Child Craft Pattern Instructions for 4-Sided Crystal Snowflakes

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How to Make a Square Snowflake Doily

Four sided patterns are the easiest shapes for beginners to understand and cut out which may explain the confusion over the number sides of a true snowflake. Frequently 4 and 8 sided patterns appear in displays and in advertisments and commercials, but these are "mutant flakes" made by human because 4 sided flakes are not found in nature. True snow crystals have 2, 3, 6 and 12 sides generally depending upon weather conditions, wind, rain and melting factors. These instructions explain how to make a beautiful 4-sided doily snow crystal out of an ordinary sheet of paper. Print this set of instructions and keep it handy as a reference guide for cutting the 4 sided doily patterns in this web site.

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4-Sided Snowflake Pattern Instruction