{"id":316,"date":"2009-12-06T21:45:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T01:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=316"},"modified":"2009-12-09T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T14:47:09","slug":"making-snowflakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2009\/12\/06\/making-snowflakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Snowflakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I ate my first snowflake of the season.<\/p>\n<p>I figured it was about time.\u00c2\u00a0 What I like the least about Michigan winters (at least on this side of the state) is that we always have the cold necessary for snow and then we never get it.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t even get the chance to go sledding last year! And the first glorious snowfall I experienced this year did not even coat the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Bound and determined to have some snow around here I gathered up my packet of printer paper and scissors and made my way downstairs into the living room and started folding and cutting.\u00c2\u00a0 Only to realize that my great snowflake making skills simply produced giggles from my roommate and a mess on the carpet that will take forever to clean with the vacuum-whose-motor-is-smaller-than-my-camera.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s fixed now and I bring you a <b>Snowflake How-To:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1) Start with a square piece of paper.\u00c2\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have one, make one.\u00c2\u00a0 Fold the sheet into a triangle.\u00c2\u00a0 There should be some extra stuff hanging off the end.\u00c2\u00a0 Just cut it off.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2900.jpg\" \/ width=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>2) Fold into smaller triangles. The only limit is how many times you can fold the paper.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2901.jpg\"  width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3) Start cutting random shapes into the sides of the triangle.\u00c2\u00a0 If you want a hole in the middle of your snowflake, cut the tip off of the triangle where it doesn&#8217;t open.<\/p>\n<p>4)Unfold the paper and congratulate yourself!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2899.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Variations:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you want a more delicate snowflake, cut out a large chunk of the triangle&#8217;s center.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2897.jpg\" alt=\"delicate closed\" width=\"300\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2898.jpg\" alt=\"delicate open\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you want a more rounded snowflake, cut off the end of the triangle so it&#8217;s curved.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2902.jpg\" alt=\"round closed\" width=\"300\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i10.photobucket.com\/albums\/a139\/Uniasus\/IMG_2903.jpg\" alt=\"round open\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy! Put them on your windows and doors, or even your roommate while they&#8217;re sleeping if you&#8217;re feeling a little <i>too<\/i> nice this holiday season. ^_~<\/p>\n<p>And if you lack the paper, you can always make some online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularfront.com\/snowdays\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your snow loving blogger,<\/p>\n<p>Jenny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I ate my first snowflake of the season. I figured it was about time.\u00c2\u00a0 What I like the least about Michigan winters (at least on this side of the state) is that we always have the cold necessary for snow and then we never get it.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t even get the chance to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}