Origami Fun

A few days ago, my Koala was folding a paper and screamed, “Dad, Dad!  Make me a boat!”

I said to her, “Daddy is busy.  When he’s done, then he will make you a boat.”  I thought, “Hmm… Hubby must have made a boat for her last night.”

Koala replied, “Mommy makes me a boat!”

“Mommy doesn’t remember how to make a boat.  You will just have to wait for Daddy.”

Of course, when Daddy was done with whatever he was doing, Koala already lost interest and was playing with something else already.  So, I was determined to work on my origami skills again.  Still, after playing Facebook games for a few days, I FINALLY remember about the origami thing.  I search online how to make the boat that I used to make when I was little.  I found a couple of websites that teaches how to make a “simple boat” but this boat looks different from the ones I made when I was little.  It has a weird triangle thing that sticks out in the middle of the boat.  Strange…  After 3 of those websites, I finally found the one I wanted at tinyshiny.com.  Even the website name is easy to remember!  Hee.. hee…  Now, I just need to practice until I remember all the instructions by heart.

I can just imagine my husband picking up all those paper boats/planes/cranes/pigeons from the grounds grunting, “why did you teach Koala how to make these stuff?”  I’m also very sure that grunting will turn into a silly-grin-face when he sees Koala folds her first plane/boat the first time!  The proud dad will immediately get out his camera and take a picture of Koala holding her first origami project.

Well, it will not really be her first origami project if you count “umbrella” as an origami too.  Koala and I used to make 1-3 paper umbrella a day.  Instructions: roll a piece of paper (like an eggroll), tape it so it will stay like an eggroll, then just tape another piece of paper on one side.  Tada!  An umbrella!  =)

Hmm… I vaguely remember Hubby mention bad economy and this year we will have to make our own decorations for the Christmas tree.  Well, then, I better get started…  Also, we can use the arts/crafts that Koala made at Preschool as decorations.  We will see…  Of course, it would help if Hubby doesn’t get such a HUGE tree every year!