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Tiny Mail (Final)

This neat folding trick helps you to make your letters very small before they are opened up. Little letters are easy to slip through a locker vets or hide in backpacks. No one will notice them except you and your friend or who ever you make this for. Your friend or the person your making it for will love it!
They may say "I never got such a teeny letter before! This tiny mail could be called origami because you are going to fold the stationery. And origami is the art of paper folding, and stationery is paper so yea it could be called origami.

What you will need:

Finished one page letter on colored stationery (use only stationery)

Sticker (what ever type of sticker you would like to use it could be more than one sticker)

What to do:

1: Fold the letter that you made for your friend in half widthwise with the writing looking on the outside.

2: Fold down the front right hand corner, making sure the bottom edges are even.

3: Fold down the front left hand corner and then again make sure the bottom edges are even.

4: Flip the letter over and then repeat steps 2 and 3 again.

5: Open the letter along the middle fold. Set the letter on a table with the writing side facing up.

6: Fold in all four corners so that they meet in the middle.

7: Fold in all four corners again and then seal the letter with a sticker.

8: Write your friend's name on the other side of the folded letter. 

9: You can draw a back round if you want to or if you can fit it in.

10: Now your tiny mail is ready to be delivered. I hope your friend or some other person you're sending it to enjoys it!

GreciaR on January 26, 2008 at 05:43 PM in Games | Permalink | Comments (0)

Singing Bird Card (Final)

Learn how to make a cheerful bird pop of a card to sing to your friend a little song. And no it doesn't really sing a song it just makes a sound but you can wright  a song for friend. It could be any type of  song you  want it doesn't matter but your friend doesn't like song then you better not put in the card. Just saying.

What you need:

Soup can or similar size circular object

Colored paper

Colored pencils

Scissors

One sheet of stationery

Glue stick

What to do:

1. Set your circular object on a piece of colored paper. Trace around the edges.

2. Cut out the circle then fold it in half. Cur about a one inch slit.

3. Fold back the edges of the slit. This will form two small triangles. Run your fingernail along the creases to make them nice and sharp.

4. Bend the triangles back up and open the circle. Lay it on a table.

5. Pinch along the creases so the paper pokes forward.

6. Draw two beady eyes on the circle. Now its a bird with an open beak.

7. Fold a sheet of stationery in half, then open it back up. Position the bird and the card so their centerfolds line's up.

8. Use a glue stick to paste the bird to the card. Be careful not  to get any glue within the beak area.

9. When you close the card, fold the beak forward.

10. Open the card. Wiggle the edges to see the bird sing.

11. This step you can do it if you want to. Ir you feel that your singing bird needs more to it then you can wigs or legs to it. To make the legs just draw to upside down Y and then cut it and it to your bird.

GreciaR on January 09, 2008 at 05:25 PM in Games | Permalink | Comments (0)

A message in a flower (Final)

Hey want to know how you can give your friends a note in a flower? Well I'm going to tell you how.  Ones you do this you can make a game out of this when you and your friends can make one to each other and see what they righted about you.

What you will need:

Tuna can or similar size circular object

Colored paper

Colored pencils

Scissors one sheet of stationery

Glue stick

What to do:

1. Set your circular object on a sheet of colored paper. Then trace around the edges.

2. Cut out the circle, then fold the circle in half.

3. Then fold the circle in half again.

4. Lay the fold circle on a table. Then lift one flap so it stands straight up.

5. Stick your finger into the flap. Press down until the flap flattens into a triangle shape. Run your fingernail along the edges to crease them.

6. Flip the paper over and lift the other flap so it stands straight up.

7. Now repeat step 5.

8. lift the shape and bend the flaps until they make a flower shape it should have four points.

9. Fold a piece of stationery in half widthwise, then open it back up. Position the flower and the card so their centerfolds line up.

10. Use a glue stick to paste the edges of the flower to the card.

11. Draw a stem and leaves below the flower if you want.

12. Open up the flower and write a secret message to your friend. Then push the flower back together. Then close the card.

13. Open the card. The flower pops out-and it's a surprise for your friend!

So get to getter with your friends and trade cards! It will be lots of fun! trust me.

GreciaR on January 03, 2008 at 06:04 PM in Games | Permalink | Comments (0)

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