With the holidays right around the corner we thought it would be fun to make some snowflakes. In our hunt we came across some Star Wars snowflakes created by a husband and wife.
After making a few of these we began thinking about improving the design. The first idea we had was to impose the cutting stencil on the circle diagram to make it quicker to cut out. After that, we created a few designs of our own.
Thanks to the couple that spawned the idea! The Imperial logo in the center is what really makes the design.
If you like these, make sure to download one of our Star Wars ringtones. Receiving a text message with the sound of a light saber is a moment to behold.
Directions
- Click Diagram link to download the PDF
- Print the PDF
- Cut the circle out
- Fold the diagram. You can use the couple’s directions if you want. We found doing a accordion fold worked better for us.
- Cut the grey area out (you may need an Exacto knife for some of the designs)
- Unfold and hang!
Diagrams
From Andy Herrera Designs
This is amazing, but when I try click some of the pdfs (ex. stormtrooper and vader) it’s just a blank page. The yoda worked though.
Cuz … Stormtroopers suck .
Me too…most of them are blank. I got stormtropper to open but not Yoda. Frustrating cause these look so cool.
If you right-click on the “Diagram” link and select “Save Link As…” from the pop-up menu, you can then save a copy of each of the pdfs to your computer and open them up.
to those of you that think some are blank (I did too) just print them anyway, they seem to be so faint that they don’t show up on the PDF, but once printed, you can make out the design. hope this helps. : )
The reason why ours are lighter was that we noticed that when cutting them out that if the grey was too dark, you would get dark grey edges. Doing a lighter grey allowed for a little more wiggle room with the cutting.
Update your Acrobat
I printed Vader anyway and it does show up (although faded) but still useable
I love this! I made a boba fett, but it kinda failed, then I made a stormtrooper, and it worked!!
These are too cool! I tried the Boba Fett one and it looks awesome! I’m going to do up several for my Christmas tree.
Thanks for posting these!
These are great!!
Hawesome! And fun
Making several for my cube at work.
Post pics on our FB wall when you make some!
Cool and fun=)
LOVE These. Thanks to my friend Loretta for sharing your site, we’re making them again this year! May the Force be with you!
Thanks for posting these – I’ve done a couple using printer paper, scissors and a scalpel for the fiddly bits. An X-Acto knife would be far superior for some of the cuts.
The two that I was able to do without a proper blade are the Boba Fett (ignore the cheekbones) and the clone trooper.
yep
Print even if they look blank-I did, and they just appear lighter on the page than YODA, then I just copied darker.
The reason why ours are lighter was that we noticed that when cutting them out that if the grey was too dark, you would get dark grey edges. Doing a lighter grey allowed for a little more wiggle room with the cutting.
Siva will like these…
Awsome! Did not have any problem printing, did not use PDF.
My Grandson Loves anything Starwars.
You are a Master Creator!
Thank you
I’m trying to figure out what kind of paper you were using. Regular printer paper is way too thick when trying to cut out 12 layers of it! My hand was cramping. My Yoda looks more like Simba the baby Disney lion with pointy ears.
Just normal printer paper and sharp scissors is all we used.
Just finished up the R2D2 snowflake and I love it (even though it took about 2 hours
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I’ve done an Akbar snowflake on printer paper, cut some external line by scissors and a few internal lines by office knife. Mr. Yoda was next figure =)
For those opening a blank document, IF you are trying to open these from an Iphone or Ipad, you might try a PC. All have worked for me, but I have had troubles on my own site with Iphone/Ipad users being unable to see the contents of certain PDFs. But From what I understand, they can open them on a Mac desktop ok.
This are awesome, thanks!
These are fantastic! A perfect project for my 12 yr old son and I! Thanks!
My 11 year old son LOVES Star Wars…guess I know what we will be doing later
He is going to love these! Thanks!
Exacto knife? More like precision laser cutter o_o
the snowflakes are AWESOME! my son is so excited! Thanks for sharing!
These snow flakes are amazing Great job.
Okay, where’s the snowflake for Han Solo?
ITS SO AWESOME MY FRIEND LOVES STAR WARS AND THIS IS PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;]
Thank you so much for posting the pdf’s, they are AWESOME!
Do any of you know where I can find Harry Potter snowflake patterns?
I am going to try to cut this on my electronic cutter (Cricut) I think it will work beautifully.
A friend sent me this post. I love these. I make the 8 sided ones out of copy paper of all colors, and I just started using magazine pages I do all seasons, any name, people, animals, and I teach all my kids at school how to do them. I iron them flat and keep them in plastic sleeves in notebooks. I post them on my blog. Fun for everyone!!!!
Awesome!
these were awesome to make. we did yoda, r2, stormtrooper, bobafett, and darth vader.
they took forever, but it was so worth it in the end!
Just found out about these yesterday!!!
I’ll be making these for a lot of “boys” I know
next year for Christmas:)
А есть снежинки с Дарт Сидиусом и Дарт Маулом?
Hi! We love these! If you’re having trouble printing, try printing in grayscale- that’s how mine worked from my mac.
Thanks for the fun idea!
these are awsome snow flakes and they are the coolest I have ever seen