I could hardly wait to show you this Popsicle stick craft! These snowflakes are fun, easy, and so inexpensive to make. The smallest snowflake is 12 inches across; the largest is 24 inches. I had some rhinestones left over from my Christmas tree advent calendar, so I glued some at the tips of each white snowflake. You could also coat them in glitter or fake snow. And why stop with snowflakes? You could make stars, wreaths, or Christmas trees decked with lightweight ornaments. Hang them in your window, over a door instead of a wreath, or from the ceiling.
Supplies and tools
All my snowflakes are based on three basic patterns, which I will call star, hexagon, and rotated hexagon.
1. Start by gluing six craft sticks in an asterisk shape at 30 degree angles. Use a protractor to make sure your angles are accurate.
2. Then add the points to the star.
3. Finally, depending on the pattern, add the final craft sticks to complete the snowflake.
1A. Start by gluing six craft sticks in an asterisk shape at 30 degree angles. Use a protractor to make sure your angles are accurate.
1B. For the mini hexagon, start with three craft sticks instead of six.
2. Add more sticks to expand the lengths.
3. Glue six sticks in a hexagon shape, then glue each point of the hexagon to your asterisk shape.
4. Finally, depending on the pattern, add the final craft sticks to complete the snowflake.
1. Start by gluing six craft sticks in an asterisk shape at 30 degree angles. Use a protractor to make sure your angles are accurate.
2. Glue six sticks in a hexagon shape, then glue the middle of each side of the hexagon to your asterisk shape.
3. Finally, add the final craft sticks to complete the snowflake.
1. Using a small paintbrush, paint two coats of paint on each side, including the edges. I recommend spray paint instead because it’s easier and faster, but severe weather prohibited spray paint in my case. Let dry.
2. Glue rhinestones onto the tips of the snowflakes. Or glue on glitter or fake snow. Let dry/cool.
3. To hang them in the window, tie fishing line to each snowflake. Tape the fishing line to the top of the window frame with clear cellophane tape.
4. To hang them on the wall, tie a small ribbon bow to the snowflake, then tie a longer piece of ribbon to the back of the bow. Attach the long ribbon with double-stick foam tape at the very top of the wall.
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December 8, 2009 at 9:18 am
these are awesome!! I am so making these with my kids tonight!
December 8, 2009 at 9:21 am
how fun! I spy a project for my son & I this weekend:)
December 8, 2009 at 9:25 am
This is perfect timing…my son is learing about snowflakes this week in preschool. I think these would be a fun after school project!!
December 8, 2009 at 9:37 am
I love this! They are easy to make and cheap and look absolutely fabulous! Thanks for sharing!
December 8, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Well now I know what I’m making tomorrow!!! What a great idea! Thank you!
December 8, 2009 at 7:05 pm
These are really fantastic. Great job. They look amazing.
December 8, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
December 8, 2009 at 11:00 pm
these are sooo cool
blessings
barbara jean
December 8, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Wow! Finally something I can do with all my craft sticks. I have hundreds.
Thanks for sharing.
December 9, 2009 at 4:15 am
This is such a cool site great ideas clean and neat not over the top
December 9, 2009 at 7:34 am
Love these! They’re so simple but so striking. Absolutely fantastic.
I’m going to include this in my Sunday blog roundup. Thanks so much for posting this.
December 9, 2009 at 8:49 am
so awesome. i just love how they’re big, but not fussy at all. so minimalist. so lovely!
December 9, 2009 at 11:54 am
These turned out great! Love the idea and how simple, yet dramatic they are.
December 9, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I love these! I I may have to try making them with my toddler. Thanks for sharing!
December 9, 2009 at 3:57 pm
What a fun idea! thx!
December 10, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Thank you so much for posting this!! I’m so excited to try it, these really are beautiful!
December 11, 2009 at 1:25 am
so awesome!
December 11, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I want these ALL OVER my walls. All winter long. What a great idea!
December 12, 2009 at 8:59 am
I am including this post in my Inspire My Saturday feature. Thanks so much for sharing. I love this idea.
XO*Tricia
December 13, 2009 at 5:14 am
Those are cute!
December 14, 2009 at 4:34 pm
always looking for holiday decor ideas–these are a fave so far.
December 14, 2009 at 7:06 pm
You are so clever! I LOVE these!!!
December 17, 2009 at 4:22 pm
My 5 year old daughter and I made one of these lastnight and gave it to her teacher today for Christmas. She went on and on about how she could hang it up on her door, not just for Christmas but all through the winter season. Besides that, my daughter loved the personal time we had together assembling and painting. You can see a picture of our end product on my blog. Thanks Monica for the project!
December 18, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Super pretty. I have giant snow flake lights this year, and they look so good.
December 20, 2009 at 12:53 pm
uh oh, I teach k-6th grade art and I have an entire box of these….
wheeee! thanks fr the idea!
December 21, 2009 at 12:26 am
That is so cool! I want to play with Popsicle sticks! Thanks tons for this, I’ll be linking.
December 21, 2009 at 6:26 am
Fabulous. I will be adding you to my reader-you are one crafty gal.
