Origami

Matthew discovered Youtube origami tutorials a few months back. He's learned how to make cranes, butterflies, frogs, boats, rabbits, flowers, rings, ninja stars, and flapping birds all from watching Youtube.

(a trio of frogs)

Matthew also likes to experiment with folds to create new designs. He has a entrepreneurial streak and hawks his wares to anyone who willing buy. He sold a how-to lesson to one of his buddies, Conner, and to Conner's Dad, plus some paper with which to practice.

This boy has generous heart too. A lady we know was in the hospital with cancer, and he volunteered to make some colorful origami animals to brighten her very bare walls. He filled a small sack with his creations, and was so pleased that she liked them.

Jonathan bought him about 500 sheets of origami paper to use for his new hobby- he's going to have to buy some more pretty soon...


Recently a friend of mine asked Matthew where he learned how to fold origami. He replied, "I learned from Youtube. Did you know you can learn everything from Youtube? You can even learn how to kiss!" What?! "Yup, they had a video posted on the side of the tutorial I was watching. I didn't watch it though. Yuck!" We laughed and laughed to Matthew's puzzlement.

(Guess we need to keep a closer eye on what pops up on Youtube's related videos. Though how kissing is related to origami is beyond me!)