October 14, 2026
3D Paper Snowflake Templates and Step-by-Step Folding Guide


The flat snowflake is a fold-and-cut. The 3D one is six identical strips stapled into a star. The printable walks through both.
Flat snowflake
Fold a square into a triangle, then again, then cut small shapes on the folds. Unfold last.
3D snowflake
Cut six strips. Accordion-fold each one. Staple them together at the centre and open them into a ball. A thread through the top hangs it.
Hang a few
Three in a window is a scene. Thirty is a project you may not finish.
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Want the mess to stay at the studio? Open Studio in Milton is a drop-in hour for this kind of making. Weekend sessions are on the events page.