Construction

Somehow, in my many and varied travels through the twisty maze of passages that make up the Internet, I learned about the art of paper quilling.  When I saw a quilled leprechaun, I decided to give it a try.  We love decorating for the holidays.

This little guy is made completely out of construction-paper and copious amounts of glue.  Even the coins and eyes are tightly wound strips of paper.  I watched a brief YouTube video to figure out how to make the shapes. The video was entirely in German, but I still got the gist of it. To make my "quilling tool", I clipped the end off of the eye of a big needle with some pliers and then stuck the pointy part into a pencil eraser. As one of my first attempts at a new art form, I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out.

Emily and I had a great time putting it together. Amanda repeatedly called us crazy while we crafted away and she read about the history of nuclear weapons.