Folding instructions:
Diagram 1 (See the diagrams)
Fold corner A down to B. (After each fold, run your fingernail along the fold to press it down tight.)
Fold corner C down to D.
If you are using 8 1/2 x 11 paper you will need to cut off the tail along line E. If you use square paper as shown in the diagram, you will not have a tail to cut off. You should have a triangle that looks like the shaded area on the diagram.
Diagram 2 (See the diagrams)
Fold the triangle into equal thirds starting with the left side. Fold A to A, B to B, and C to C.
Diagram 3 (See the diagrams)
Now fold in the opposite third. Fold A to A, B to B, and C to C. The more perfect the paper is folded the more perfect the snowflake will be.
Diagram 4 (See the diagrams)
Your paper should now look like this. On one side of the folded paper you will see a straight line, where the dotted line is shown in the diagram. Cut off the paper along this line. You now have your snowflake triangle and are ready to choose a pattern to make. Choose a pattern to cut out. (See a sample pattern: "Toast to the new year" snowflake.)
Excerpted from Snowflakes For All Seasons by Cindy Higham. Copyright 2004 by Cindy Higham. Excerpted, with permission by Gibbs Smith Publisher. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
