Good afternoon, today I am uploading the biggest article on in a variety of ways make a snowflake with your own hands. Today you will see snowflakes made in different techniques from cut out of paper to molded from liquid caramel. You will see beautiful craft snowflakes - woven from beads, sculpted from dough. Will many interesting MASTER CLASSES on snowflakes(glue, beads, paper). You will definitely find an idea for your homemade snow art here. Making snowflakes with your own hands is easy and pleasant at home - doable ideas for snowflake crafts with kids and smart ideas for adult creativity.
So let's see what we'll be doing today.

• Culinary snowflakes (made from dough, made from caramel, from corn balls)
• Snowflakes made from recycled material ( from toilet paper, from threads and glue)
• Snowflakes in twisted Quilling technique(with elegant decor
• Snowflakes made of plastic ( bottle bottoms and children's thermo-mosaic)
• Snowflakes from natural material(from ice, wood)
• Snowflakes from felt, crochet and wicker from beads.

That is, there will be a lot of interesting things. So... let's get started.

PAPER SNOWFLAKES for interior decor.
how to do it yourself.

Let's start with paper ideas for creating craft snowflakes. And this is not just cutting out of thin paper... now I will show you 3D snowflakes, using the origami technique, using the rolling-quilling technique, and cardboard roll snowflakes.

FLAT SNOWFLAKES MADE OF PAPER.

(openwork beauties and crafts made from them).

Snowflakes can be ordinary FLAT... when they are made from paper triangle roll... a pattern is cut out on it... a triangular fold is unfolded and you get an openwork snowflake and paper in which the reflection circular symmetry of the pattern.

A lot of ideas and carving patterns of openwork paper snowflakes I will describe it in a separate article (so as not to clutter this page). And then a link to it will appear here.
Because paper snowflakes can be made NOT ONLY using the LACERY CUT-OUT technique. And now you will see this for yourself.

As you can see in the photo above, paper snowflakes can not only be glued to windows (as in childhood), they can be used to decorate gift packages, postcards, trees near the porch, and ribbons hanging from curtain rods.

You can also make paper snowflakes New Year's wreaths on the wall. A wreath of just white snowflakes looks very gentle and beautiful... and it’s very good if you choose another color (red or blue) in pair with the white color.

These are the kind of delicate snowflakes that I teach you how to cut in a special article.

You can make other snowflakes from paper snowflakes silhouette displays on the wall- For example Christmas tree silhouette. And with the light hand of an unknown author, I learned the idea of ​​​​how to create snow-white figurines of ballerinas in a snowflake skirt from paper. Dancer silhouette We also cut it out of white paper... and make the central hole on the snowflake larger so that it fits.

You can also add this Christmas wreath made of paper snowflakes LED New Year's garland.

The photo below shows that this requires a wire frame - but this is optional. You can simply cut out a ring of cardboard, wrap this ring with a garland - and then use tape (with double-sided Velcro) cover a cardboard ring with openwork snowflakes from thin paper.

Snowflakes are also cut out from thicker cardboard or felt. and hang them on Christmas trees. Naturally, there is no need to fold the cardboard into a triangular wrap - we simply transfer the outline of a thin paper snowflake onto the cardboard, trace it with a pencil and cut it out. And then you can decorate a paper snowflake with a pattern.

SNOWFLAKE WITH GLUE PATTERN– to make the pattern convex and contour, you can simply take a jar of PVC glue that has a thin spout and squeeze the pattern onto the plane of the snowflake (as in the left photo below).

SNOWFLAKE WITH A PATTERN OF COTTON SWIPS. You just need to take cotton swabs and cut off the cotton tops from them (smooth them a little with the same glue) and apply them in the form of a pattern on a cardboard cutout (as in the right photo below).

VOLUME 3D-SNOWFLAKES made of paper.
(multilayer, fan and origami crafts)

Here are more ideas for multi-layered snowflakes . The principle of the craft is simple– cut out snowflakes of different sizes from thin paper. We transfer their contours onto thick cardboard - cut out silhouettes of cardboard snowflakes.

We take a piece of polystyrene foam (the one used to insulate cracks on windows is suitable; you always have leftovers of such material at home) and cut several small pieces. These plump squares we use foam plastic as spacer between cardboard layers snowflakes.

Or use our paper snow art add some ORIGAMI principles. That is cut out paper modules - bend them so that you get FIGURED RAYS and place the rays in the form of a snowflake on the round base (attaching them to the base with glue).

Or collect cardboard 3D-snowflake of two stars cut out on thick cardboard. Every star has vertical cut - between the legs. And cardboard stars put on each other This cut (see photo of the snowflake above) is very easy to do with your own hands.

