I made mine in blues, pinks, and purples. If you're worried about the rhinestone falling off, attach it with a dot of tacky glue or hot glue.Īren’t they pretty? They turned out so well! They might need a little help twisting the pipe cleaners together, but after that, it’s smooth sailing! I was inspired by the adorable snowflakes from Early Learning Ideas.

These snowflakes are like the jackpot of kids crafts because the kids can actually make them by themselves. Lately, craft time with the kids has involved me choosing a craft, me making the craft, and then the kids watching me while I make almost the entire thing for them. So off we went to raid the awesome craft supplies I have leftover from writing my craft book! (and if it’s still dark outside, please please please don’t even bother asking! lol) But the kids were dressed, they were fed and to be fair, it was my second coffee, so there was really no reason that we couldn’t start a little crafting adventure. Mind you, at the point, I don’t think I had finished my coffee yet, so I’m not sure I was overly receptive? I’m trying to teach my kids that if I haven’t finished my coffee, it’s probably safest to not ask me to do anything. One morning my oldest daughter woke up and said “Can we do a craft Mommy?” and I said “hmmmm……….”. I photographed these beaded pipe cleaner snowflakes weeks ago! They are so simple to make and they look adorable! This was one of those easy peasy crafts that I did with my 5 year old and 7 year old over the Christmas holidays. But I am ridiculously relieved to say that that was the FINAL edit and I won’t see those pages again until it goes to print this summer. It’s been one of those weeks! My publisher sent me the printed pages of my craft book to edit, mark up, and send back… so I had to read through 192 pages of crafts and instructions to find any mistakes.

Don’t you hate it when you make an announcement to the world, and then you can’t follow through because life gets in the way? Yup.

Snowman pony bead pattern