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Blue Sky



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 07 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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).

 
Cathryn



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 07 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Too much telly here but quite handy if you don't feel up to origami adventures

 
cab



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 07 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hows that looking then?

 
wellington womble



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 07 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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!)

 
cab



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 07 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 07 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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!

 
cab



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Anyone had a go at this and managed it yet?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 12:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gimme 2 mins

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yeah

just did one

 
cab



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cool... So the instructions worked okay

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 12:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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.

 
Fee



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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:


More Paper Pots


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.

 
Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

cab wrote:


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



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 08 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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.

I'm impressed with the result though.

 
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