Schemes and master classes for creating these snowflakes (pictured above) are in the article

You can also do snowflake crafts like a paper fan. They only look complicated, but are very simple to make. I even found a master class. Very simple.

Below I give a diagram for assembling such a voluminous paper snowflake. You can see for yourself how simple the steps are master class on assembling a fan paper snowflake. A simple craft that can be easily done at home with children.

Moreover, the edges of such a snowflake accordion can be make it curly in advance(like in the photo below).

You see, when we were drawing our accordion model, we came up with make some of the teeth on the paper accordion higher than the rest- in the form of a three-leafed peak.

Such a FAN SNOWFLAKE can be made from NOTE PAPER... and additionally decorate with Christmas tree branches, pieces of shiny tulle rags and pictures cut out from a postcard. Like in the photo below. It turns out one-piece art craft do it yourself - you can stick it on a gift bag. Or hang it from a loop on the Christmas tree...

Snowflake made from toilet paper rolls

THREE DIY CRAFTS.

You can also make a beautiful snowflake from toilet paper rolls. Here's how to do it yourself. Toilet paper roll squeeze it a little and cut it into rings. Every squeezed ring lay symmetrically in a circle in the shape of a snowflake.

This paper snowflake can be painted red and sprinkle nail glitter.

And pay attention to the photo below that inside the ray-rolls there are more a few smaller rolls of paper.

Toilet paper rings can be cut very thin and tie them bunch in a circle(pull the thread and pull it into a bun). You will get an aerial miracle like the one in the photo below. Paint everything with white paint and sprinkle with silver glitter.

And even if you don’t have toilet paper rolls, you can make a snowflake from ordinary white sheets of office paper(cut strips and twist them into rings of different sizes... And then from these rings collect rays of snowflakes... and then collect and glue all the rays together - and you get a paper snowflake like in the photo.

Snowflakes made of paper - using the QUILING technique.

(photos of the best options)

You can also make paper snowflakes with your own hands - USING THE QUILLING TECHNIQUE. For this you need twist FIGURED flagella from thin strips of paper.

It's easy. I simply wrap the strip around a toothpick (or a special pin for quilling), and then remove the twist (I loosen it to the size we need, smooth it, press it with my hands, giving it the desired shape... and fix the tip of the twist with glue).

Make a lot of twist modules of different shapes and assemble them quilling snowflake. You can practice making this paper snowflake craft at home with your children. Children will have fun twirling the modules and folding the snowflake pattern.

Such a paper snowflake craft can be made using the Quilling technique from colored paper. It turns out even more beautiful. Airy lines and clear spots of color. And opportunity decorate the nodal points of the pattern bright rhinestones. These are the colorful snowflake crafts we make.

A snowflake made of paper in red and white colors looks beautiful. If you are planning a party and have decided to decorate the Christmas tree in white and red colors, then such paper snowflakes will help you save on buying New Year’s decorations. They can be made in the same color scheme but different in shape and size.

Snowflake craft made from caramel.

Take caramel candies white (milk) and red (for example, barberries). We put them in different saucepans, pour water on the bottom (so that the caramel doesn’t burn) and put them on the fire. Our task melt the caramel until liquid. When the caramel becomes liquid, we will make snowflakes out of it. Take a sheet of foil for baking(smooth, not crumpled) - put it on a board. And on this metal sheet we draw snowflakes with liquid caramel - pour in a thick stream(it’s more convenient to pour from a hot saucepan with a spout). Let it cool and get caramel-glass snowflakes - such crafts can be hung on ribbons by the window and let the rays of the winter sun play with them and sparkle.

You can also simply string pieces of marmalade onto a wire and also get an interesting snowflake. Or glue a snowflake out of corn balls. Children will love this New Year's craft. This is more interesting and tastier than paper crafts.

DIY snowflakes - made from pasta and glue.

And children will also love these New Year’s pasta crafts... When we take pasta of different shapes, we put them in a snowflake pattern on paper - and then carefully one after another glue them together with barrels. This pasta snowflake can be painted with gold paint

You can also glue pasta to round pieces of cardboard or linen paper so that they have a strong base for gluing.

How to make a craft snowflake FROM DOUGH.

Here is a master class on how to make a snowflake from dough. Make cookie dough and use regular cookie cutters to press out a symmetrical circular pattern.

You can cut out a snowflake made from salt dough. Squeeze out with a foam bowl. And if you don’t have such a snowflake mold, then you can do it the artisan way - put it on the dough cardboard figure snowflakes and trace it around with a knife.

SNOWFLAKES MADE OF PLASTIC.

(beautiful DIY crafts)

I found several examples of New Year's crafts made of plastic with the image of snowflakes. Let us look at them now - you will probably choose a method for yourself.

