These are really, really hard to cut, but the wow factor is way up there.  I had hoped we could try this at the MonSFFA meeting Sunday, but after breaking off blades and actually destroying a ceramic slicer, I got really frustrated.

So, I contacted Mark Burakoff who is way more experienced with paper- cutting.  He writes:

 Paper engineering report- wow! That was not easy. I tried out two of them- one each of the four and six repeat designs. The four wasn’t too bad, but required quite a few touch up cuts. I gave up trying to cut the six repeat in one pass, especially on tight curves. I think that trying this a Monsffa would result in a lot of shredded paper, some bloodshed, and not a few thrown knives.

But judging from the image at the top of the page, he had more success than I did! (and of all available designs, trust Mark to find the slave Leia!)

So, this is an activity you’ll have to do at home! Send me pictures, or better yet, bring your snowflakes to the meeting for show and tell.

You will find video instructions here.

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