Origami
Mrs. Text and the little Texties went to the Peabody Essex Museum (which is, of course, not in Peabody or Essex, but in Salem) 
and saw, among other things, a fabulous and inspiring exhibit on origami. The little guy – six – was particularly captivated, and kept folding for at least two hours after they got home.
As seen here, he produced pretty credible renditions of sailboats, and ducks, a skunk, and a frog that actually hops when you push it right.
The sailboats bothere
d him, though, because they wouldn’t stand up on their own, so he popped back into the playroom to remedy the situation. You see here this six-year-old’s ingenious LEGO origami stand, which I think is particularly interesting for the economy with which it solves the problem.
