The finished craft.

Make Your Own Recycled Paper Snowflakes

Create snowflakes from paper tubes and paint. 

Supplies:

  • Paper tubes (4 toilet paper tubes or 2 paper towel tubes will make one snowflake as shown above).
  • Scissors
  • White paint 
  • Yarn
  • Hot glue gun (Note: Glue guns become very hot. Handle the glue gun and hot glue with care.)

Steps:

  1. Paint the outside of the paper tube white (or any color) and set aside to dry.
  2. Press the paper tube flat and cut the tube into small circles.
  3. Lay out the pieces into the shape of a snowflake. Snowflake patterns will vary. Feel free to design your own snowflake style.
  4. Using the hot glue gun, begin to glue the pieces together. You may have to pinch the location where glue was just applied to ensure that they "stick" together. Glue as many paper pieces together as desired to make the snowflake.
The first four steps of the craft.
Just like every snowflake is different, each of your ornaments will look different depending on how thick you cut your cardboard and how you glue it together (Credit: NOAA).
  1. To make shorter sections, fold the cut tube in half. Once the flake is completed, allow several minutes for it to dry.
  2. Once the snowflake is dry, thread a piece of yarn trough one of the loops. Hang it up as desired.
The finished craft.
Make your own snow day with this simple snowflake craft (Credit: NOAA).
 

For citation purposes, unless otherwise noted, this article was authored by the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

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