Snowflaked out

Paper snowflakes - I forgot how to make them!

January 8, 2011 at 8:33PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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via curbly.com (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

My blog post yesterday consisted of me trying to figure out how to let go and figure out our life design for the school year next year.

Well, I have a solution. I think I may need to join him and go back to kindergarten myself.

Why? Because, I couldn't for the life of me remember how to make a simple paper snowflake.

You see it was snow week at pre-school and Ben brought home a lovely snowflake.

I said "Hey let's make some more."

It simply involved paper, some folding and scissors. Right? Well, right.

So why did I keep creating one disastrously ugly rectangular snowflake after another?

Ben tried to explain it to me and even tried to draw a step by step diagram in crayon for me.

I still didn't follow.

I must have made hundreds of these when I was a kid. What was I doing wrong?

I gave up and finally ran to the internet - of course.

I realized my problem - the key is you need SQUARE paper not 8.5x11 and there are triangle folds involved.

Here is the post. I found with a helpful video and it all came rushing back to me.

(Actually there are a lot of good craft ideas at that site. Great for cold days like today)

But it makes me wonder, what else am I going to forget and have to re-learn for this whole parenting gig ?

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