Pasta Snowflakes
These Pasta Snowflakes won't melt when you hang them on your Christmas tree -- but they sure will shine!
What you'll need:
Small plate or bowl
Pencil & Paper
Ruler
Waxed paper
Dry pasta (wagon wheels, rotini, spaghetti, elbow macaroni, bow ties, shells, ditali)
Elmer's Glue or Glue gun
Toothpick
Paint
Ribbon
To make Pasta Snowflakes:
1. Paint pasta pieces different colors or silver for a snow effect. Set aside to dry.
2. Use bowl to trace a circle on paper. Use a ruler to make lines across the circle, so that it looks like a pie cut into 8 pieces. This will be your pattern.
3. Put a piece of waxed paper over the pattern, and lay pieces of pasta on top of the waxed paper so that they are all touching. Use the circle and lines to help keep the pattern symmetrical.
4. Use a toothpick to dab glue between the pasta.
5. After the pasta is glued together, gently slide the waxed paper to one side and let the glue dry while you make more snowflakes.
6. When the glue is dry, remove the waxed paper tie on a ribbon.
Your snowflakes will be fragile!
