My girls love to create paper snowflakes, and have been busily cutting out many. The thing is, the kind they're making, creates such a terrible mess. I've had enough! I'm done cleaning up all of the tiny paper confetti scraps throughout the house - ugh!
The other day, we made these instead
and here is how:
cut 6 - 5" paper squares.
Fold the square in half diagonally to make a triangle. If your triangle isn't perfect, trim the edge that sticks out.
Cut 3 parallel lines on each side of the triangle from the fold towards the point, making sure your cuts come close to meeting in the middle, but don't touch.
Unfold the square, and roll the center points together. Secure with glue. (I used hot glue - btw)
To form the next roll, take the next two paper lines and glue them together on the opposite side of the center tube.
Continue joining each paper line together on opposite sides until all are joined. Repeat this process on the remaining 5 paper squares.
Next, glue 3 completed pieces together at one end.
Now one half of the snowflake assembled. Next, join together the remaining 3 pieces for the other half.
Glue both halves together in the center.
I then placed a bit of glue where each of the 6 pieces meet. This helps hold the snowflake together and makes a nice shape.
I'll be adding a bit of glitter to the flakes soon, they need some sparkle!
Overall, a much less messy snowflake project to create with the girls, and I didn't have to vacuum when we were done - whoohoo!
Last weekend, we celebrated two birthdays in our house. Daphne turned 5 and Sydney turned 7. Both girls wanted to go up in the Space Needle, so that's where we headed Saturday night. No trip downtown during the holidays would be complete without a ride on the Monorail, shopping Westlake Center, posing in front of the Macy's star, and riding on the holiday carousel, so we did those things too! 
I'm slowly working on getting our home all decked out for Christmas. I decided to use my collection of vintage glass ornaments on our living room tree this year, and I love it!
There is just something more beautiful about these old ornaments made in the USA, Poland, West Germany, and not China!
Using leftover 2" strips from a felted wool sweater, I cut a fringe.
I hot glued the pieces of wool to a cardboard cone spool, making sure I didn't leave any gaps
and then, voila' a tree!
After a quick spray of glue and a dousing of glitter, they are ready to display with my putz style Christmas village. But, until I get to decorate for Christmas, my Walnut Ridge bunny will be enjoying the pastel forest. 
So, here's some of what I've been making lately....
This evening I made carmel corn, and it tastes so good!
