Well no TV here so the kids have to look forward to exciting adventures with origami and the like for weekend activities. (And even if they won't indulge, I would certainly like to see the design).
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 07 9:10 pm Post subject:
Clear as mud, but the so did the seed packet before I had a go! Now I churn them out all the time (isn't everyone impressed! It's even better than knitting on four needles?!)
As soon as I find somone who has a newspaper, I'll give it a go. one of the chippies has the Indy (makes a change from the Sun!)
You can practice on any old bit of paper. You don't have to use a double thickness to begin with.
Thinking about it, the first steps are really very like the childrens 'fortune teller' toy, you know, the thing you write insults on the inside of and colours and numbers on the outside, stick your fingers in and count letters. Remember how to make those?
wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 07 10:55 am Post subject:
Good Lord - I knew those triangles reminded me of something! Is that why I've had 'boys and girls come out to play' going round in my head all morning!? Taken me all day so far to remember most of the words!
Yeah. I've seen them before though, my son came home from origami class with them (I live in an area that is often called little japan). if i'm not that bothered about what they look like, i reckon a minute to a minute and a half per.
Thought I'd pop a tutorial I wrote a couple of years ago for the other variant, the pot that uses a toilet roll holder as a mould, which we usually make hundreds of in different sizes:
I'll be giving yours a go too this year, Cab, the problem with the toilet roll based ones is that you get quite a lot of paper in the bottom, which roots don't always find their way through, so you have to prize it apart before putting in the ground. Not really a biggie, mind.
Thinking about it, the first steps are really very like the childrens 'fortune teller' toy, you know, the thing you write insults on the inside of and colours and numbers on the outside, stick your fingers in and count letters. Remember how to make those?
you'll be pleased to know that's the current craze in my youngest's class. We've just made a plant pot together so if an 8 year old can do it....
Andrea
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 2260 Location: Portugal
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 08 8:15 am Post subject:
I just use the loo rolls! I line them up in a seed tray on top of a piece of cardboard so that the earth doesn't fall out the bottom, & just plant as they are when the time comes. They work well for vigorous seedlings like courgettes, pumpkins etc
Off to try Cab's newspaper pot now though ...
Andrea
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 2260 Location: Portugal
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 08 8:30 am Post subject:
Done
I struggled a bit with the third side, but my piece of paper was far smaller than a sheet of newspaper so I think I was making life far more fiddly than it needed to be.
Took me about 4 minutes, with the assistance of an 8 year old for the difficult bits.
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