How To Make A 3-D Snowflake - It's Awesome!


	How To Make A 3-D Snowflake - It's Awesome!

DarrenTooCool

12-7-2007 5:43 PM

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snowflake, christmas, holiday, craft, craftable, wikihow, lifehacker

DarrenTooCool says:

WikiHow has an AWESOME craft for 3-D snowflakes. I just remembered this post from last year at Lifehacker, and I never made one. I just thought others might dig this crafty craft for the holidays.

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