Pre-cut your cardboard circles. Paint the circles and let dry.

Paint a second layer to coat the cardboard well. Let it dry.

Start prepping your materials and organizing them into tubes, tips, etc.

Continue to prep and organize material–start practicing layout designs for each space.

After organizing your materials and laining out some snowflakes, it’s time to glue. Use glue on each individual piece.

Start with your largest pieces of the snowflakes to ensure the proper spacing.

Work in the smaller ends once the big bits are situated.

Move further inward to add more into the middle of each snowflake–this can look uniform or different.

Add a star sticker or, alternatively, a pom pom to each Q-tip’s middle section. Let everything sit for a couple of hours up to 24 hours.