Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas - Paper Tube Snowflakes

Here is a great way to recycle paper bath tissue or paper towel tubes. If these are made with care, the ornaments could be given as a set (3, 6, etc.) to people on your gift list.

This is part of the ongoing series (9/21-12/24) of handmade Christmas gift ideas. The detailed tutorial, very well done, is found at this link, on ChasingFireflies, posted by Ashley.

Although Ashley's children helped her, there's nothing childish about the way these turned out.

I love how she gives several different designs to spur our creativity. She includes some snowflake trivia and a link to a post about snowflake chemistry. The photo here is used with Ashley's permission.

For other projects in my series, just look along the right sidebar for the label "Christmas Gift Projects." I hope to post only tips that do not require knitting, crocheting, machine sewing, tatting, embroidery, or any other skilled technique.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway (deadline Oct 31) for $25 in handcrafted merchandise from my Etsy store.