I pre-cut the tissue paper into about 8-inch squares.
Start by folding the tissue paper as you normally would when making a regular paper snowflake - folding to make opposite corners meet, then repeating until it has been folded 4 times. Then you are ready to cut.
I drew the pattern for the girls to cut so that the snowflake would come out in heart shapes. The pattern is done by drawing half a heart on the fold, but the outside edge of the heart needs to come off the edge a bit so that it will all stay connected when cut. The bottom point of the heart does not come all the way back to the fold, but juts back out to the outer edge making a triangular shape. {Hope that makes sense}
And Lou thought it needed a bit more design so this is what she added.
Mina is too young (almost 3 now) to understand how to make the snowflakes, but she loves to cut. I let her snip away at her own piece of tissue paper while my older girls worked on their project. A little later on, she was able to do something else with the scraps that I will share with you on Friday.
This is how one of the heart flakes looked after it had been cut and unfolded.
It was so sunny that Mina had to go and get her sunglasses to look at them. I love the reflection in her glasses.
Lou insisted that the heart flakes she made be hung from her ceiling. They worked well this way, too.
After the older girls were done cutting, I felt the need to finish with the stack of tissue paper. Maybe I got a little carried away with the heart theme. . .nah.
Wow! Those are so pretty! I love them. I love that picture of Minna looking at them too! I also think using the tissue paper made them super pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura. I love the translucent quality of the tissue paper as well.
DeleteGreat post! Love the heart shaped snowflakes.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stacy. I think I had as much fun as my girls making them.
DeleteSo pretty! Love your heart snowflakes, and so excited to get a sneak peek of one of the activities in the Heart Ebook!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rebekah. I can't wait to see what everyone else has to share in the eBook.
DeleteThese look so pretty with the sun shining through them, they also look really pretty hanging from the ceiling. Great contribution the the ebook!
ReplyDeleteThank you Aleacia. It will be fun to see what other projects will be contributed.
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely snowflakes. They look beautiful on your window.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely and I love that picture with the sunglasses on. Big smile :)
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Angelique
Love that glasses pic!
ReplyDeleteLOVE these! THey are perfect for the Heart Project!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful!! I love that they are covering your front window. We need to do this so that our front window looks more festive! Pinning this now!
ReplyDeleteHow fun!! I definitely will try these when my daughter is a little older. Thank you so much for sharing them at Sharing Saturday!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this- it turned out great and is a nice addition to the book! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute!! We have some regular snowflakes hanging on our window. I will have to try switching them out with these cute heart flakes. Thanks for sharing on fun frugal friday. I would love it if you linked up more of your fun posts this friday. : )
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