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enny for your use it for something good like This week, I made a bal- especially if the A/C hits a new year, it is also a great thoughts? Here’s more donating it. ance buddy with a tiger de- it. Or, slip one in when you time to think of balance in than 2 cents worth to Feb. 12 is also President sign because I am still in send a handmade card for a your life. Remember to make
think about when it comes to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Chinese New Year mode, but fun surprise. some time to have fun creat-
pennies. Feb. 12 is National Lost Penny Day, and what you’ re supposed to do is go and look for a lost penny. Some families make it into a challenge and take all the loose change they find and
and he is on this copper-col- ored coin. Another famous person in American history is associated with pennies. The very first penny was minted in 1787 and it was designed by Benjamin Franklin.
you can create your character. These thin pieces of card- stock can balance on edges, like a finger, ruler or even a bamboo skewer! It’s cute to see it teeter and totter on the edge of a computer screen,
The secret (or rather the science) of the balancing act is that there is a penny behind each paw. The gravity pulls on the penny weights to help keep the buddy upright.
Matching the edges, place the second tiger
body piece onto the first. Tape in place. This
hides the pennies.
ing things and doing what you enjoy.
Balance your tiger on your finger, on the edge of your computer screen or anywhere.
With it being the start of
You can find this project sheet at benfranklinhawaii. com, and send photos of what you make to joyofcrafting@ gmail.com.
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 MIDWEEK 21
PA Cute Way To Find Balance In The New Year
Fold a piece of 5 1/2-by-8
1/2-inch scratch paper in half. Sketch on the fold half of a sim-
ple tiger shape with the head and arm stretched out, like the sample shown. Trace and cut out for a template. Create a template for a tail.
Using the template, trace and cut two tiger bodies from the yellow gold cardstock. Trace and cut one tail from the yellow gold cardstock.
Use the pictured sample as a guide and color in the details of the
tiger’s face. Draw in the nose, mouth and whiskers. Add “stripes” all around the face and down the arms. Optional: Lightly outline the tiger with the marker to give it more definition.
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Flip the tiger over. Place a penny on the center of each paw and tape in place.
Attach the tail above the head to the back. Add the detail stripes and outlines to the tail
with the marker.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• 6-by-12-inch yellow gold cardstock, for tiger body and tail
• 1-by-2-inch white cardstock, for eyes
• 2 pennies, or similar
• black Sharpie
• double-stick tape
• pen/pencil, for tracing
• scissors
• 1/2-inch circle punch or dime
From the white cardstock, use the 1/2-inch circle punch to
cut out two circles. Or, trace around a dime to cut out the circles. Use
the black Sharpie marker to draw the pupils on the
white circles for the eyes. Tape eyes to one of the tiger body pieces.
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