I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

...just like the ones I used to know...It's lovely when it snows on Christmas Day, but it's not looking likely where we are so, I've decided I'll just have to make my own winter wonderland! There are a few ways to make snowflakes and this one might look a little bit complicated, but I promise it isn't! Your children can even lend a hand, if you want to get crafty while the kids are off and don't want to sit quietly gin in hand and relax while doing it! (I'll let you decide which one I did!)

I have seen paper snowflakes selling for £20 in the current sale!!!! I realise that those may be more intricate, but it's made out of paper for goodness sake.

To make this large snowflake you will need:

6 sheets of A4

Sellotape

Stapler

Scissors

Gin

Tonic

and the ability to fold and cut. Not at the same time, but I thought it was worth a mention with the festive drinking involved!

STEP ONE

Cut an A4 Sheet into a square by folding the short side to meet the long side (making a triangle) and cutting off the excess.

STEP TWO

Fold the triangle again. Now you have an even smaller triangle!

STEP THREE

Cut into the shorter side with the open end, towards the side with the fold. Cutting parallel to the longest side, do this three times.

STEP FOUR

Carefully open out the paper, then bending the two centre pieces, one on top of the other, fix together with sellotape.

STEP FIVE

Turn the paper over, repeat with the next section.

STEP SIX

Repeat step five, with the remaining sections so each loop is on the alternates side.

STEP SEVEN

Make another 5.

STEP EIGHT

Staple all of them together.

STEP NINE

Staple the side of each piece to the next piece and continue round until all six of the sections join together making one snow flake.

You're done! Hang with cotton for a floating effect.

I used the off-cuts of the paper, cut two small squares from each and repeated the process to make two smaller snowflakes in the same style. Then I tried a different method for the tiny ones. I actually think the method I used for the smallest snowflakes would be even nicer larger, but the largest sheets of paper I had to hand were A4 and that is definitely a job for next year!

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