PAPER SNOWFLAKES

I've been cutting out paper snowflakes for a bulletin board display in Youth Services and wanted the 60 degree angle to make it simpler to fold the paper correctly for 6-sided snowflakes. So, I checked out some of the online resources available. These seemed the most helpful. Papersnowflakes.com and Dave's snowflakes have some gorgeous patterns to be printed out. The others demonstrate clearly the basics of folding and cutting with only a simple pattern or patterns to use. I, personally, just cut extemporaneously--I love the surprise when you open them up! There are lots more sites, but these would be a good start.

PAPER SNOWFLAKE PATTERNS

PAPER SNOWFLAKES.COM
HIGHHOPES
LOOK AND FEEL
DAVE’S SNOWFLAKES
MY WEB 3000
MARTHA STEWART
STARS AND FLAKES

There are also some books in our Youth department that are specific for cutting snowflakes:
J. Moffatt
Snow Shapes: a Read-And-Do Book (741.5941 MOF)
N. Poydar
Snip, Snap…Snow (E)

Also of related interest is the biography of the man who discovered the uniqueness of snowflake design, Wilson Bentley:
J.B. Martin
Snowflake Bentley (J BIOG)