How to make paper snowflakes: branched pattern
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Cut a connected four-arm snowflake with two pairs of branches and two diamond windows on each arm. This is Origami Tutor's own pattern.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 12 × 12 cm square of thin paper.
Your model is ready
Ease the creases flat. Lift the fully opened paper by an uncut edge to see the complete pattern.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the bottom edge up to the top edge. Match the corners and press the crease.
- 2
Fold into four layers
Bring the right edge to the left edge. The bottom-right corner of this packet is the folded centre.
- 3
Cut the branching arms
Mark the branching outline shown on the four-layer packet. Start at the top end of the right folded edge and cut around both arms to the left end of the lower folded edge. Keep the bottom-right folded centre and remove the large open-corner scrap.
- 4
Cut right-edge window 1
Cut the small V from the right folded edge through all four layers. Leave at least 3 mm of paper between its tip and the outside edge.
- 5
Cut lower-edge window 1
Cut the matching V from the lower folded edge. The two folded halves of each V will open into a diamond.
- 6
Cut right-edge window 2
Cut the small V from the right folded edge through all four layers. Leave at least 3 mm of paper between its tip and the outside edge.
- 7
Cut lower-edge window 2
Cut the matching V from the lower folded edge. The two folded halves of each V will open into a diamond.
- 8
Open the quarter fold
Open the last fold first. The cut paper spreads into two matching halves.
- 9
Open the half fold
Open the first crease and spread the entire cut sheet flat.
- ✓
Finish
Ease the creases flat. Lift the fully opened paper by an uncut edge to see the complete pattern.
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