Consider a Snowflake
“The wonder of a single snowflake outweighs the wisdom of a million meteorologists.”
– Francis Bacon
Snowflakes are fascinating – how they form, their symmetry, their beauty. Take some time today to sit and view several snowflakes. If you feel so inclined, you can learn how they are made and even make your own.
This image below is from Revise Science in their article, “The Science of Snow: How It’s Created and Why It Matters,” where they go over the formation of snowflakes, how temperature and humidity affects the shapes, the different types of snow, and how it influences climate.
There are several ways to make snowflakes, from simply cutting paper, drawing snowflakes on windows with a chalk marker, or rolling out airdrop clay and cutting with cookie presses are cutters, to more complex methods such as quilling. Here are some ideas:
Paper Quilling a Snowflake
I added paper quilling to our handcrafts back in October with some pumpkins. This was the first bit of paper quilling that we had added to our homeschooling. It is a delightful…
Paper Patterns form First Pallete
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