Model 1 – snowflakes from the bottoms of a plastic bottle.

We take a plastic bottle of mineral water - it is made of bluish plastic - that is, it has a beautiful snowy tint. Just what we need.

Using scissors or a file, cut off the bottom. On it we draw the outlines of a fluffy snowflake with white or blue paint. And we drill a hole through which we thread a ribbon hanger. A good craft for working with children - you cut bottles (an ordinary knife works well), and the children draw a snowflake pattern.

DIY snowflakes from transparent plates.

You can also made from a thick sheet of transparent plastic cut out neat stars and decorate them in the center with a snowflake design. You can take plastic from old packing boxes with a transparent display side. Another sheet of plastic can serve transparent kitchen table mat. Or a thick stationery folder will also work. We get a beautiful New Year's craft with our own hands.

Snowflakes made from lids.

Even plastic bottle caps can serve the common cause of New Year's apartment decor. They can be glued to a piece of cardboard or plywood, and then cut along the contour. Or attach the lids to each other with glue from a glue gun.

Snowflakes-crafts from thermo-mosaic.

You can also take an ordinary children's thermo-construction set - with these bubbles - you string them on pins, making a pattern, and then bake them in the microwave or oven - and you get a whole craft item. In our case, we lay out a snowflake pattern and get an original patterned beauty made of plastic, made with our own skillful hands.

Snowflakes made from GLUE and THREAD

Three simple crafts for kids.

And in this chapter of our article I have collected THREE IDEAS on how to make a snowflake USING GLUE, where it is the glue itself that will be the main material snowflakes. Let's look at these methods - they are all simple and easy to do with your own hands in ordinary home conditions.

MASTER CLASS No. 1 – snowflake from a GLUE GUN.

The simple method is to apply a snowflake design on a sheet of polyethylene using a glue gun. We dry it and cover it with glitter.

MASTER CLASS No. 1 – a snowflake made of glue on a thread frame.

Very beautiful snowflakes, translucent and delicate. Now you will learn step by step how to make such a craft with your own hands.

STEP 1 Draw a snowflake on a sheet of paper - the snowflake pattern can be anything - but with one mandatory condition - the drawing must be FRAMED - so that there are closed cells (for what, you will now understand).

Cover the sheet with the design with thick film (or simply put this sheet inside a plastic office file).

STEP 2. And now, according to this pattern, we lay a thick thread (from any suitable yarn for knitting). To ensure that the thread fits easily into the mold, it needs to be moistened - but not in water, but in PVA GLUE. The wet thread will easily take the shape we need. And it will harden and become stale in it due to the glue drying.

STEP 3. Now (without even waiting for our thread frame to dry) we will fill the cells of the snowflake with glue. Directly pour from the tube inside- we make one like this puddle, the sides of which are thread.

And so that the glue filling is not white, but colored - it can be mixed with paint. We take a drop of gouache on a brush and mix it in our glue puddle, right in the cell of the snowflake.

We do this - with each cell - leaving empty cells between them. And carefully place our sheet dry out of the reach of children. Let it lie there for a couple of days so that everything dries thoroughly.

When the snowflake dries, it will be gone easy to separate from polyethylene and hang it by a string on a window or on a Christmas tree. But it’s better to put it on a window - since the light will beautifully penetrate through the blue adhesive cells of the rays of the craft snowflake.

Here's another good way to make a snowflake from glue and thread with your own hands.

MASTER CLASS No. 3 – snowflake made from sewing threads and glue.

We need a sheet of polyethylene - glue and white spool threads.
On a piece of paper - make a round puddle of glue— the size of the puddle should match the size of the silhouette of the future snowflake. That is, first we will cut out our sample snowflake shape made from cardboard and then we make a puddle of glue that is proportional to this snowflake silhouette.

Next, we CHAOTICALLY LAY the thread onto this puddle of glue - place it and place it as it fits - in several layers - in different directions. And we dry this whole puddle. And then, when everything is dry, we take this round thread glue plate... we apply a snowflake template to it and cut it out along the contour. We get a beautiful, elegant, hand-made snowflake craft.

DIY snowflakes

Made from NATURAL MATERIAL.

You can make a snowflake from the material that nature gave us. These could be knots from chopped tree branches.

You can make a snowflake from leftover lumber brought from the dacha.

You can make snowflakes from straw and thread - as shown in the photo below. If you look closely at the photo you can see how to do it all.

Better yet, I’ll draw and tell you step by step how to make one such snowflake. And it will become more clear.

