process with all six sheets of paper and then join all six sections together.

Completed 3D snowflake.

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