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To make a traditional snowflake, fold the coffee filter in half three times, to make a small wedge shape. Cut shapes along both sides (but do not completely cut off the fold). Open up the filter and see the snowflake. Cutting off the point will make a hole or shape in the center.

Actually, water molecules occasionally form ice crystals with three or 12 sides — either half or double the usual number — but never five or eight.Dec 23, 2009

Nature is full of math and snowflakes are just one example. Snowflakes have six points and are hexagonal. Snowflakes have from 180 billion to 10 quintillion (1019) molecules of water. ... A branch of geometry called fractal geometry helps explain the figures of snowflakes.Dec 1, 2016

Snowflakes are symmetrical because they reflect the internal order of the water molecules as they arrange themselves in the solid state (the process of crystallization). ... These ordered arrangements result in the basic symmetrical, hexagonal shape of the snowflake.Dec 25, 2006

• The first thing to do is to lay your circular object flat on the paper and trace out a circle with the pencil. After you've traced your circle, cut it out. Now you're going to fold your circle in half, creasing your snowflake well. Then you fold it in half again, and then fold it another time.

• Paper Snowflake Patterns from First Palette Hill Street Studios / Getty Images First Palette has 12 free paper snowflake patterns that go from the traditional to the unique. They incorporate flowers, diamonds, butterflies, hearts, and trees. Each template includes instructions and cutting lines.

• Second, it is possible to get too intricate. Too many tiny snips and not enough shaping will just make your snowflakes look like lace doilies. -Snowflake experts recommend using tracing paper and an X-acto knife to make snowflakes, to make them even more delicate and more perfectly symmetrical.

• Cutting at an angle is what makes the points of the snowflake. Eventually, you'll learn to cut at different angles to make snowflakes with points that are more or less sharp.

The first thing to do is to lay your circular object flat on the paper and trace out a circle with the pencil. After you've traced your circle, cut it out. Now you're going to fold your circle in half, creasing your snowflake well. Then you fold it in half again, and then fold it another time.