(Extra Large!) Popsicle Stick Snowflakes

When the girls were younger, we lived in the Middle East where snow was an impossibility. The girls hoped for snow as we travelled to Budapest, Helsinki, Prague, and so on during winter holidays, but the sprinkling we experienced was never the same as the snow play Canada offered. And so, as we often do, we problem-solved with crafting and made a "winter wonderland" with friends in our desert courtyard.

WHAT YOU NEED:

• popsicle sticks

• hot glue

• paint or crayons/markers

• white glue

• glitter

• string

HOW TO MAKE:

1. We looked up various snowflake structures and templates online to get some ideas of what to build. You can either follow a design or freestyle it (my favourite) and just create symmetry as you go.

2. Use hot glue to secure the popsicle sticks together.

3. Offer various paint colours (or crayons and markers!) to coat the popsicle sticks.

4. Sprinkle wet paint with glitter. If you used marker or crayons, put a thin coat of white glue on the popsicle sticks before sprinkling with glitter.

5. Ta-da! Hang with string and enjoy!

I always thought these would be SNOWWWW MUCH FUN for winter concerts at school :) Or, if you're wild like us, they make for excellent home decor ;)

Either way, you can't beat the availability of popsicle sticks or the instant charm of glitter-infused colour.

Happy creating, artists!

Love,

Linds