Origami?

In our ongoing quest to keep everyone occupied, last week at our Saturday lunch with the guys, my wife came up with the idea of making origami.

Origami, you ask? The Japanese art of folding paper?

Yes...I also was somewhat unconvinced. But I've learned to go along with my wife's ideas.

So I did my part and threw in a movie for whoever managed the best piece of origami....or any origami really. Competition and a prize often helps these things along. I was still not sure that we would see much enthusiasm for this particular endeavor, but I remained outwardly...well, excited is maybe too strong of a word. Let's say....mostly positive. Or at any rate, I kept a smile on my face.

This week my wife showed up with coloured paper, some instructional videos on her phone and a "let's do this!" spirit in her heart. God bless her...

We got off to a bit of a slow start. We mostly just made paper airplanes.

But then Rodrigo and a couple of the guys realized you could make manly origami. Dinosaurs and dragons and whatnot. Of course I made a butterfly, because....well, why not.

It turned out to be a lot of fun! Some of the guys got into it more than others. Mario just watched wrestling on TV and gave us the occasional hand flick of acknowledgement when we called his name to come join us. There were also different levels of giftedness, shall we say, but that's okay. Art is art.

Here are some pictures of our process and the end results. Enjoy! =)