Wordflakes...

My kids love scissors.  If you have read my post on hair cuts you may have put 2 and 2 together and figured out that while we do try to keep them from running with scissors we don't disallow our kids from doing lots of cutting.  In the past I have even purchased workbooks devoted singly to cutting as birthday gifts.  Needless to say making paper snowflakes is a project we introduce early in support of their dexterity development.

Last weekend my sister-in-law, who claims she is craft challenged, brought me this great idea.  Her co-worker had shared it with her.   It is an old fashioned snowflake with words cut into it.  She called them Nameflakes.  She had made them using surnames and matted and framed them as gifts.  Claiming artistic license I changed the name to Wordflakes and used seasonally inspired words.

For this project you need is a square piece of paper, a pencil, and scissors.  If your husband has deemed it necessary for your occupation that you have your own scalpel set and taken it upon himself to procure said apparatus so be it.  Get that out along with a cutting board.  It is handy for removing excess paper inside little letters.

Fold a square of paper in half 3 times.  With the folded edge to the bottom cut off excess paper to flatten the left edge.

Write an inspired word in block letters making sure the letters touch each other on the sides.  Cut to remove excess paper.  This one says, "PEACE" if you can't tell.





Open them and enjoy.

My oldest is so excited to display these gems she is washing the kitchen windows to make a place for them right now.   If yours turn out really super mat and frame them up for gifts.  No one can ever have too many pieces of cut up paper hanging around...