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a week ago (or has it now been longer?), i received a surprise package in the mail from alkelda<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 she’s a big fan of origami* and since i’ve been thinking about bugs and buggy decorations for next summer’s library program, i asked her if she knew of any easy origami bug patterns.\u00c2\u00a0 i figured maybe she’d send me a few links to some online instructions, but instead she surprised me with a whole origami bug kit–complete with paper and everything!\u00c2\u00a0 too, too generous, but very happy making.\u00c2\u00a0 thank you, alkelda!\u00c2\u00a0 pictured above are three little “fireflies.”\u00c2\u00a0 i think they’re my favorite.\u00c2\u00a0 very easy.\u00c2\u00a0 would be cute hung on fishing line.\u00c2\u00a0 i also have attempted an ant, a cricket, a dragonfly, a scorpion and a housefly.\u00c2\u00a0 but most of the butterfly patterns have “squash folds” in them and i’m not very good at those yet.\u00c2\u00a0 what fun! a week ago (or has it now been longer?), i received a surprise package in the mail from alkelda.\u00c2\u00a0 she’s a big fan of origami* and since i’ve been thinking about bugs and buggy decorations for next summer’s library program, … Continue reading
\n*one time a woman came into the library and asked me for a book about “oh-rig<\/strong>-uh-my– you know, paper folding?” and ever since then, i still hear it pronounced like that in my head every once in awhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"