Let It Snow (Without the Cold)
Wednesday December 10, 2008
It gets cold where I live but we don't get a lot of ice and snow. I hope, hope, hope that the tiny bit we had last night is the last of it (I know, wishful thinking -- winter has barely begun). In honor of this wintery weather, it's time to introduce (or reintroduce) snowflakes on the Web.
- Make-a-Flake
Remember cutting shapes out of folded paper then unfolding to reveal your own one-of-a-kind snowflake? Do it virtually at the Make-a-Flake site. Save your best creations as a JPEG or EPS so you can use them in your desktop publishing projects. I visit this site at least once every year.
- Snowdays
Create your own snowflake by clicking and dragging to cut the paper. See the effect of your cuts in the preview pane. Once you save your snowflake you'll see it in the falling snow and be able to grab and print it or other snowflakes. This has been an annual stop for me since I found it.
- Make Your Own Snow
About.com Guide Sue Chastain has the tools, the free layers, and tips for making your own snowy scenes and snowflakes.
- Paper Snowflakes
If you need a refresher on making real paper snowflakes, read these illustrated instructions.
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Comments
Also check out the artwork on the USPS winter stamps. Kenneth G. Libbrecht used a specially designed snowflake microscope to capture these beauties.
Thanks a lot for those links to the snowflake making websites- it’s kept me busy for the last 2 hours and I can’t wait to share this with my 15 year old daughter! Really a ton of fun.