{"id":4360,"date":"2014-06-16T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T18:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:22:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:22:26","slug":"childrens-paper-lore-at-the-lowell-folk-festival-craft-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/childrens-paper-lore-at-the-lowell-folk-festival-craft-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s paper Lore at the Lowell Folk Festival craft area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/childrens-paperlore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4846\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/childrens-paperlore.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with a fortune teller\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/childrens-paperlore.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/childrens-paperlore-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Children have traditional ways of playing with each other: telling knock-knock jokes; playing store, tag, or make-believe; posing riddles; playing pranks; and creating playthings out of what is at hand. Some of the most commonly made folk toys are made of paper: fortune tellers (also known as cootie catchers), paper airplanes, spitballs shot through straws, and paper footballs scooted across the table just far enough to balance on the edge but not fall off. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But no one officially teaches this kind of thing in school. In fact, it\u2019s what kids do when the teacher isn\u2019t looking. Children have been learning this type of amusement from each other on school playgrounds for generations. What\u2019s remarkable is that these pastimes show such continuity and stability of form through time. Yet, everyone seems to outgrow them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eleanor and Mary may be young teenagers, but they fondly remember the paper lore of their pre-adolescence. Fitting the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellfolkfestival.org\/crafts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folk Festival craft <\/a>area&#8217;s\u00a0theme of paper, Eleanor and Mary are here to share their knowledge of making and playing with paper. Come watch them fold a fortune teller, candy wrapper chain, or tissue paper flower. Or try your hand at making one of your own. Share what paper lore games you remember playing as a child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children have traditional ways of playing with each other: telling knock-knock jokes; playing store, tag, or make-believe; posing riddles; playing pranks; and creating playthings out of what is at hand. 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