Last year around this time, in St. George, UT, one of the major bookstores was having a clearance sale. They were moving to another location in the mall, and for some reason wanted to just get rid of all their books instead of moving them the 20 yards down the way. While we were there I picked up to origami books, Bugagami and Ornagami. They've been sitting in Zorah's bookshelf virtually untouched ever since.
This afternoon, however, after the pancakes, Zorah brought the book out. She had found a few things she wanted to make. The first was a dove. She started the first few basic folds, and I ended up finishing it. Next she made what the book called a bell bauble. She loves these because, in her words, they look like gems.
The whole process of her reading the instructions, looking at the diagrams, and the actual physical folding seem to me like they would be quite challenging for a 6 year old. And it was. She needed to take breaks because she was getting frustrated. She definitely wanted near constant feedback on whether her folds were right, or how to do a certain step. I was torn between telling her outright or allowing her to judge for herself. So I asked her what she thought, then gave my opinion, and showed her the fold intended by the book when it wasn't quite right. If someone asks for help, you should probably give it to them.
After folding, she took a pink cardboard box we had found and decorated it with the dove to hold her jewels.
I don't know if you can really see it, but she also wrote "Jewels" on the front of the box. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
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