There’s lots of fun awaiting you in the discovery of snowflakes as an art. Yes, paper folding, cutting and decorating is not just fun but inspirational as well. Here’s my holiday list of inexpensive books … plus a Video to get those creative juices flowing:
- Snowflakes, Sunbursts, and Stars: 75 Exquisite Paper Designs to Fold, Cut, and Curl
- Snowflakes for all Seasons: 72 Fold & Cut Paper Snowflakes
- Easy-to-Make Decorative Paper Snowflakes
- Rocky Mountain Snowflakes, New Edition
- Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts
- Snowflake Origami: They Sparkle!
- Make Your Own Paper Snowflakes
- … and more!
There’s lots of fun awaiting you in the discovery of snowflakes as an art. Yes, paper folding, cutting and decorating is not just fun but inspirational as well. Here’s my holiday list of inexpensive books … plus a Video to get those creative juices flowing:
- Snowflakes, Sunbursts, and Stars: 75 Exquisite Paper Designs to Fold, Cut, and Curl
- Snowflakes for all Seasons: 72 Fold & Cut Paper Snowflakes
- Easy-to-Make Decorative Paper Snowflakes
- Rocky Mountain Snowflakes, New Edition
- Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts
- Snowflake Origami: They Sparkle!
- Make Your Own Paper Snowflakes
- … and more!
Make Your Own Paper Snowflakes
Create a snowstorm of eye-catching paper snowflakes. This fun-filled, creative book will take you through all the steps to make 32 lovely, lacy designs ideal for holiday decorations and other imaginative projects. the 32 lovely, lacy designs are printed on one side only of fine quality paper.
Just cut out the reusable templates provided, and trace these delicate designs. Instructions and tips for folding and cutting are included, as well as interesting facts and quotes about snow. The cobwebby patterns, which are grouped according to skill levels, range from fanciful to realistic.
Full story : Make Your Own Paper Snowflakes by Peggy Edwards
Snowflakes for all Seasons: 72 Fold & Cut Paper Snowflakes
Snowflakes for all Seasons: 72 Fold & Cut Paper SnowflakesSnowflakes You Can Make is the best snowflake book ever created! Why make boring old, everyday cut-out snowflakes when you can customize them for any special situation?
This craft book is perfect for kids of all ages, and will turn anyone into a snowflake pro. There are snowflake patterns for Valentines Day hearts, St. Patrick’s Day shamrocks, birds and flowers for spring, the Liberty bell for Independence Day, leaves for fall, spiders and pumpkins for Halloween, pilgrims for Thanksgiving, Christmas trees, bells, and candles for Christmas, plus lots of fun “traditional” snowflakes (snowflakes that look like, well…snowflakes!) and more. Full story : Snowflakes for all Seasons by Cindy Higham
Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts
Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts shows you how to make your snowflakes wild and wonderful, perfect for that family get-together or holiday party. This craft book will turn anyone into a snowflake pro. It contains 75 full-sized patterns and includes instructions for folding, cutting, and decorating your snowflakes.
Cindy Higham is the author of Snowflakes for All Seasons. She lives in Utah. Full story : Snowflakes: Creative Paper Cutouts by Cindy Higham
Easy-to-Make Decorative Paper Snowflakes
Easy-to-Make Decorative Paper SnowflakesWith the 45 elegant designs in this book and a pair of sharp scissors, you can cut up a snowstorm of beautiful paper snowflakes, perfect for Christmas tree ornaments and other holiday decorations.
The airy, lacy designs can also be adapted as valentines, greeting cards, table centerpieces, and decorations of all kinds Full story : Easy-to-Make Decorative Paper Snowflakes, Other Paper Crafts, by Brenda Lee Reed
Snowflake Origami: They Sparkle!
reate your own Winter Wonderland! This kit includes a 48-page book of simple step-by-step fold-and-cut instructions to create a variety of beautiful paper snowflakes.
Packaged with the book are a miniature pair of scissors and twenty-eight sheets of colorful, iridescent, and textured paper that will produce a dazzling display of snowflake designs. Full story : Snowflake Origami: They Sparkle! by Jordana Tusman
Snowflakes, Sunbursts, and Stars: 75 Exquisite Paper Designs to Fold, Cut, and Curl
Snowflakes, Sunbursts, and Stars: 75 Exquisite Paper Designs to Fold, Cut, and CurlThis gorgeous volume offers readers everything they need to know to capture, in paper, the perfect geometry and delicate beauty of snowflakes, sunbursts, and stars. Ayako Brodek (Origami and Kirigami) and Shannon Voigt (Quilling), two of today’s leading papercrafters, provide all the techniques for creating seventy-five exquisite shapes that can then be used to fashion a multitude of decorative and practical pieces.
The book opens with an overview of the three different styles and goes on to explain, in detail, the core techniques of each. Step-by-step photos complement the instructional text, covering paper selection, fundamental skills, and tools. The next section is organized by style (Origami, Kirigami, Quilling), with designs for the three motifs, as well as twenty-five projects for each style. Full story : Snowflakes, Sunbursts, and Stars by Ayako Brodek
Rocky Mountain Snowflakes, New Edition
This new edition contains all your old favorites plus one new pattern, “Stars and Stripes”. These paper snowflakes are easy for you to tear out, fold up and cut into the most surprising designs.
Twenty-one artistic patterns include Angels in Flight, Bare Branches, Candelabra, Crystal, Daisy Bouquet, Dancing Ballerinas, Holy Star, Ice Queen, Ice Web, Nineteen Stars, Peace Bells, Praying Angels, Santa Claus, Santa Fe, Six Geese a Layin’, Snow Bunting Flock, Tiny Reindeer, Tophat Snowmen, Unicorns and White Butterflies (plus the new Stars and Stripes). AND there are five more pages, blank, so YOU can be inventive and create your own ideas. The paper is especially selected for its excellence. You can fold and cut through 12 layers! Directions on each page and the pattern cut completely away leaving a beautiful, six-pointed snowflake. “Rocky Mountain Snowflakes” is a real souvenir of the U.S.A. West, headquarters in Colorado. Full story : Rocky Mountain Snowflakes, New Edition by Debra Bangert Bonzek
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