You can also do craft snowflakes made from ICE. Take several cups and freeze ice cubes in them (pour water and put them in the cold. Take the ice cubes out of the glasses and paint a snowflake on each one and melt a hole with a hot nail. It is better to carry out the work in a cold room outside - so that the ice cubes do not melt. And then you can use them hang beautifully along the window ledge - on the back street side. Or on a tree by the gate... or under a canopy over the porch. Let them weigh and tinkle in the wind.

How to make snowflakes from felt.

I have . It’s very large, and there are a lot of ideas about what decorations you can make for your Christmas tree from bright felt.
And of course you can cut snowflakes out of it. Made from thick felt Simply cut out the contours and the snowflake will keep its shape. Made from thin felt The snowflake needs to be glued to the base.

But PETAL snowflakes - they are made very easily with your own hands. Now you will find out how...

Round piece of felt cut diagonally in circles- like pizza into pieces - we get something like flower petals. Each petal round it, sharpen it along the edge(some kind of pattern - a ribbed or a piping).
And then At the very root, we STITCH and TIGHTE each petal - that is, we press the blades of the petal to each other and sew them together with threads. We get a petal snowflake made of felt - decorate it with oval beads or long glass beads.

And here is a model of a snowflake, which at first was flat - and then it was made voluminous by carving and bending. And they decorated it with large rhinestones and a small textile decorative flower.

You can make beautiful Christmas crafts from felt snowflakes.

SNOWFLAKES made of beads.

MASTER CLASSES of weaving and DIAGRAMS.

Well, finally the turn has come to the beaded snowflakes. Very beautiful things. And most importantly, they are created very quickly - it takes a beginner 30 minutes to create such a snowflake. I checked it on myself - last week I wove this BLUE SNOWFLAKE - I wove it without a pattern based on this photo(made of gold and white beads with bronze bugles - it turned out great). First time in my life. And everything worked out. I wove not on a fishing line, but on the wire– large snowflakes should be woven exactly this way – with wire – so that the rays stay straight to the sides.

The alternation of large long beads and small grainy beads - in the SAME COLOR SAMPLE - looks beautiful. Especially beautiful are homemade snowflakes made of beads and beads, made in a snowy, dazzling white color.

The beads look beautiful their transparent crystals. It turns out to be a crystal icy snowflake - just like a real one, made with your own hands.

And here is a MASTER CLASS on weaving snowflakes from beads. In the detailed photo instructions we see every step of the lesson on assembling a snowflake from blue beads. And it immediately becomes clear that making such a snowflake with your own hands is quite simple and easy. Try it and everything will work out. You only need six large beads - the rest are ordinary beads.

And here's another master class on weaving figured snowflakes from beads of different colors. The red dots show the movement of the beads along the beads - either end-to-end passages through the previous row or new layers of bead rows and one-to-one passages through the first tier of the pattern.

And here are more diagrams... IN THE FIRST SNOWFLAKE, the rows are shown in different colors - so that the weaving sequence is clear. AND SECONDLY, you need to take a closer look and figure out for yourself what follows what.

And here are examples of snowflakes that have the SAME START OF WEAVING - that is, you see that the central part of three snowflakes is the same. We begin weaving according to the same pattern for everyone, and only then add different patterned rays as you like.

Here are examples of snowflakes in the assembly of which more people participate: and long tubes of bugles. The weaving pattern of such a snowflake-star is clear even from a photograph. But if not, write in the comments, I’ll draw a step-by-step picture and post it here.

These beaded snowflakes can become designer earrings.

Or wicker snowflakes can become decor for a New Year's ball. Also, as you can see, it is original and beautiful.

Here are some ideas for doing it yourself. I poured out a SEA OF SNOWFLAKES for you today - whole snowdrifts of snowy ideas. Choose any one for your home New Year's joy.

Happy crafting.

Happy New Year.

Happiness to your Home and Family.
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Dawn rises over the city,
And in my room through the curtains
Frosty patterns sparkle
A soft, even light shines.

It is completely light and the night is leaving.
The East is burning from afar,
And the clouds turn pink.
The sun is rising above the horizon.

The night passed without a trace,
Half the sky is pink,
And on the window in the rays of dawn
Ice crystals burn with fire.

A ray of sunshine is shining outside the window,
Sparkling with sparks of fire,
Warmly caressing and beckoning, -
And now the ice on the windows is melting,

And drops of ice water
Flow down the glass like tears
And they disappear like dreams
Leaving wet footprints

And in the sky, clear and high,
From the kingdom of ice and winter storms,
Pure azure shines
And it flows in a blue stream.

