Paper Snowflake Extravaganza!

 

While this momma and her Man and her Treasure 

have been laid up for the past week and a half

with respiratory illness of the 'walking pneumonia' kind...

keeping an energetic 7 year old entertained is no easy task!

We have made many, many paper snow flakes,

and really it has been quite fun.

While doing blog rounds yesterday,

I ran across a fellow blogger who is doing a whole week

on snowflakes...

please be sure to visit The Pleasant Times this week

to get in on the fun yourself.

There is a beautiful Snowflake Tea Table set over there,

and many more snowflake activities as well!

What a fun celebration!!

Here are some of our family's snowflakes:

Dancing girls around the border...

The Treasure thinks this one has boys
holding hands as they run around the outer edge...

A marigold blossom...

This one is supposed to have angels around the edge
holding hands...

And this one is what happens when you
fold the paper wrong!!

The Meaning of the Snowflake

Every new snowflake comes to the earth

as a picture of our Saviour's birth

because they are sent from up above

and remind us of God's care and love.

Each one is so intricate and small

because Christ sees the details of us all,

and just as two are never the same

the Lord knows and calls us each by name.

Snowflakes gently cover the world in white

and hide what's unlovely from our sight,

showing us how He covers our sin

and gives us His grace when we come to Him.

So may every snowflake bring Christ to mind

and in every bit of white may you find

a reason to celebrate anew

and a reminder of His love for you.

--Holley Gerth

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One more thing before you go--

if you want to turn your snowflake crafting

into a science lesson--



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Check out these books by Kenneth Libbrecht.

They are fascinating,

and quite possibly available from your local library!

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Snowflake shadows shining on a wall at sunset...