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Winter Season Guide | Seasonal DIY Recipes and Furniture

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This is a guide for Winter and its exclusive DIY recipes and furniture for Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to find out about how to get Winter's seasonal furniture and items!

Toy Day Event
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Snow DIY Recipes

Snowflakes (Snowflake Series)

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Seasonal Material Snowflakes
Availability Northern Hemisphere: December 11 to February 24
Southern Hemisphere: June 11 to August 24
How to Get Get from Balloon Presents

As Winter settles in on your island and starts covering the ground with snow, you'll also notice Snowflakes falling around.

List of Snowflake Series Recipes

Ice (Frozen Series)

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Seasonal Material Snowflakes & Large Snowflakes
Availability Northern Hemisphere: December 11 to February 24
Southern Hemisphere: June 11 to August 24
How to Get Get from Perfect Snowboys

Creating a perfectly proportioned Snowby rewards you with a DIY recipe from the Ice (Frozen) Series, as well as a Large Snowflake.

Large Snowflakes are the primary material used in this series, so do your best in creating the perfect Snowboy!

List of Ice (Frozen) Series Recipes

Christmas DIY Recipes

Ornaments (Festive Series)

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Seasonal Material Ornaments
Availability Both Hemispheres: December 15 to January 6
How to Get Get from Balloon Presents

Once the Festive Season starts, Isabelle will make an announcement on how she decorated the Cedar (Pine) trees with ornaments.

You can shake these trees to get different colored Ornaments, with the Gold Ornament being the rarest of the three.
List of Festive Series Recipes

Where to Get DIY Recipes

Create Snowboys

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Creating a perfect Snowboy rewards you with DIY recipes from the Ice (Frozen) Series. Look for snowballs on your island and roll them up to create this charming character!

How to Make Snowboys

Shoot Down Balloons

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You can get DIY recipes for Snowflake Series items from balloon presents when there is snow during th Winter Season. These recipes are very rare so make sure to keep an eye out for any balloons you come across!

How to Get Presents from Balloons

Receive the Snowflake Wreath Recipe During the Daily Broadcast

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Winter officially starts once snowflakes start falling on the island. Isabelle will then make an announcement and give you the Snowflake Wreath recipe during the daily broadcast.

Winter Exclusive Items

Toy Day Furniture

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Nook's Cranny starts selling Toy Day Gifts from December 1 to December 25. You can give these gifts to your villagers on Toy Day or as decorations for your house!

List of Toy Day Furniture

Winter Clothing

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Able Sisters will start selling Winter-themed clothing from December 1 to 23, including the Santa Hat, Santa Beard, Santa Coat and Santa Pants!

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