Everything ingenious is simple, and I also would never have thought that using ordinary PVA glue you can create beautiful window stickers. As our dad says, homemade snowflakes made of polyvinyl acetate))))))))) The price of the issue is a little less than two euros, and there will be so many snowflakes that there will be enough of them for all the windows, glass and mirrors in the apartment :) The idea of ​​​​creating such “stained glass windows” came to me spontaneously, although much later I came across one entry on the Internet that said that something similar can be created using a mixture of glue, talc and paints. But we don’t need any impurities - only your desire to create! The material is blessed: pva is non-toxic, peels off easily, if you apply it sparingly, it is not fragile, and these stickers can be used many times. Of course, there are some nuances here too, which I will mention, but there won’t be a detailed master class, everything is extremely simple and clear, as in all of our crafts with the baby. What else we liked about the implementation of my idea: the stickers are transparent, during the day they do not interfere with the view of the street :), and in the evening they are beautifully illuminated by street lights and flicker “icy”. They are reusable: easy to remove and stick back. They don't peel off on their own. No cutting (after I cut out my daughter’s home theater, I shudder at the scissors at all), no endless paper waste, and, most importantly, fast, easy, pleasant and... beautiful. Very beautiful!

So, to create such stickers we will need:

• transparent files

• medical syringe without a needle (I have 12 ml)

• stencil drawings to suit your taste (pre-printed on A4 sheets)

• brush (which is good for “killing” with glue)

Then everything is done simply: insert the sheet with the stencil into a file, place it on a hard surface, pour PVA glue into a syringe (or any other container convenient for you, the main thing is that the “nose” leaves a fairly thin mark. For kids, it’s better to find a soft bottle, like drop dispensers for the nose and eyes) and apply a pattern over the file. Make sure that the glue is not applied flatly, but rather in a thick enough layer: even a very thin pattern can be removed from the film without breaking, but if desired, it will be more difficult to remove it from the window. That is, the thicker the layer of pva, the more convenient it is to use such a “sticker”. Next, we put our drawing in a safe place to dry for 24 hours (overnight was often enough for us if we made snowflakes in the evening), and after they dry (the glue will become completely transparent), we remove our sticker from the film - it comes off very easily. Apply it carefully to the glass and smooth it out.

Nuances:
- it is better to take drawings without many small “internal” details and rather large ones, since the glue spreads a little and you can get a solid transparent spot instead of an elegant pattern. Ideally, these should be completely filled in shapes, like Christmas trees, balls, etc. This is especially true when working with children: Masha painted simple large figures, as in the color photograph above, herself without any problems.
- if the picture is large enough and requires a “solid” filling of glue, it is more convenient to use a brush to smear it, and squeeze the glue directly from the bottle. Faster and easier.
- if you leave the glue in the syringe overnight, after covering the nozzle with a needle cap, then in the morning it will be a little denser and the glue will spread less. That is, you can draw more subtle patterns.
- if necessary, the stained glass window can be easily removed from the window, you just need to slightly pick it up with your fingernail and carefully separate it from the glass, BUT, if you have previously ventilated the room or the window is very frozen, the thin pictures will break. In this case, you need to wait for the window to warm up)) The same thing happens if you added glitter glue to the PVA or painted over the sticker - it becomes more fragile. It happens that the sticker sticks well to the window: try moistening it with a damp cloth and wait a few minutes. PVA is made on a water basis, so it is easiest to “soak” it with water.
- if the sticker begins to stick poorly to the glass, just moisten it a little from the inside (pass it over a wet cloth), and it will stick perfectly again.

It doesn’t matter if the picture is “blurred” in some place, after drying it can be easily “corrected” with scissors - pva is easily cut in a dried state. For the same reason, it’s not scary if the baby goes beyond the edges of the picture when coloring the sticker or smearing the glue - all the excess will be cut off.

Options- there are many of them, ideas come to me every day, so far I will describe those tested from personal experience and those that I managed to photograph :)

1. Directly by “improving” the glue itself.

• You can pre-mix glue and small glitter. I haven’t yet come up with anything better than removing the plunger from the syringe, pouring glue inside, then pouring glitter or paint and stirring the contents until smooth with a thin stick (I used a hairpin). Thus, you can pour glitter into the next syringe or pour paint of a different color... If you use several syringes with different colors of PVA, then what is not a set of stained glass paints?)))))) (by the way, they are made on the basis of PVA, to what extent I know). I like stained glass without any impurities, transparent and “icy”, but in artificial light the sparkles also shimmer beautifully, so make different options.
• You can sprinkle glitter on the picture you just drew, or later, when the glue has dried, apply a thin layer of glue and sprinkle it again with glitter or stick on sequins, etc. This method is not convenient if the drawing contains many finely drawn details - it will take a lot of time to go over them carefully with a brush without going beyond the edges. By the way, I didn’t notice too noticeable external difference in the final version when glitter was pre-mixed into the glue or sprinkled on the finished drawing.
• You can apply a gold or silver or other colored outline along the edge of the drawings. Also an interesting option.
• Paints can also be used in two ways, even three:

- mix them until smooth with glue,
- drop a few drops onto the drawing you just applied and apply stains with a brush (painting evenly in this case will not work)
- apply paint over the dried craft. In this case, be prepared for the sticker to become more fragile and less flexible.
Conclusion: if you want to achieve relative transparency of the sticker, then mix the paint first, add a little of it, but when applying paint to a dried sticker, the stained glass window will turn out opaque. As far as I understand, gel from gel pens was previously added to homemade stained glass paints; apparently, the gel-like structure of the paint gives greater transparency.

