Are you left with some white foaming sheet and a jewelry button? Learn how to DIY this beautiful foaming sheet snowflake in this ornate, six-pointed snowflake ornament tutorial using 2 mm white glitter EVA foam. Ideal as a Christmas tree pendant, holiday wreath centerpiece, luxury gift package accent, winter window suncatcher, or elegant party garland medallion.
Three 7×7 cm squares are halved diagonally, folded, and slit with three parallel cuts while extracting the center triangle. The foam strips are sculpted into tight inward scrolls, arched loops, and a pinched apex to create six baroque-style petals.
The cutout scrap triangles are rolled into miniature conical wedges and glued between petal stems in a circle. The star is embellished with a sparkling rhinestone-pearl center, pearl beads inside the scrollwork, and a circular backing disc.
Difficulty Level
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Level: Intermediate
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Why: This design demands greater precision than basic foam snowflakes. It requires cutting multiple delicate, narrow parallel strips without tearing the bridges, rolling tiny curled scrolls, shaping separate conical spacers from tiny scrap cutouts, and symmetrically aligning twelve alternating components (six petals and six spacer cones) in a tight radial ring.
Materials Used
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White glitter EVA foam sheets (2 mm thick; three
7×7 cmsquares and scrap for a backing disc)
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Scissors
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Hot glue gun and glue sticks
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White half-pearl beads (6 pieces)
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Tweezers
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Rhinestone and pearl flower cabochon / centerpiece brooch
Folds & Techniques Used
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Diagonal Bisection: Cutting square foam sheets corner-to-corner into right triangles.
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Symmetry Axis Half-Fold: Folding each triangle along its vertical height to guide multi-tier cuts.
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Multi-Slit Cutting & Core Extraction: Cutting three parallel chevron slits while cutting away and saving the inner triangular core.
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Micro-Scroll Rolling: Curving and tightly rolling the innermost strips inward to form baroque scroll curls.
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Arched Loop Fold: Bringing the middle strips downward to meet and glue at the stem.
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Apex Pinch Fold: Applying glue to the top peak and pinching it to set a sharp, Gothic-style pointed crown.
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Conical Roll & Trim: Rolling the scrap triangular cores into small conical wedges to serve as interstitial spacers.
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Radial Interlocking Assembly: Alternating petals and cone spacers around a central hub.
Quick Frame-by-Frame Guide
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Cut the Triangles (00:11–00:19): Cut three
7×7 cmwhite glitter foam squares diagonally in half to produce six right triangles.
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Fold & Slit (00:20–00:39): Fold each triangle in half along its centerline. Make three parallel cuts toward the apex; cut out and preserve the small inner bottom triangle.
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Sculpt the Petal Scrolls & Loops (00:40–01:21): Unfold flat. Roll the two innermost strips inward into tight spiral scrolls and glue them. Loop the middle pair of strips downward to meet at the base stem.
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Pinch the Apex (01:22–01:39): Glue the stem base together, then apply hot glue to the outer top peak and pinch firmly into a sharp, pointed tip (make 6 petals).
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Form Spacer Cones (01:40–02:04): Take each saved scrap triangle, apply hot glue along one edge, roll it into a slim cone, and trim the bottom flat (make 6 spacers).
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Assemble the Snowflake Star (02:05–02:49): Glue the six petals together in a circle, inserting a small cone spacer between each adjacent pair of petal stems.
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Attach Centerpiece (02:50–03:07): Apply hot glue to the front center cavity and set the rhinestone-and-pearl floral brooch.
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Add Pearl Accents (03:08–03:22): Use hot glue and tweezers to mount a white half-pearl bead inside each petal’s inner scroll loop.
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Reinforce Backing (03:23–03:48): Turn the snowflake over, apply hot glue, and press a circular foam disc over the center to secure all joint seams.
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