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Layered Six-Point Snowflake

Fold a six-point snowflake with overlapping diamond-shaped facets.

What you’ll need

  • One 15 × 15 cm square
  • Scissors
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Paper folding · Hexagon cutting & layered squash folds

Finished Layered Six-Point Snowflake

Make it, step by step.

10 steps · Original diagrams with English instructions

Set the reference folds

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  1. Fold the square into a triangle. Reinforce its center crease and bring the lower edge to that crease as shown.

Cut a hexagon

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  1. Align the side edge with the reference endpoint, fold the layers together, turn over and cut along the horizontal guide.

Fold the radial pattern

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  1. Open the hexagon. Fold each corner inward and reopen, then gather neighboring sections and lay each overlap to one side.

Crease the reverse

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  1. Complete the circle and turn over. Fold each lower edge toward the center, unfolding to reveal the new pattern.

Open the six points

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  1. Fold around the center, letting overlaps extend outward. Turn over and lift the first section along its crease.

Lift the neighboring sections

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  1. Open and lift each adjacent corner. Turn over and crease a diamond in half sideways.

Squash the raised triangles

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  1. Turn the diamond right, pinch up a triangular ridge along the center crease, then open and flatten it. Repeat on the neighboring ridge.

Repeat the facet folds

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  1. Work all the way around, turn over and repeat the indicated edge fold on each sector.

Refine the tips

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  1. Fold a sloping edge inward, open it and press it down inside. Fold the small triangle down and repeat around the model.

Reveal the snowflake

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  1. Turn the finished model over and adjust the six points.

Follow the diagrams alongside the step-by-step English instructions.

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