And now for a variety of crafts where you can still use the miracle pva.

2. Take large eyes for toys (I bought a whole bag of different sizes at a craft store for 1.5 euros), apply thick, even glue to the back side and leave to dry for 12 hours. Voila! We glue the eyes on a window, mirror, refrigerator, and, depending on the material of the “backing,” we give the child either pencil-markers for glass (I wrote about similar ones) or erasable markers for magnetic boards, if you draw on the board. Let the child draw various characters around these eyes, be it monsters or fluffy bunnies. In the photo there are my doodles as an example; Masha’s drawing is more abstract so far. The young ladies who visited Masha know what our window in the living room looks like)))))))

3. If you have leftover leaves, grass, flowers or plant branches dried from autumn, you can make amazing “frozen” things from them)))) After making holes, you can hang them like a garland, stick them on glass or use them as key chains. We are going to decorate New Year's gifts with small “ice pieces”.

If you wish, you can use scissors to give the edges of the sticker a jagged appearance that imitates the contours of a leaf, or even come up with some interesting shape of your own. Only then you need to spread the glue on the leaf, going far beyond the edges.

4. These stickers can also be used in the bathroom. Masha made the snowflake in the photo entirely herself and glued it to the tile. When we have a little more time (freed from the New Year's bustle), she and I will draw funny colorful animals. The paint here, by the way, was applied to glue that had not dried and streaks and dots were made with a brush. These snowflake blots have been hanging in our bathroom for three weeks now and show no desire to come off :)

5. You can make a whole garland of their snowflakes, for example, and decorate your house or Christmas tree with them.

And another photo...

In this photo you can see that in daylight the snowflakes with sparkles look a little darker.

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The public has had questions about the glue we use. I answer - this is pva from Eskaro (330 ml), there is no other product sold in Estonia. At least I took what was on the shelf at the hardware store. For small and ornamental works we use Bikovsky (118 ml). Both become transparent as they dry, but the Bikovsky one was not tested for a thick layer and transparency. Since I published the master class (on my blog), I have received two “complaints”: for one girl, the glue curled and shrunk after drying, for the second, it did not become transparent. Conclusion - choose high-quality glue.
P.S. I came across a very good review of Escaro from craftsmen who make cold porcelain.

New Year's holiday is fun, large-scale and requires preparation in advance, on all fronts, from gifts and congratulations, to decorations and table decoration.

You can make a lot of interesting New Year's crafts while sitting on the couch without spending a lot of effort and energy - a snowflake made from glue is one of them. Below is a detailed master class.

A glue snowflake can act either as an independent decoration or as an integral element of a larger scale craft. It is durable, unlike paper, and looks amazing.

First, let's take a simple one, print it out - it will serve as the basis. You can choose any form, preferably more than one.

Using a gun, or simply from a tube, if you have one, squeeze silicone glue onto the stencil and draw a snowflake along the contours, filling the space. When you're done, let it dry a little.

Then we paint the craft a little with white paint to make it more like the original. Any quick-drying white paint or even a corrector (putty) for notes will be suitable for this.

Let's apply it, and before it dries, sprinkle the glue snowflake with glitter. If you just want white snowflakes, you don't have to do this.

The craft is ready to use. We repeat the procedure several more times until we get the required amount. Then you can directly decorate the Christmas tree with them, include them in a garland, and paste them on the windows.

Of course, the most popular material for making snowflakes is paper, but with a little imagination and a little ingenuity, you can make this type of decor from other available materials, such as wire, beads, felt fabric, plastic bottles, cotton swabs and much more. Today we will tell you what to make snowflakes from for home decor. Ready-made snowflakes can be used to decorate a Christmas tree, curtain rod, door handles, ceiling chandeliers, and wall sconces.

What can you make snowflakes from or how to make snowflakes with your own hands.

Such snowflakes can be collected from a wide variety of pasta; in this example, shells and bows were used. We place the future snowflake on the table, glue all the pasta together with a hot glue gun or polymer glue, and finally paint the product with acrylic paint. You can read more about making such snowflakes; various examples of pasta snowflakes are also presented there.

