October 14, 2026

3D Paper Snowflake Templates and Step-by-Step Folding Guide

Paper snowflakes hanging in a window
Paper snowflakes hanging in a window

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.

Download

Download the folding guide

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.