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Dip and Dye Snowflakes

Materials

  • Cone or square-shaped coffee filters (or paper towels cut in circles or squares)
  • Scissors
  • Small bowls of dye (diluted food coloring or strong tempera paint)

Directions

  1. Fold coffee filters or paper-towel circles or squares in half, quarters, thirds, and so on.
  2. Dip them into a bowl of dye, blot, open up, and let dry.
  3. When dry, fold again and make snowflakes by cutting small shapes along the folded edges.
  4. Use the snowflakes as a holiday decoration; tape them to your window or your child's bedroom door.

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