One of the themes of the children’s story Snowflakes by Cerrie Burnell and Laura Ellen Anderson is that everyone is beautiful and unique, just like snowflakes which all have individual patterns and structures. We decided to make some beautiful snowflakes to accompany our reading. I try and keep as much of our rubbish or trash as it always comes in handy for junk modelling or craft projects and for this project the polystyrene pizza bases were perfect for making our own unique and beautiful snowflakes.
To make Polystyrene Pizza Base Snowflakes you will need:
- Polystyrene pizza base(s)
- PVA glue
- Decorations such as sequins, pipe cleaners, tinsel, we even used cupcake cases
- String or wool to hang the snowflakes up when they are dry
- Pencil or scissors to make a hole for hanging your snowflake
Firstly take your polystyrene pizza base and cover it with a generous amount of PVA glue. Once the pizza base is covered add your decorations such as sequins, pipe cleaners or glitter. Leave the snowflakes lying down to dry (don’t be tempted to hang them up to dry as all the glue will run and drip). Once the glue is completely dry make small a hole in the polystyrene so that you can hang the decoration up. We made several and hung them up in a chain. Each one was different but each one was beautiful. What do you think?
We made a sequin snowflake, a tinsel pipe cleaner snowflake and even a snowflake made from cupcake cases!
These pizza base snowflakes are so easy to make and they look fantastic.
You can read more about the story that inspired us Snowflakes by Cerrie Burnell and Laura Ellen Anderson or discover some more snowy crafts and activities.
So sweet… Sounds like a lovely book too! 🙂
They are lovely but can’t compete with all the real snow you are probably having now 😉
These are so beautiful and a great way to use up polystyrene, Fab activity
What a lovely idea, so simple and they do look beautiful. It’s a great way to use up those polystyrene bases too, I never know what to do with them and it’s such a shame to throw them away.
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Aww such a sweet craft and love the use of the pizza bases! Clever!!
Hannah | MakeDo&Push says
These are lovely! What a fab idea xx
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Awww these are so cute!
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Great activity to do with kids
Such a cute idea. I’ve never even considered doing anything with pizza bases. I always chuck them out because I hate the sound they make LOL
What a fabulous - and more importantly simple - craft idea. Right up my street. This will be filed away for next Christmas and used to decorate the kids’ bedroom. They’ll love these x
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I love the simplicity of these, I’m often put off from doing crafts that are too fiddly but these truly look wonderful
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What a fabulous idea Kirsty - and the principle behind it is brilliant. Can’t think of a better way to demonstrate it to the kids! x
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Love these, so effective and they look great! Pinned it 🙂
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They are so pretty. What a great way to use things that would normally be thrown away.
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What a brilliant idea x x
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What a great idea, and a great craft to teach kids about recycling products and making them into something new. I can’t wait to try it out 🙂
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Gorgeous Kirsty love the celebration of uniquemness
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What an excellent idea. This might be a stupid question but where did you get the bases from?
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The bases are just bits of polystyrene that come in the packaging for pizzas I buy in the supermarket. If you don’t eat pizza or you are wonderful at making your own then you could just use a circle of white card 🙂
What a great use for pizza bases - they look great!
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Love these! I have loads of pipecleaners and sequins in the drawer by my desk so I’m going to get the kids onto this tomorrow and see what they come up with 🙂 thanks for sharing.
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Oh these look so fun! What a fun idea! It’s really taken me back to my childhood too! X
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Ohh they are so pretty, my girls will love these. I wish I had all these simple but fab ideas! Happy new year, Mich x
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Gorgeous! Love the cupcake cases one especially 🙂
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