November 30, 2011
This year’s theme is “best beloved children’s books” and we chose the book SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. This biography tells the true story of a Vermont farm boy who was mesmerized by snowflakes. Wilson Bentley was fascinated by the six-sided frozen phenomena, and once he acquired a microscope with a camera, his childhood preoccupation took on a more scientific leaning. Bentley spent his life taking countless exquisite photographs examining the tiny crystals and their delicate, mathematical structures. Any child who has cut a folded-paper snowflake will appreciate Wilson Bentley’s infatuation with the beautiful and intricate designs of snow crystals.
For more information about Snowflake Bentley please visit http://snowflakebentley.com/
The snowflakes created for the BRIMS Christmas Tree are from a book written by Marion Nichols, an artisan at the City Museum in St. Louis. Her pattern books can be purchased thru the City Museum site at www.citymuseum.org
The first document is the instructions for creating 6-sided paper snowflakes and also includes Mrs. Nichols contact information. The second & third documents are a songbird snowflake pattern and a penguin snowflake pattern. Download them and create your own beautiful snowflakes!
Bird Snowflake
Penguin Snowflake
