Learn how to make the cutest coffee filter snowflakes for Christmas and winter!

These are so easy, budget friendly, and FUN to make for kids of all ages.

Youll be bleeding markers (easy), folding, and cutting.

coffee filter snowflake craft

They quickly go from lumps of snow to amazing crystal structures.

Consider my tiny little mind blown.

Unfold it and WOAH!

DIY coffee filter snowflakes

Mind blown for the second time.

I always liked a good science lesson that had a craft to go with it.

If you do too, Im excited to share thesecoffee filter snowflakeswith you!

snowflakes out of coffee filters

Theyre a fun craft to do with preschoolers together and elementary age children can play along too.

Before we dive in, let me answer a few questions about this project!

The best color variety comes from picking two lights and two darks that are different.

making snowflakes with coffee filters

If the colors are too similar, you wont get the tie dye effect youre looking for.

So dont be afraid to experiment.

Are you ready to try this funwinter activity?

Coffee filter with blue and green markers on top

Heres what youll need.

Gather These Supplies

If you want a unique snowflake pattern for cutting, gohere.

Im really pleased with how colorful they turned out!

Drawing a green line around the edge of a coffee filter with a marker

Its raining coffee filters around here!

Get the printable how-to card below.

Coffee filter with marker lines drawn on it in green, blue, and aqua marker

Coffee filter with marker lines drawn on it in green, blue, and aqua markers

Hand spraying a coffee filter with a small water bottle

Spraying a blue and green coffee filter with water so the ink runs

Dried blue, green, and purple coffee filter

Folding a coffee filter up to cut it

Coffee filter snowflakes steps copy

Coffee filter cut into a snowflake