Cheri
December 25, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I LOVE this!! Especially since I bought a box of 1000 popsicle sticks in the clearance section of the craft store last week for $2 – score!! : )
January 6, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Instead of using a protractor, it is much easier to print out a cirlce with radians on it and use that as a guide. Similar to the one seen here: http://digitaldestruction.net/precalc/graphics/radians__5.png
You just have to line the sticks up and it was super fast and easy this way. Cute idea! I got lots of compliments and I didn’t even paint mine!
January 8, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Veronica – Genius. Thanks for sharing.
February 4, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I just spotted these and love what you’re doing here. And I also love… this chair!! Where did you buy it??
March 23, 2010 at 8:09 am
I really really like that! I’ll definitely keep it in mind when I decorate my apartment for the upcoming Christmas! Thank you for the great idea!
April 5, 2010 at 9:43 pm
LOVE!!! i wish it were winter again
April 6, 2010 at 10:38 am
that’s awesome honey..
if I’m L.Ann,these are so wonderful ‘n I liked them =)
April 6, 2010 at 10:40 am
N’
you’re so creative if you make them.
you know I love ice-cream?
;)
Hey Friends.
Love from NY..
Lac.Ann.McD.
August 12, 2010 at 9:19 am
I have a 9 year old cousin who loves to make things with craft sticks. I can’t wait to show her this and see how hers turn out. Thank you for sharing with us.
September 29, 2010 at 4:21 am
I have been waiting for almost a year to make them for our shop-window. A cheap but great looking idea. Thank you.
November 18, 2010 at 12:10 am
I can’t believe these are made from craft sticks! The red ones are beautiful. I’m including these in my Friday Favorites this week!
November 21, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I’m SO glad I came across this blog of AWESOMESS!!
Looks like craft sticks will be this weeks craft focus!!
yay!!
December 21, 2010 at 11:30 am
I’ve been wanting something for my upstairs hallway and this fit the bill perfectly. I used one bag of craft sticks to make five snowflakes in under an hour. My five year old was amazed! I will spray them white this summer. Or maybe blue… hmm…
December 27, 2010 at 7:19 am
Your tutorials are excellent!
October 21, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I have kept my eye on this since July. This will be a great addition to our Christmas Decor. We might need a set in each color so we can leave the white ones up. Love your blog. Thanks for inspiring me to be crafty!
November 12, 2011 at 9:11 pm
These are so much fun and I have sooo many craft sticks hanging around that it’s a perfect way to use them up! Thanks for sharing!
November 15, 2011 at 12:16 am
I know this is a post from a few years back and that it is focusing on the snowflakes but I love that chair….do you know where you got it and if it is possible still available?
November 15, 2011 at 8:55 am
krystal harris – The chair was a gift from a friend. It’s very old, so I don’t think you can buy one now.
November 20, 2011 at 4:11 pm
featured this today! http://kimboscrafts.blogspot.com/2011/11/shoutouts.html
December 1, 2011 at 8:20 am
I love this idea! Especially the color combination you planned with the wall color and chair.
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December 6, 2011 at 3:04 am
I LOVE these!
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thanks for the inspiration…I just made these, using Q tips!
http://pinterest.com/pin/85709199128062735/
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December 15, 2011 at 1:34 pm
I’ve made about 40 of these and have all through my house winter is my favorite time of year now I have it all the time. Thanks for the inspiration.
Holly
January 11, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Can’t wait to make these with my daughter. :) Just wondering how people are planning to store them for next year?
August 24, 2012 at 7:18 pm
My sister and I are making these snowflakes to hang in the halls of an assisted living facility where my Daddy currently resides. He will be coming home in October but we plan to spruce up the place for the holidays ! thank you for the pattern tutorial !!!!!
September 2, 2012 at 2:42 pm
I just made these. I tried to make them at 30 degrees but that wouldnt work for me. I did them at 60 degrees. Came out great.
October 2, 2012 at 5:56 pm
These are super cute. Just wanted to let youk now, I had to track you down via Google cause someone Pinned from a copy site. http://m.pinme.ru/pin/4fd5e993c00470ff09000003/ I will make sure to tell them this is the original source.
October 2, 2012 at 7:12 pm
These are so cute. I am sad to say that I found this on Pinterest but the link was to a foreign “pinterest” type site that doesn’t link back to your site. I commented on several Pinterest boards but because of SPAM filtersn Pinterest only let me comment on a few.
November 19, 2012 at 1:21 am
Nice idea, easy to do, thank you!
November 23, 2012 at 4:55 am
Hi‼ Amazing idea ♥ We have liked your ideas for Christmas so that we have selected for our Favorite Links.
http://lamusadecoracion.blogspot.com.es/
See you. Best wishes‼
November 27, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Just letting you know I linked to this post in my Snowflake Unit Study. http://www.zujava.com/snowflake-study
December 6, 2012 at 9:36 pm
These are great! The angles should be 60 degree, not 30. But that’s pretty self-explanatory from the photos. Gret tutorial, thank you so much!