Origami n' Stuff 4 Kids

Tiger Lily Origami

These brightly colored flowers can be found in open woods and forest openings throughout western North America, from British Columbia to California, and Idaho to Nevada. Tiger lilies are edible, and can be used as cake decorations. Native Americans boiled or steamed the bulbs, and Chinese planted lilies in rows for food. And who can forget the character Tiger Lily in Peter Pan, the Piccaninny princess of Neverland, who was kidnapped by Captain Hook?

Print and fold a Tiger Lily

Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

Directions: Follow the same instructions as the Camellia.

1. Print and cut out Tiger Lily origami along outer solid lines.

2a. With printed side facing down, fold half along horizontal line as shown. Unfold.
2b. Fold in half along vertical line as shown. Unfold.

3. With printed side facing up, fold in half along diagonal line as shown. Unfold.

4. Your Tiger Lily origami should be creased as shown:

5. Fold along blue lines, pulling in on red lines to create a "tent" fold as shown. Your Tiger Lily should now be shaped like a diamond.

6a. Fold back right white corner as shown.
6b. Repeat on other side, folding left white corner back as shown.

7. Turn your origami over.

8. Repeat process, folding back right and left white corners.

9."Open" your Tiger Lily by pulling out right petal, then pulling out left petal.

10. Complete your Tiger Lily by folding back down, as shown.

Happy Father's Day

This guy wins my vote for best dad, ever. From the Telegraph:

"It can be embarrassing when your parents wave you off to school, but you have to feel especially sorry for 15-year-old Rain Price, whose father insists on dressing in a different comical outfit every day. Dale Price has adopted 170 wacky costumes to see off the school bus as it passes the family home in American Fork, Utah."

View full slideshow here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/8559331/Father-waves-at-his-sons-school-bus-wearing-a-different-costume-every-day.html

Father's Day: Build-A-Dad Page 1

Build-A-Dad to paste on a half-sheet card for Father's Day:

Choose a dad, then print, cut and paste:

Coming soon: Accessories for Dad!

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All rights reserved.

Father's Day: Build-A-Dad Pilot or Businessman Accessories

Coloring: Humpback Whale

Coloring: Puppy

Coloring: Hawaiian Honeycreeper ('I'iwi)

Color an 'I'iwi (Hawaiian Honeycreeper)

What's that squeaky song? Peering through tree ferns, you spy a red bird high in the rainforest canopy. It hops from branch to branch, dipping its long curved beak into the flowers for a sip of nectar. After it has visited every lehua blossom, it flies off in search of more nectar.

The scarlet 'i'iwi (ee-EE-vee) is one of the most beautiful birds in Hawai'i. It uses its long, sickle-shaped beak to probe for nectar in native lobeliad flowers and 'ohi'a blossoms. It also feeds on insects and larvae.

'I'iwi usually breed from February to September. Clutches of one to three whitish eggs with dark brown markings are laid in cup-shaped nests. The eggs hatch after 14 days. The newly hatched chicks have bright orange skin, with patches of soft down on their head and wings. After three weeks, the fledglings grow speckled yellow-green feathers and can fly with ease! The red adult plummage will gradually appear first on the breast, then head.

The 'i'iwi was valued by Hawaiians for its orange-red feathers, which were used to make feather capes, helmets and other symbols of Hawaiian royalty. Bird catchers would venture into the forest, looking for trees with blossoms to attract hungry 'i'iwi. Sticky sap was smeared on the branches of select trees. Sometimes the bird catcher would imitate a bird's song, or recite a special chant to lure more birds. An 'i'iwi that landed on the sap would be held fast in the sticky trap!

Although 'i'iwi are still fairly common on most of the islands, it is rare on O'ahu and Moloka'i and no longer found on Lana'i. Most of the decline is blamed on loss of habitat, as native forests are cleared for farming, grazing, and development. Another threat has been the spread of avian malaria.

The Ugly 'Elepaio Written and Illustrated by Tammy Yee Island Heritage, 1998 ISBN: 0-89610-002-2
In the misty rain forests that skirt Kilauea Volcano lives an unsightly chick named Liko. With his orange skin and sparse feathers, Liko is taunted by the other forest birds. This adaptation of the classic Ugly Duckling tale follows Liko as he blossoms into a scarlet i'iwi, a beautiful honeycreeper. Also included is a glossary that teaches children about the birds of the Hawaiian rain forest.

Coloring: Dolphin

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