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Making a Popsicle Stick Snowflake

December 22, 2016

A finished popsicle stick snowflake, painted white.These intricate snowflakes were easy to make and fun to design. We made them as a family and everyone chose to use a different pattern. The instructions are for only one of the designs, but feel free to create your own.

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Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 1 snowflake

Source: We saw these snowflakes at a friend's house, painted red. It looked so easy, we thought we would try making them.

Supplies:

  • 36 Popsicle sticks
  • 1 hot glue gun
  • 1 spray paint
Supplies for popsicle stick snowflakes.
 

Steps:

  1. Make a triangle of popsicle sticks.
  2. A triangle made from popsicle sticks.
     
  3. Glue one corner of the triangle.
  4. Remove the unglued popsicle stick to leave a "V" shape
  5. Removing the unglued side of the triangle.
     
  6. Make 9 of these "V" shapes for the center area of the snowflake
  7. A row of glued popsicle sticks.
     
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  8. Glue the first 3, facing outward from the center.
  9. Popsicle sticks as a center starburst.
     
  10. Glue the other 6 "V"s on the ends of those popsicle sticks, facing inward.
  11. A "v" added to the center starburst.
     
    Popsicle sticks in the shape of a six pointed star.
     
  12. Make 6 double "V"s for the outside ring of the snowflake.
  13. Popsicle sticks glued as a double "v".
     
    Popsicle sticks glued as a double "v".
     
    A collection of glued double "v" popsicle sticks.
     
  14. Glue the 6 double "V"s to the points facing outward.
  15. A close up of the double "v" attached to the snowflake.
     
    Double "v" attached to each point of the star shape.
     
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  16. Spray paint your snowflake and hang it up. We painted them white and then finished with a glitter spray. Next time, we may sprinkle glitter on the wet paint instead.
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January 17, 2020

This stick and yarn snowflake decoration is fun to make and can be displayed indoors or out. It uses any kind of sticks you have available; the original project was made using the handles from plastic spoons, but craft sticks or twigs would also work. Instructions follow.

Stick and Yarn Snowflake Decoration - finished snowflake hanging on the wall

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