Resin can seem intimidating, but it’s honestly really easy to work with! Read our helpful tips and follow our simple step-by-step tutorial to make one of these sparkling snowflakes. These icy holiday decorations shine amazingly in the light, and they also make an awesome homemade gift for friends and family!
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Helpful Tips:
What type of glitter is used to make resin snowflakes?
We always recommend using several different types of glitter to make resin crafts. You can use different shades of the same colour to add dimension to your ornament (eg. light blue and dark blue). Holographic glitter looks great in these resin snowflake ornaments, helping them catch the light. It’s also recommended to use different sizes and shapes of glitter (both fine and chunky glitter). You can even use glitter flakes, shaped glitter, or silver flakes in your ornament.
Why is the glitter added separately to these resin snowflakes?
We added the glitter separately to our snowflakes so that the corners would be clear, with the glitter acting as an accent colour. You can also mix the glitter into the resin, creating a fully coloured snowflake, just like we did for our resin Christmas ornaments.
What resin is best for making resin snowflakes?
We used epoxy casting resin to make our snowflakes. Deep pour resin is recommended for any objects thicker than 1/2 inch, so if you’re going to buy one type of resin, casting resin is the one to choose.
How much resin do you need to make a resin snowflake?
We mixed 100 ml of resin to make 3 snowflakes. Each snowflake takes about 30 ml of resin, but it’s always best to make a bit extra so you don’t run out. Use the leftover resin to make resin gummy bears or beads. The exact amount of resin needed will, of course, depend on the size of the mold you use. Our star ornaments are about 4 inches across and 1/2 inch thick.
Add some sparkle to your holiday season with these resin snowflakes! These crystal-like stars will definitely be the highlight of your Christmas tree this year. Choose your favourite colours of glitter, or feel free to personalize the ornament with other types of add-ins, like beads or rhinestones!
Here’s even more DIY ornament ideas:
Resin Ornaments
Crochet Christmas Ornaments
DIY Honeycomb Ornament
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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