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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Painted Paper Snowflakes How-To

We tried a new family craft together as a celebration of winter. Making paper snowflakes is something my mama taught me when I was little, and we used to add glitter details to make them shimmer. Making paper snowflakes is now something we do as a family but with a couple of watercolor aficionados in the house, we added paint. Here's how to do this easy craft with your kids:



Paint white paper with blue and teal and purple watercolors (you know, all those great icy colors!) in whatever patterns you want:


Once it's dry, fold and cut up snowflakes as per usual:





We like to hang ours from the ceiling or tape them to the windows. Do you like to make paper snowflakes too? What do you do with yours?

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