Many years ago I learned how to fold paper cranes. It is my go-to fidget when I’m waiting and there is paper available, mostly a situation I encounter in restaurants. My cranes have become smaller and smaller as my kids grew and the paper available diminished. I went from coloring sheets to sugar packets. My favorite so far has been a minuscule crane folded out of clear plastic.
I was feeling weak when I walked through the craft store. I must have been, because a book of origami paper caught my eye and I bought it. A book. Of origami paper. What was I thinking? The pages were glued into the spine, rather than loose as in a package of origami paper, and even though I can bend the spine open to get the pages our relatively cleanly, they aren’t perfectly square. What to do with all this paper that isn’t quite suited for origami as torn? Maybe a wreath?
I found instructions for folded paper flowers (I’m not calling it origami, because it involves more than just folding), that uses wire, glue, and beads. I have wire, glue, and beads.
The way the flowers are folded allows me to hide the gaps due to the imprecise paper shape.
The way the wire goes around the paper, it makes sense to twist the two sides together to make a pick. Picks make it easier to stick the flower into a wreath form.
I’ll update y’all later on how the wreath comes out.
Critters and Craft 