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the dragonfly woman aquatic entomologist with a blogging habit the dragonfly woman aquatic entomologist with a blogging habit menu skip to content home about dw gallery silverfish mayflies dragonflies and damselflies stoneflies webspinners termites mantids cockroaches grasshoppers katydids and crickets booklice and barklice true bugs net winged insects alderflies dobsonflies and fishflies beetles ants bees and wasps caddisflies butterflies and moths flies miscellaneous insects non insect arthropods other animals other images drawings and diagrams educational materials scientific names taxonomy or how the biological world is organized scientific nomenclature or how biological organisms are named glossary dw archive aquatic insects citizen science collecting dragonflies dragonfly swarms education field stories friday 5 from the literature giant water bugs identification photography science sunday scientific discoveries species accounts swarm sunday water quality wordless wednesday links copyright info contact me the dragonfly swarm project dragonfly swarm information report a dragonfly swarm yearly swarm maps search search for insect and spider paper snowflakes december 16 2021 december 16 2021 dragonflywoman 14 comments hello everyone i have not posted anything here for ages but i wanted to share something online and this seemed like a good place to do it like everyone else i have been doing a lot of virtual meetings over the last year and a half and i find i am much more engaged in those meetings if i have something to occupy my hands a few days ago i had 5 zoom meetings in one day so i made paper snowflakes from some random doodles i did arthropod themed paper snowflakes i shared them on my personal facebook page and got multiple requests for templates so i m sharing them here for anyone who wants them snowflakes are 6 sided so let me start by showing you how to fold the paper to make a 6 sided snowflake my templates were created for letter sized paper fold one bottom corner diagonally so that the bottom edge lines up with the side edge as exactly as possible you want a sharp point at the bottom and an even fold fold the other bottom corner up diagonally so that the top and side edges meet as exactly as possible press down firmly on all the folded edges to make sharp creases cut the top away with the scissors and recycle you should now have a square piece of paper that is folded into a 4 layer triangle this is the trickiest part you need to fold this triangle into thirds fold 1 3 of the triangle diagonally over making sure that the point at the bottom is as sharp as possible it should look like this the right edge of the folded section should cross the upper edge just a hair over 3 inches from the point on the right though you may need to adjust a bit once you fold the other side over and flip your triangle over you want the three sections to be as even as possible and have a sharp point at the bottom so you may need to fuss with the exact location of the folds a bit press down on all of the folds to make sharp creases once you have all three sections even if you plan to make more than one snowflake it s worth folding a second one right away and using your first to show you where your folds should be lop the top off with scissors as it will not be a part of your snowflake now you re ready to make your snowflake choose a template that you d like to try note that these are loosely based on insects and do not represent any specific type use a pencil to draw the pattern onto your triangle you can also print out the templates from the pdf and cut along the lines then trace the pattern onto your triangle i chose an easy one to demonstrate with cut along all the lines sharp high quality scissors really make a difference here you will cut through 12 layers of paper carefully unfold your snowflake i like to fold each crease the opposite direction as i unfold it to make the final snowflake flatter voila insect themed paper snowflake you can iron these on a mid heat setting to make them even flatter laminate them to use them year after year or stick them as is anywhere you want to add a little buggy winter decor insects are bilaterally symmetrical which means that they are the same on the left and the right side this makes it fairly easy to make your own patterns by drawing half an insect along one of the long edges of the triangle if you d like to make your own designs i ve included a blank page of templates in the template pdf linked above so that you can try making some of your own just a few things to keep in mind as you make your own patterns the long edges are connected together so the thicker any joints along the long edges the better cutting through all 12 layers of paper is hard and your paper will slide around a bit as you cut if you do not have amazing scissors so you are likely to lose any really narrow joints the short edge the top in my photos forms the outer shape of your snowflake it s worth thinking about what shape you want that edge to be interior pieces are hard to remove without small very sharp scissors patterns where you draw half an insect along an edge will repeat 6 times if you draw the whole insect in the triangle it will repeat 12 times think of this like pumpkin carving you need all pieces that you want to remain visible in the snowflake to attach to some other part of your design you will lose any pieces in the center of a piece that is entirely removed i think these are fun and pretty easy to make so i encourage you to try making some snowflakes either mine or your own if you do please consider sharing a pic by tagging me on instagram bug_lover or facebook dragonflywoman you may also leave a comment below with a link to a picture would love to see what you come up with i may start blogging again i have endless ideas for posts but never seem to find the time in the meantime you re welcome to follow me on instagram i have not posted very regularly lately 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