There's a reason paper snowflakes show up every December: with one square of paper and a few snips, you can fill a window with lacy white shapes that catch the light. This Christmas snowflake takes the classic idea and gives it a proper six-pointed structure, with 15 photo steps walking you through the angled folds and the cuts that open into delicate branches. No two will ever match exactly — that's the fun of it — so you can keep tweaking the notches until each one feels like its own little frost pattern. Grab a sheet, find your scissors, and let's make it snow indoors.

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