I love football. And even though the Titans are not in the playoffs anymore, I still enjoy watching the playoff games. However, something inside me just can’t allow myself to sit there doing nothing for 6 hours. But I can’t really do anything productive like clean or do yardwork, cause then I’d miss the games. So, this is how I’ve been keeping my hands busy:

Yes, that’s a jar of tiny folded stars. Although I can’t find much on the history of origami Lucky Stars, I’ve had a great time starting to make them. I picked up a packet of lucky star paper in San Francisco, not really knowing what it was. But I like bright shiny things, so there you go. It looked something like this:

I kinda forgot about the packet till last weekend when I sat down and tried to make one using the instructions on the back, which were mostly in Japanese, and had just a little English. The first few tries were awful and I knew I must be missing something. So, I found this YouTube video of a guy showing how to do it.

Its really pretty easy and you end up with a neat puffy star at the end. The hardest part is the “puffy” part. I smooshed a few of them trying to get the hang of it and some of the shinier papers make it hard to get the hang of it. After folding the first packet, I scoured ebay and found a bunch of pretty papers:

So now I’m keeping myself busy during the games.

I’m sure this hobby isn’t for everyone, but if you like pretty paper and instant gratification, you should give it a try.