This is my winter snowflake maze. The snowflake lends itself mazes perfectly and makes an interesting pattern. I layered them in varying sizes so that I can make sure to fill in as much negative space as possible. The maze itself is pretty simple to solve so I added some rules to make it more challenging. If anyone completes the maze please list in the comments the most snowflakes you were able to pass through so we know who can make it through the most.
All of my mazes start as a pencil drawing and then are filled in with marker. Once I’m completed I use colored pencils to fill in the background color. This was a fun pattern to work on and I used the smaller snowflakes to fill in the gaps and make the maze more challenging.
Below is a time lapse video I created while making the snowflake maze. I’m asked all the time how long it takes me to create these mazes and I honestly have no idea because I make them 10 minutes at a time. Since I taped the creation of this maze I know that I ended up with over 3 hours of video. So it takes me at least three hours to draw my mazes but that obviously doesn’t count the hours of prep before I start inking them in. The video below is sped up to around 3 minutes so you can see how I fill in the maze as I go and color in the background at the end.
If you like this maze you want to try another similar maze check out my owl maze. If you’re looking for more free printable mazes check out my homepage.
If you don’t want to print the mazes at home please consider using the VistaPrint link below. VistaPrint is the vendor I use to print my mazes on card-stock to hand out to friends and family. I have found that they are the highest quality and the most affordable of the print vendors. Also I like that they allow for small batch printing which keeps the price affordable. I print them on 5.5 x 8.5 postcards and they turn out fantastic.
If you are thinking of making your own maze or are curious about any of the items I use feel free to check out my “tools of the trade” page. On that page you’ll find Amazon links to all the products I use. Please consider using my Amazon links to support the website.
Feel free to print or reproduce the puzzles for personal, church, school or institutional use. If you need free puzzles or mazes for your small-to-medium circulation newspaper, or you would like to purchase puzzles or mazes for a book, periodical, app or website please contact me.
This is new to me. What a great idea.
Thanks. I’m so glad you enjoyed my mazes
That is amazing and right on point for the inter storm! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Thanks. Completely unintended but it’s definitely an appropriate for this weekend
This is amazing!! (as usual!) I love the colors on this one, and the delicate snowflakes. The video is so interesting–what an amazing process! Thanks for sharing at #heartandsoullinkup
Thanks for the kind words. I had a ton of fun making this one and will have part two coming soon
so very pretty love the fact that it is a maze thanks for sharing
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Thanks. I’m glad you like them. I’ll be releasing part two later this week I’ll make sure to share.
Really fun idea during this COLD weather. Enjoy the winter and have fun crafting, Kippi #kippiathome
Thanks. Yes it ended up being very appropriate with the recent weather.
Hi Hilbert, thanks again for adding one of your wonderful freebies.
I would love it a lot if you would grab a Tutorial Tuesdays banner on the site,
and share with others so they might find our linkys.
Thanks again! Angela
No problem. I’ll pass along the word.
Your hand-drawn mazes are truly incredible. I think the snowflake picture is especially pretty, and perfect for the season. #heartandsoullinkup
Thanks. The weather made it very appropriate recently. I’ll have a part two ready this week. I’ll make sure to share once it’s done.
This is awesome and my daughter LOVES mazes. I’m so very excited for her to see this. Thank you so very much for sharing your talent.
That’s so great. I’d love to get some feedback after she completes them.
This is really awesome! I love the idea of creating a maze like this.
Thanks. I’ve been making these since I was a kid. Now my kids make them too.