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| Two bent snowflakes made using white pipe cleaners. |
The only materials you will need to make this snowflake craft are pipe cleaners or chenille stems. However, I used a hot glue gun to attach the silver beads in random places. Because these ornaments reminded me of icing on Christmas cookies, I thought that the faux "dragees" or sugar pearls would make a nice decorative touch on the snowy swirls of icing.
Encourage your children to spend time bending their designs! Soon you'll have more snowflakes for the tree than you need. Give them a challenge to make the craft more interesting like: 'who can make the snowflake with the most points' or 'who can make the snowflake with the most swirls'
The wire constructions don't need to hang on the Christmas tree, these could be strung across a window, or hung from a mobile, or be used to decorate a banister on the staircase of your home.
Teachers could use this economical craft to introduce a lesson on the infinite patterns found in snowflakes. Or save the idea for a snow day when kids cannot go to school; it's easy to keep a bag of chenille stems tucked away in a cupboard or drawer for just such an occasion.
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