One-Day Winter Camp: Snowflake Paper Engineering (Ages 4–7)

Did you know that every real snowflake has six sides? In this one-day winter camp, our youngest engineers discover the hidden math and design inside snowflakes by folding, cutting and building their own from paper.

The class moves quickly through three short, hands-on steps. First, learners fold a paper square in half and in half again and look for the lines of symmetry. Next, they snip simple shapes along the folds and open the paper to reveal a six-point snowflake, guessing first what the pattern will look like. Finally, they slot two snowflakes together to make a 3D snowflake that stands up on its own.

The teacher shows every fold slowly on camera, uses lots of encouragement and keeps instructions short and playful for little hands. Cuts are kept large and simple so children aged 4 to 7 can succeed, and a grown-up nearby can help with tricky snips.

Children finish with a small set of snowflakes and a stand-up 3D snowflake to decorate a window or table, plus a first taste of how engineers use shapes and symmetry.

How classes work

This is a single 30-minute live class. The teacher demonstrates each step, children fold and cut along with the group and everyone holds up their snowflakes to share at the end.

What we'll cover

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  Class 1: Fold, Cut and Build Snowflakes – Fold paper to find lines of symmetry, cut a six-point snowflake and build a stand-up 3D snowflake.

No experience needed. Children should be able to use child-safe scissors with a grown-up nearby.