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Slide the hanging snowflake down onto the plain one, slot into slot, until their bottom arms are level: the two cross at right angles, 78 mm across each way and 100 mm tall with the loop.
Two flat six-arm snowflakes that slot together at right angles into a snowflake that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging snowflake is slotted up from its bottom arm and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its top arm; the plain one is slotted down from its top arm.
Cut size
164 × 100 mm (6½ × 3⅞ in)
Size with margin
164 × 100 mm (6½ × 3⅞ in)
Shapes
2
Layers
2
What you need
White or pale blue cardstock, the same color on both sides (every arm shows its back): see paper and card weights for one that holds its shape
Thread or narrow ribbon that passes through the 4 mm hole
Cut both snowflakes from white or pale blue card. The hanging snowflake is slotted up from the tip of its bottom arm and the plain one down from the tip of its top arm; each slot is 0.8 mm wide, and its mouth opens out to start the other snowflake. If you resize, resize both together. The slots change with them (0.4 mm wide at 50%), so cut a test slot in a scrap of your card first and check that a strip of the same card slides in without bending.
2. Slide them together
Hold the plain snowflake upright. Lower the hanging one onto it from above, slot into slot, until their bottom arms are level. Each slot runs to the center, with 1 mm to spare where they meet, so the snowflakes seat all the way.
3. Turn the arms square
Turn the snowflakes until they cross at right angles, so the eight side arms sit evenly. Tie a thread through the 4 mm hole in the loop to hang it: the hole sits 4.9 mm above the plain snowflake’s top arm, so the thread hangs clear of it. If the snowflakes sit loose, a dot of glue where the slots meet holds them square.
Two flat trees that slot together at right angles into a tree that stands out in 3D, 70 mm across each way. The starred tree is slotted up from its trunk and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the star; the plain tree is slotted down from its tip.
Two flat five-point stars that slot together at right angles into a star that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging star is slotted up from the notch between its lower points and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its top point; the plain star is slotted down from its top point.
Two flat discs, each with a cap and six star-shaped windows, that slot together at right angles into a ball that stands out in 3D, 78 mm across each way. The hanging disc is slotted up from its bottom edge and hangs from a 4 mm hole in the loop above its cap; the plain disc is slotted down from the top of its cap.