Fancy having a go at making your own snowflake designs? Scientist and craft fan Alex McGoran, who designed the templates for this article, has some tips: Start to cut out the parts you’ve coloured in.

Use a pencil to draw the snowflake pattern from the provided template. Use a pair of sharp scissors to cut out the traced patterns from the folded white paper. Remove the cutout parts and then ...

Paper snowflakes are more than decorations; they are tangible expressions of creativity. Each cut and fold adds a personal touch, resulting in a unique design every time. For many, creating paper ...