Making Holiday Cards for the Troops :)

A picture of some of the snowflakes that I created. 

As the holiday season is approaching, a tradition in Character Leaders is to make holiday cards for the men and women serving our country. The cards we make are sent to veteran hospitals, bases, or even overseas to bring holiday cheer to those who sacrifice their lives every day to protect our freedoms in the United States. It is the least that we can do to show our appreciation. The first after school card making day was today after school. We had paper, markers and other simple craft making supplies. I saw that some people had cut out papers in the shape of things to glue to the front of the card. I had the idea of creating snowflakes so other people could glue them to the front of their cards fro decoration. Making cut out snowflakes is something that I have been doing for years around the holiday season and this was certainly a skill that I could contribute to the card making effort. Just like people, every snowflake is different and I think that is part of the beauty of making snowflakes, the connection to human life in that sense. I spent one hour after school making cut out snowflakes and giving them to other card makers to glue to the front of their holiday cards.
One hour of creativity.

To make paper snowflakes:

1. Use either a square or circle piece of paper. You need scissors.
2. For a square piece of paper, fold the paper into a triangle and continue folding until the desired size is met. For a circle, continue folding in half until desired size is met. 
3. Cut small shapes out of the sides of the triangle. Remember that everything you cut is only half of the design that will come out on the unfolded snowflake. An example: to create a heart, cut a half of a heart into the side of the triangle.
4. Carefully unfold and enjoy! :)