Since my daughter entered the 5th grade this school year, she has been transfixed with origami. According to the dictionary origami is the Japanese art of transforming a piece of paper into a variety of decorative forms from flowers to animals.
A kid in her class was actually making money off his classmates by making origami ninja stars and selling them. He must have liked my daughter a little because she managed to score one for free. She brought it home, took it apart and figured out how to make one herself. After that the fascination grew. First she begged to go to the library to find origami books, searching online for origami videos, and step by step instructions. The next thing I knew I was buying origami paper at the local Michael's store. After that she spent every spare moment practicing making creations.
She is looking forward to taking origami as one of her4-H projects this year at the local county fair. Tonight we have a 4H meeting to attend and my daughter plans to give a small talk and demonstration about all she is learning about the art of origami. She has made many things with my favorites artfully displayed around the house. With the fine art of origami you can easily transform a plain piece of paper into a cool work of art until next time I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.
