This simple activity is especially fun for parents and kids to do together. While cutting your snowflakes, you can talk about what they may look like when you unfold them. And when you're done, you can talk together about how no two snowflakes are alike.
Lightweight paper, such as copier paper
Pencil
Paper plate or bowl
Scissors
String or thread
Step 1
Help your child make a large circle on white or colored paper by tracing a paper plate, bowl, or other round object.
Step 2
Help your child cut out the circle. Using your own circle to demonstrate, show your child how to fold the circle in half. Now fold the half-circle in half again, and in half once more.
Step 3
Show your child how to draw small shapes along the folded edges. (Make sure she leaves spaces between the shapes.) Help your child cut out the shapes.
Step 4
Now open the snowflake up to see the design. You can use string or clear thread to display it.
Created and written by Karen Baicker; Illustrated by Monica Gesue