Snowflakes made of wire.

We take a long piece of wire, wind one of the ends into a spiral, string a transparent bead, create a loop, followed by two more loops, twist the ends with loops. We proceed to the next part of the snowflake, thread the bead, create a long loop, press it with our fingers, create two more such loops next to it, twist all three loops one at a time. We do the same with the next parts of the snowflake. From the remaining piece of wire we create a cobweb in the center; to do this, we lead the wire from one ray of the snowflake to another, each time wrapping the ray at the center. You can tie a silver thread to the finished snowflake and hang it on the Christmas tree.

Snowflakes from plastic bottles.

We cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle with a knife, take a thin brush and paint a snowflake on the cut part of the bottle with acrylic paint. Finally, using an awl on top, we create two holes into which we thread a rope to hang the product.

Snowflakes made from paper towel tubes.

Using a stationery knife, cut the slightly flattened paper towel tube into rings 5-7 mm wide. We lay out a snowflake out of them on the table (the product can be supplemented with elements of their paper), glue all the parts with polymer glue or Moment glue. Cover the top of the snowflake with a layer of PVA glue and sprinkle with small sparkles.

Felt snowflakes.

We cut the felt fabric into circles (you can try using cotton pads), use a sewing machine and colored threads to draw out the outlines of the snowflakes, then use scissors to cut out their outlines.

Snowflakes made of beads.

Snowflakes can also be made from beads; the entire process of weaving snowflakes and beads is shown below.

Snowflakes made of beads.

To work, you will need three pieces of wire; they must be soldered or glued together with a glue gun in the center. String beads of different sizes onto the segments of the future snowflake, and so that they do not fall off at the ends, you need to create rings with pliers or treat the last beads with transparent polymer glue.

Snowflakes made from cotton swabs.

We cut out circles from thick colored cardboard, place cotton swabs on them, forming the outline of a snowflake, and glue all parts of the sticks to the base of the circle.

Snowflakes made of woolen threads.

On a sheet of parchment or a piece of film, draw a snowflake with a marker (photo below), grease the surface of the snowflake with rich hand cream. We cut off a short part of the woolen threads, soak it in PVA glue, and apply it to the drawn parts. When all parts of the snowflake are pasted over, use the spout of a bottle of PVA glue to draw the snowflakes piece by piece, covering them with adhesive film. Then we dip the brush into blue gouache and paint the applied layer of glue. We leave the snowflake to dry; when the product is dry, carefully separate it from the parchment or film.

Snowflakes with a hot gun.

We grease a sheet of parchment with rich hand cream, use a glue gun to draw the outline of a snowflake, after the snowflake has hardened, we grease its surface with PVA glue and sprinkle it with glitter. Using a glue gun, glue a string pendant onto the back side.

Snowflakes made from toothpicks.

We lay out two identical lattices from toothpicks, gluing them with PVA glue, then we wrap each of them at the joints with thread. Then we lay one lattice on top of the other, slightly mixing it clockwise, gluing it to each other with transparent polymer glue or Moment.

Snowflake made of matches.

On a piece of paper, draw with a pen and measure out the shape of a snowflake with a ruler. Then we take several boxes of matches and light each match to give them the desired color. Then we glue the matches to the surface of the shape cut out of cardboard. The length of the matches can be adjusted by cutting off the excess with scissors.

Snowflakes made from PVA glue.

Cover a sheet of parchment with a layer of hand cream, then draw the outline of a snowflake with PVA glue, sprinkle the product with fine glitter, and leave to dry completely. Then we carefully separate the frozen snowflake from the surface of the parchment (a video is presented at the end of the article).

Volumetric snowflake made of paper.

On a sheet of paper we draw six squares, in each of the squares we draw three more squares. We cut out large squares and bend each one in the middle. Using scissors, we do not completely cut along the lines. We unfold the square, fold the first row of strips, gluing them together with PVA glue or connecting them with a stapler. Turn the square over and connect the next row of strips. Then turn the square over again and connect the next row of strips with glue or a stapler. The same should be done with the next five squares. When all the parts of the snowflake are ready, they need to be connected together, pinned with a stapler.

Snowflake made of textile napkin.

Such a snowflake will greatly decorate the festive table, namely the guest’s plate. We take a square textile napkin, bend all four corners to the center, and also bend the newly formed four corners to the center. Turn the napkin over, bend the corners towards the center, holding it with your hand. We pull the corners out, carefully straightening them with our hands; between the rays of the snowflake we also straighten the corners outward. Place the snowflake on a plate, and place a large rhinestone or cone in its center.

DIY paper snowflakes.

