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Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day

Hobby · Seasonal · December 27

A day for folding paper, snipping small shapes and unfolding a snowflake you could not have planned, then hanging it in a window.

Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day falls on Sunday, December 27, 2026. That is 61 days away.

Fold a square of paper into a narrow wedge, cut a few notches along the edges, and open it up. That is the whole craft, and it still surprises people every time. Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day is a reason to sit down with scissors and do exactly that.

The appeal is the reveal. While you cut, you are looking at a lumpy triangle with bites taken out of it. Unfolded, those bites repeat around the center and turn into lace. Real snow crystals usually have six arms, so folding the paper into sixths gives a more natural look than the easier fold into eighths. Most people start with the eighths anyway.

Plain printer paper works well. Thin paper, like tissue or old wrapping paper, folds into tighter wedges and allows finer cuts, while coffee filters are already round and soft enough for small hands. Cutting near the folded edge makes holes inside the flake. Cutting across the tip changes the very center. Leave some paper connecting each fold, or the whole thing falls apart into confetti, which is also a result.

Finished snowflakes tend to end up taped to windows, strung on thread across a room, or pressed flat under a heavy book to take out the creases. A pile of them made by different people looks like a small blizzard of handwriting, since no two people cut the same way.

Ways to celebrate

• Try folding paper into sixths for a more realistic six-armed snowflake.
• Cut snowflakes from coffee filters or old wrapping paper.
• Tape a row of finished snowflakes across a window.
• Invite friends or family to cut snowflakes together and compare designs.
• Hang snowflakes on thread from a doorway or ceiling.

Dates

All national days on December 27

Also on December 27

• National Fruitcake Day
• Visit the Zoo Day

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