Snowflake (Dennis Walker): Instructions

Submitted by Sara on 14 October 2009 - 12:40am
Designer: 
Walker, Dennis
Folder: 
Adams, Sara
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Hexagon from a Square or Rectangle: Instructions
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Snowflake (Dennis Walker)
Difficulty Level: 
Simple
Model type: 
Christmas
Geometry
Tessellations and Fractals
Paper ratio: 
Hexagon

Christmas Origami Instructions: Snowflake (Dennis Walker)

Why not make your own winter or Christmas decoration? Use tracing paper and put these beautiful snowflakes on your windows - you'll be surprised how wonderful it looks when the sun shines through the paper!

Comments

Submitted by John (not verified) on 16 October 2009 - 9:51pm

Sara,

Please do continue providing instuctional videos. I really find it easy to follow along.
As a side point I watched your Lang cuckoo video and the time it took you. Well it took me 7mo's for his first version. I mention this as credit to you. Again keep up the good work.

John

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 18 October 2009 - 6:30pm

Thanks for your instructional videos. I just followed your snowflake and hexagon. You are a great teacher and the markings on your paper really help to see where to fold. Please keep making origami instructional videos.

Submitted by Mo (not verified) on 10 December 2009 - 6:32pm

Hi - I haven't folded much, but thought this snowflake was beautiful. You did a bang up job in the video. I just had to stop it a couple of times to keep up with you! Thank you, Sara Adams! And Merry Christmas

Submitted by Susan Webb (not verified) on 24 December 2009 - 4:43am

Thank you for your very clear directions for the snowflake! I had been totally frustrated by some of the steps in Dennis' PDF illustrations, but your detailed approach simplified things considerably, and I was finally able to complete it after a pleasant twenty minutes with your video. Merry Christmas and slainte!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 30 September 2010 - 12:39am

while watching the dennis walker video, it freezes up at different steps. I have made it to the next to the last step which is ear-marked 14.36 .....it says I'm almost done.. what do I do now?????????

Submitted by Sara on 2 October 2010 - 7:55pm

Try viewing the video on another day. Or try downloading it (there are tools out there) and then watching it on your computer.

Hopefully one of those helps,

-- Sara

Submitted by Hattie (not verified) on 17 January 2010 - 2:31pm

I'm really sad I can't get the video to work on here or youtube, I have my paper ready and everything!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 1 November 2010 - 1:41am

I have made a template for the hexagon to start it. My problem is every time I try to cut the tissue paper to the shape, the paper crinkles and tears. I am using a utility knife to cut the tissue paper. What else can I use to cut the tissue paper so that it will not tear.

Submitted by Sara on 2 November 2010 - 7:47am

What kind of ruler are you using? I recommend using a steel ruler. Be sure to press it on the paper, so that the paper cannot shift while cutting. Also, be sure to use a sharp blade. Else the paper can crinkle and rip.

-- Sara

Submitted by Stephen Scott (not verified) on 9 November 2010 - 3:01am

Hi Sara!

What kind of paper do you use for the shiny snowflake?

Stephen

Submitted by Stephen Scott (not verified) on 9 November 2010 - 3:05am

I guess I did not watch the video first... What kind of store would sell tracing paper?

Stephen

Submitted by Sara on 9 November 2010 - 5:06am

Any artist's store should, but also most stationeries. You can look for tracing paper or glassine or pergamyn. Or check for bread wrap in your supermarket. :) That should work well, too.

-- Sara

Submitted by Jayne (not verified) on 22 December 2010 - 8:16pm

I have just made myfirst origami snowflake from tracing paper and it looks fantastic! Your video was so easy to follow (my 6 year old daughter was entranced). I plan to make lots more and hopefully next year will use them as decorations and christmas cards/presents for friends. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!

Submitted by Shauna (not verified) on 6 February 2011 - 7:42pm

I've wanted to make this model for a while but I've never found instructions I thought I could follow successfully. You are very methodical and detailed and easy to follow. Thanks so much.

Submitted by Jules (not verified) on 11 July 2011 - 12:02am

This is a fabulous tutorial! Your instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you very much!

May I recommend folding the snowflake in plain old semi-translucent white baker's parchment paper. (Buy a roll at any grocery store next to the aluminum foil.)

It shows the inner folds beautifully when you hang it in the sun. Glassine was not quite stiff enough to stay crisp through all the folds.

Submitted by Stamparita (not verified) on 30 October 2011 - 11:02pm

Your instructions are so helpful.
I could never have figured out this fold without the video.
Many thanks for making it.
SuZ

Submitted by Dianne (not verified) on 16 November 2011 - 4:16am

Once again enjoying this model. I particularly love doing the snowflake in waxed paper...so translucent it is kaelidoscopic looking in from the back side of the model.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 1 December 2011 - 3:14am

it was slow im not a baby at this half of the vid could have been sped up... but other than than it was a good vid

Submitted by Misa (not verified) on 2 May 2012 - 3:28am

Hi, When I go to the link for the diagram for this snowflake I can only get the first page the second page is no longer available. It gives me an error page. Is there any way I can get the second page of the diagram?

Submitted by Sara on 2 May 2012 - 11:18am

The link to the second page works for me. Have you tried clearing your browser's cache? Or loading the link while pressing the shift key?

-- Sara

Submitted by Raaaaaani (not verified) on 23 December 2012 - 9:46am

This was amazing!! The way you explained all the steps made the snowflake so easy to make!!
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Submitted by frenchie (not verified) on 19 November 2013 - 1:03pm

your video is wonderfull and very simple
i made it with golden tissue paper to put on the top of my christmas tree
it is a bit more difficult because the paper is very thin
but the result is lovely
than you very much

Submitted by Aaron (not verified) on 11 March 2014 - 9:08am

Making some changes to the Christmas tree in the way you mentioned in the video was really awesome. My neighbors too agree that the Christmas tree looks wonderful by adding up these paper works. It gives a new dimension to the Christmas tree.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 16 May 2016 - 4:10pm

Por favor continúe proporcionando videos instrucional. Me resulta realmente fácil de seguir. Como punto de lado vi tu video de cuco Lang y el tiempo que se le. Bien me tomó 7mo para su primera versión. Menciono esto como crédito a usted. Otra vez de mantener el buen trabajo.

Submitted by Claire Kohanski (not verified) on 24 June 2017 - 4:34am

I enjoyed this one so much, I am now hooked on origami. I especially love tessellations. Thank You so much for all your time you spend doing this

Submitted by Nan M Len (not verified) on 26 August 2018 - 7:59pm

This video was so helpful -- thank you! so much for making it. I had worked out the early stages of this snowflake from a diagram, but couldn't figure out the last parts. This video showed exactly what I needed to do. Thank you! again.

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