FOLDING INSTRUCTIONS - Multicentered
Before you start...	PAPER.  Use VERY THIN paper.  You'll be cutting through 48 layers of paper (as opposed to 12 layers for a 6-sided flake).  The  best papers are onion skin, tracing paper and tissue paper (paper that retailers use to wrap stuff, such as ceramics, clothes etc. -  a good way to recycle). SCISSORS.  Use sharp and sturdy scissors.  Kitchen shears usually work, as do many scissors for sewing.
Step 1	Start with a square or rectangular sheet of paper. Fold the top into one side of the paper to form a triangle  (It is not necessary to cut off the excess area).  Note center angle "C."
Step 2	Make a second fold.  The angle of the remaining area should be about 60 degrees.  You can use a protractor or eyeball  it - you'll get used to it.
Step 3	Fold in the remaining flap.    Cut out excess paper to make an equilateral triangle (Remember geometry? - triangle with equal sides and equal angles).
Step 4 and 5	Fold the center angle "C" into the midpoint of the opposite side. Repeat with other angles.
Step 6	Fold in half along "C."  Using these instructions, you will produce a 6-sided snowflake with repetitions of a 3-sided snowflake (aka as a "6-3" pattern).  Only one snowflake in this site is not a 6-3 pattern. Folding on the other angles will produce a 3-sided snowflake with repetitions of a 6-sided snowflake (aka as a "3-6" pattern).  This site only has one sample of a 3-6 pattern.
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