arts and crafts – Poirier's Emporium

By now, you’ve made a couple of ornaments and may have some scrap paper. You’ve made these probably with straw wrappers, while in class, while you’re on a conference call… anyway, they are a super simple folded piece of ART. They are the original fidget toy. Bask in the glory of simplicity and not wasting a scrap of paper. If you haven’t made one of these, the steps are simple and below:

Strips of scrap. Any size and width will do and it’s okay if they are a little beat up. It adds character.

It helps to add a touch of glue to the starting corner.

Start folding the pieces evenly on top of each other.

folding….

folding…

And fold until you can’t fold anymore. Trim off any excess and glue the top bits in place.

So simple, so satisfying. And it eats up any scraps you may have! It’s like amped up tinsel! Try in different widths, lengths and with more than two pieces!

Take any shape and turn them into these ornaments. I’ve included a template with a few basic shapes so you can print out and trace as well!

For a circle, I just used the ribbon spool I had.

I tried to be crafty with this one so I put a little ornament topper on there. Make your first shape and use as a template if you are creating your own shape like this.