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Making snowflakes at Imagination Station

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Andy Koral, left, helps his son Levi, 7, with his snowflake. They live in Toledo.

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Mary Gaynier folds a piece of paper into quarters for someone to make a snowflake. Behind her are some of the snowflake designs she brought to the workshop.

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Brooke Oberle, of Swanton, glues her finished snowflake to a piece of paper.

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Anabel Switzky, three months old, watches as her mother, Karissa Huntington, of Washington, D.C., creates a snowflake. Huntington and her family, on their way back to D.C. from Peoria, Illinois, decided the children needed some "out of car time", so they stopped at Imagination Station for a break.

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Mary Gaynier designs the snowflakes to make it easy for workshop participants to know what parts to cut.

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Karissa Huntington, of Washington, D.C., holds her three-month-old daughter Anabel Switzky as she creates a snowflake.

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Mary Gaynier poses in front of some of the snowflake designs she brought to the workshop.

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Rejeana Oberle, left, and her daughter Brooke Oberle, both of Swanton, with their finished snowflakes.

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Dannae Cone, 10, left, cutting her snowflake. Second from left Dannae's mom, Stacy Cone, shows her finished snowflake to her mom, Peggy Straight, far right. Standing are Alexis Cone, 12, left, Dannae's sister, speaking with Mary Gaynier. The Cones live in Northwood.

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Nathanael Koral, 11, of Toledo, nears completion of his snowflake.

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