Millions of Snowflakes

You will need:
paper and scissors to make the paper snowflake
tortilla, scissors and shredded cheese to make the edible snowflake

Directions for paper snowflake:
1. fold the paper 3 or 4 times
2. mark it with a crayon or marker where you want to make cuts
3. cut or "snip" the paper following the lines
4. after saying: "Hocus, pocus, abracadabra" unfold the paper to reveal the snowflake
5. decorate by coloring or dotting with glue and then glitter

Directions for edible snowflake:
1. fold the tortilla and mark it with a washable marker or butter knife
2. cut the tortilla with scissors
3. open after saying: "Hocus, pocus, abracadabra"
4. sprinkle on shredded cheese or cinnamon and sugar and microwave for 15 seconds
5. eat!

Tortillas are easy to cut with scissors, especially for beginners!  The paper snowflakes can be made from coffee filters which are also easy to cut.  It can be a good time to talk about shapes.  Curved lines are much harder to cut than straight ones, so if your child is a beginner, start with straight lines. There was never much snow where I grew up, so paper and edible snowflakes were my way of compensating for that.  I hope there is snow where you live so you can read the book and then play in the snow or catch real snowflakes on your tongue.