A week themed after the most simple geometric shape might not sound like fun, but this was our best week yet.
Whether we can attribute that to the AMAZING theme or to my getting my act together is up to you.
MONDAY
Paper building blocks: a project that was perfectly soothing and monotonous to prep AND totally fun to participate in.
I spent part of the morning cutting 1" strips of paper, folding them in half, folding them in half again, and then taping them together to form triangles. MEDIATATIVE.
Later, the four of us ladies went to town, seeing who could build the tallest tower, the widest tower, the sturdiest tower, the prettiest tower, etc.
Notice how V built a bridge in hers? OBVIOUSLY she will be a world-famous architect.
Total time: 1 hour of set-up [repetitive therapy] for me, 10-15 minutes of play for ladies. REUSABLE. STILL BEING USED.
TUESDAY
Bunting: again, with the scissors skills and laying off the perfectionism, I combined the idea of SUPER BAD ASS BUNTINGS (who doesn't like a good garland) and some hand-eye coordinating.
I used one of the templates from Craft A Day, traced a bunch of triangles on this adorbs paper, and let the ladies loose.
Most of the shapes are pretty triangular AND we got to practice some basic sewing skills threading them shapes on the yarn.
WEDNESDAY
Triangular hairpins: this looked easy, but I was swearing A LOT under my breath on this one.
Plus, it was BY FAR the least impressive to the toddler set.
Meh.
THURSDAY
Garland cards: a mini-version of Tuesday's craft, but with lucky recipients!
A simple treat from Craft A Day: easy triangle template, sparkly paper, scissors, glue stick, and a couple blank cards.
I'm not exactly sure what was inside the cards, as I mistakenly showed the girls how to shut an envelope, so if you received one of these, you are basically an psychological anthropologist right now. Good luck.
FRIDAY
Bookmarks: a real easy, origami project.
(Use the link above for a more-scissory version, or this bookmark tutorial using origami, which we used.)
I prefolded the paper, so all the ladies needed to do was follow some quick directions.
Field Trip Friday: The G took the ladies on a massive field trip around St. Paul for a Triangle Hunt. Their mission was to find triangles and then take a picture of it.
I found a bunch of weirdos doing Downward Dog in the living room, V found the impossibly small triangular tree on the train's Xcel Energy sign, Mae Cake found the elevator sign, Zoo found the pink triangle.
How was your week? Was it geometric? Or was it more of a Jackson Pollock type of thing?
