Free Printable: Paper Snowflake Templates

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Turn your front porch into a winter wonderland with oversized paper snowflakes. Our free printable templates show you how to make them from a stack of white paper lunch bags, glue and scissors. Each snowflake opens to about 19 inches across, a great size for hanging from a porch ceiling, in a window or above a holiday table. It is an easy, low-cost project to make with the kids.

Download the Free Snowflake Templates (PDF)

What’s Included

  • Instruction page: a list of supplies, a gluing diagram and six easy steps.
  • Four paper bag templates: Classic Star, Scalloped, Forked Tips and Lacy.
  • Bonus page: three patterns for classic folded snowflakes made from regular printer paper.

You Will Need

  • White paper lunch bags, 5 inches wide by 9¾ inches tall (8 to 10 per snowflake)
  • Glue stick, or a hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • Sharp scissors and a pencil
  • Hole punch or large needle
  • Clear fishing line and removable ceiling hooks
  • Clear acrylic sealer spray (optional)

Printing Tips

The templates print on standard letter-size paper. Set your printer to 100% or “actual size” instead of “fit to page” so the templates match the width of the bags. Regular grocery-store lunch bags work too. Make one test snowflake first, since bag sizes vary a little by brand.

Good to Know

  • Hang paper snowflakes under a covered porch, out of rain and snow.
  • To keep them from wilting in humidity, morning dew or light mist, spray the finished snowflakes with a clear acrylic sealer, or cut them from white plastic tablecloths instead of paper.
  • Turn leftover bags into luminaries for the walkway. Fold the top down an inch, add a scoop of sand and set a battery-operated tea light inside.

Looking for more holiday inspiration? See our Christmas front porch decorating ideas. You can also browse all of our free printables.

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