Today our family sat around the kitchen table armed with scissors and stacks of paper. Nathan's favorite winter tradition is cutting out paper snowflakes. I'm sure if there was a snowflake-making competition, he'd jump right in. This man doesn't make your average snowflake. Equipped with protractors and top-o-the-line scissors, he creates stunning works of art.
The children eagerly join in the fun and we all chat together while bits of paper fall to the floor beneath us. There is a magical moment when the final snip has been finished, and the snowflake is slowly unfolded. With breaths held in anticipation, we watch the beauty of the snowflake emerge.
The bits of discarded paper accumulate as the night wears on, soon resembling little drifts of snow on our tile floor.
We keep each snowflake pressed under our plastic tabletop cover, where it is safely admired all month long.
Matthew created a new face for himself using discarded snowflake scraps:
Matthew created a new face for himself using discarded snowflake scraps:
He was extremely pleased with his cleverness and even glued it onto his face with a glue-stick He wore this face all evening, giving elegant bows with an elaborate wave of his hand, saying dramatically, "Bonjour, monsieur!"
3 comments:
Do we get pictures of the amazing snowflakes?
By the way, I am HORRIBLE at making snowflakes. But I'm glad your family is more gifted in that area.
Yeah! I want to see the snowflakes too. And you should post stuff about your trip to the beach.
Pics of snowflakes will be arriving soon- I wanted to wait until I finally hung them from our ceilings. Hopefully I can get that done this week....
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