Christmas iris

I was so proud of the 15 boys I worked with at Juvenile Hall this afternoon. Last week I taught them how to do iris folding and we decorated a wall. Today we developed that technique into Christmas cards they could mail to family members. Last week they were terrified, it was the hardest craft they'd ever met up with. But today they jumped right into it, they remembered how to do it and chose the papers with care, folded neatly and lined up the angles precisely. Each card was perfectly acceptable as a handmade gift. I praised them several times and I think they were proud to have made something lovely instead of creating chaos once more!