Origami

o⋅ri⋅ga⋅mi 

ɔrɪˈgɑmi/ [awr-i-gah-mee]
–noun, plural -mis for 2.

1.the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
2.an object made by origami.

The rule in our home is that you need to find something to entertain yourselves that doesn't involve video games and computer games during the week and then at the end of the week the video games come out. We have this rule because it seems to have taken over some of our children's lives and they didn't want to do anything else. If you had one of your children tell you that they wanted to give up playing the violin because it interfered with their video game time then you will understand.

Ethan had the opportunity to learn how to do origami at school and has taken off with it. He gets books on it, looks online for patterns and uses anything that is square shape to conquer his quest. The other night he was talking with his daddy and used his bandanna to create this masterpiece...

I am impressed with what the children have learned/played to keep themselves busy during the week, especially my oldest, since he has a hard time finding something to do.