Paper snowflakes can be glued to the glass of a window, hung on a fishing line from the ceiling, chandelier or sconce, and also used to decorate the New Year tree. To create a snowflake you will need a square sheet of paper, bend it in half, bend the corner of the left formed part to the bottom right, now bend the right corner to the bottom left, fold the resulting part in half. Cut off the excess part with scissors. Well, then you need to cut out the snowflakes using scissors according to the templates presented below.

How to fold paper correctly to create a snowflake.

What to make snowflakes from? Made from PVA glue.

As you can see, making snowflakes with your own hands is not at all difficult, especially since you can use completely different materials to create them. We hope that after this review, the question of what to make snowflakes from will no longer bother you.

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Hello, friends! Today I’m continuing the New Year’s theme, in which I’ll tell you and show you step-by-step several options for how to make snowflakes on windows from a glue gun and PVA glue, and I’ll provide templates and stencils for snowflakes on windows. You will see for yourself that it is not difficult to do it yourself.

You can use templates, stencils and repeat my work.

The New Year is coming soon, so many have already begun decorating their premises in full swing. The most important and honorable place is occupied by the spruce, followed by toys, snowflakes and crackers. Snowflakes come in different varieties and from different materials. Last year I showed how to make a snowflake from beads and a three-dimensional one from paper, the options are easy and wonderful.

First of all, I’ll tell you honestly, it’s not so easy to make a snowflake with hot glue; in my opinion, it’s much easier with PVA, but it will take more time.

To make a snowflake from hot glue, you need to stock up on a glue gun.

• With rods.
• Template.
• In a tight package or file.
• Snowflake pattern.
• Scissors.

You can even use shavings from colored pencils to decorate glue snowflakes, so I’m not including decorating material in the list yet.

DIY hot glue snowflakes

• Take a stencil or snowflake template. You can download and print it, or you can draw it on a white sheet of paper yourself.
• We put baking paper on top of the template; I didn’t have any, I used thick polyethylene.
• Turn on the glue gun and wait for it to heat up.
• Now we trace the snowflake on the stencil. Keep in mind that one rod will not be enough for you, so place another one nearby.

• The glue dries instantly, so you need to start decorating right away. I did this in parts, first I circled half of the snowflake and sprinkled it with glitter, then I did the same work with the second part of the snowflake.
• After complete drying, separate the snowflake from the glue from the film. This will not be so easy, keep in mind. Where the film remains, trim it with small scissors. With their help you will have to trim the edges. The snowflake from the glue gun is ready, use it for decoration and New Year's decor.

I found a stencil of snowflakes made from glue on the Internet and selected, in my opinion, the simplest and easiest to work with. I will share them at the very end of the article. You can also download them to your computer and print them or draw them.

How to make a snowflake from hot glue

1. If you don’t have glitter at home, use other means at hand, for example, shavings from colored pencils, finely chopped tinsel, semolina or paint.
2. To quickly make a snowflake from glue, use hot glue and repeat all the steps as in the previous version. However, this time I used a different snowflake template. Once the figure is ready, take acrylic paint and apply a layer of the color you like on top. Once the paint has dried, the glue snowflake can be attached to a window or hung on a Christmas tree.

Friends, you can buy hot glue sticks already colored and with glitter, then you won’t have to paint or decorate them.

If you don't want to make snowflakes with hot glue, I suggest making them with PVA glue.

Snowflakes with hot glue - video

Snowflake made from PVA glue

Such a snowflake will take a little more time, but it can be made into any shape and even corrected. To work you will need glue, a file or bag, a snowflake template, and material for decoration.

• Print or draw a snowflake template of any size yourself.
• We put film on top. Choose polyethylene that is flat, without any bends, otherwise your glue will spread to the sides.
• We take the PVA and slowly run it over the drawing. If the snowflake spreads to the sides, adjust it a little with your finger, or then trim it with scissors.

• When your drawing is ready, leave it until half dry. You can carefully place it under the battery.
• Touch it with your finger, if the glue has already dried a little, decorate the snowflake with beads, sparkles, semolina or paints. Do not detach the snowflake from the template until it is completely dry, or you will tear it, be patient.

Look how I made a snowflake from PVA glue for the window. If you don’t know what to use to glue snowflakes on windows, the answer is simple, we glue snowflakes to the glass using water. It comes off just as easily. Using these stencils, you can make snowflakes from silicone glue, just follow the same procedure and repeat the step-by-step steps.

Snowflakes made from PVA glue for windows - stencils

D Ruzy, today I showed you and told you how to make snowflakes from glue on a window with your own hands using hot glue and PVA glue, provided a video and stencil templates for windows. I think you will succeed. Come visit for new ideas, share the article on social networks.

Yours Nina Kuzmenko.