During the school year we restrict TV. To entertain himself my son, then 6, taught himself origami. He got a book and learned all the folds. He now makes very complicated designs. This all came about from an everything Star Wars phase. He saw that there are all kinds of origami Star Wars ships and characters and wanted to make them.
He tried more than once to share with his 1st grade classmates and none were interested beyond learning how to fold a simple heart on Valentine's day. He even wrote an instruction booklet for them but still no interest. Of course his teacher did nothing to encourage the other kids and told us that ds needs to develop more normal interests like baseball. I guess serious origami is popular with older kids and artsy types (eye roll).
Last edited by FrustratedNJMOM; 07/27/09 02:46 AM.
