The Trick

December 10, 2010

Does your family adopt silly things someone said once and keep using them for years? My family does this a lot. My mom leads the way, but I'm a close second.

Which brings me to The Trick. My cousin, Julia, when she was 2 or 3, used to do the thing where she would hold onto my uncle's hands and walk up his legs and then flip herself over backward. My uncle would say to us, "Here is Julia, presenting The Trick." Very grand, very hilarious.

And now very much a part of my family's list of sayings that just won't die.

So this is essentially Emily, presenting The Trick: Snowflake Edition. And it really is the neatest trick.



Last night I had a little time to spare, but not enough energy to start a new project, so I thought I'd cut out a few paper snowflakes to decorate the house. Where they're going to go, I've no idea, but I've got a whole pile of them and they're awesome!

It turns out the ones we made in grade school all those years looked lame because we were folding the paper wrong!

You've got to follow these steps and they instantly turn out better.



Then you just cut out from that little triangle. If you go to this site, there are a few examples of snowflakes you can easily make. But I experimented last night and NONE of them turned out bad. Well, I don't think. The more paper you cut away, the more intricate the snowflake will be. And the sharper the scissors the better.



I know I'm a bit odd, I really think The Trick is monumental. It just works so well! I dare you, try it!

Instructions image credit.