These beautiful and simple snowflakes are a perfect craft for all ages. The designs are endless because each snowflake is unique.
Materials:
Cardboard (leftover shipping boxes are perfect for this)
Circular objects for tracing on cardboard (you can use coffee cups or tupperware lids to get a variety of sizes) 
Acrylic craft paint in a variety of blues (or your chosen color palette)
Paint brush
Q-Tips
Liquid glue (Elmer’s liquid glue works great for this, but if you have tacky glue or hot glue it will dry much faster)
Scissors
Hole punch
String/twine
Optional AdditionalMaterials: fishing line, white pom poms, glitter/glitter glue
Steps:
1. Start by tracing circles on to the cardboard to be cut out.
2. Carefully cut out the circles from the cardboard.
3. Next, paint both sides of the cardboard using the acrylic paint. Allow 10-15 minutes of time for the paint to dry.
4. While your paint is drying, cut the q-tips in halves and in smaller pieces. You can also have your children help by folding and bending the q-tips to break them down into smaller pieces.
5. Once the paint is dry you can begin to arrange the pieces of q-tips on the circles.
6. When you have a design you like, gently squeeze a few dots of glue under each piece.
7. Add glitter or glitter glue to your snowflakes at this time (optional).
8. Once your glue has completely dried, use a hole punch to put a hole for hanging into the top of the circle.
9. Use twine or string to hang your snowflakes throughout your home. If you want to create the illusion of snow falling from your ceiling or window, use a fishing line rather than string/twine when hanging.